Winter 2011 Schedule

The Workshop on the Global Environment

Presents our 2010 Fall Quarter Series:

Movements, Policy, Nature

All meetings will take place on select Wednesdays, at 4:30 in Pick 105 unless otherwise indicated.

January 26th
Maura Capps, PhD Student
Department of History, University of Chicago
"Flowers of the Nation: Federation Nature and the Australian Imaginary, 1880-1920."

February 9th
Meleiza Figueroa, Graduate Student
Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences, University of Chicago
"The Pervasive Politics of Invisible Trees: A Social History of the Castor Bean in Bahia, Brazil."

February 16th, Franke Institute
Panel Discussion with Mari Gallagher and Pam Martin
***more info to follow***

February 23rd
Filipe Calvão, PhD Candidate
PhD Candidate Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago
“TBD” (Angolan diamond mining)

March 2nd
Nusrat Chowdhury
PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago
"Mines, Signs, and the Meanings of Politics in Phulbari, Bangladesh"

The Workshop sessions are free and open to the public. If there are any questions about attendance, please contact Brian Wilson (bcwilson@uchicago.edu).
People with a disability who may require assistance should also contact bcwilson@uchicago.edu.