The Department of Women's Studies, Department of Anthropology and Center for Asian Studies present

Film Screening: "Tales of the Waria"
Introduction by Tom Boellstorff, Anthropology, UCI
Q&A with Kathy Huang, Director & Producer, to follow

Wednesday, Feb 8, 2012
12:00-2:00 p.m.
Humanities Gateway, Room 1010

Thinking about changing majors? Want to add a second major? Need more information about your own major? Check out the majors in the School of Social Sciences at the school Department Dialogues, sponsored by the Dean's Ambassadors Council.

"Department Dialogues"

January 25 and 26, 2012

Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway (SBSG), Room 1511

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

11:00 a.m. Political Science

12:00 p.m. International Studies

UCI mentioned:
People now may be sharply divided on religious lines but the Hyderabad of yesteryears presented a successful example of a pluralistic society. Regardless of their religious affiliations everyone participated in the dominant public culture, especially those living in the neighborhoods of the walled City. "The Indo-Muslim practices are not evidence of a cultural synthesis, syncretism or hybridity. Rather they are evidence of a successful plural society," remarked Karen Leonard, professor of anthropology, University of California, Irvine.

From Microlinks Connections:
As someone who has been researching mobile money—especially from the client and regulator perspectives—since 2007, Bill Maurer (Director of the Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion) has watched the unfolding story arc of mobile money regulation with keen interest. Rather than being dictated from the traditional centers of financial regulatory authority and expertise, mobile money regulation is emerging from a unique South-South conversation and knowledge transfer.

The UCI Department of Anthropology Colloquium Series presents

"Sailor Culture: An Inter-Reflexive Analysis of New Forms of Freedom and Relations to Technology"
with Christopher Gad, Assistant Professor, TIP Research Group,  IT University of Copenhagen

Thursday, January 12, 2012
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 3323

Join the tradition! Bring the whole family and join 'Eater Nation for a fun-filled afternoon on Mesa Road at the Bren Events Center for the 2012 UCI Homecoming Street Festival.

From The NYT:

From the Pittsburgh Tribune Review:

As editor-in-chief of American Anthropologist since 2007, UCI anthropologist Tom Boellstorff has contributed to the journal's 36 percent increase in 5-year impact factor, 61 percent immediacy index (how quickly articles are cited) increase, and 50.9 percent increase in article influence. In 2011, the publication became the number one most downloaded journal in Wiley-Blackwell's 490 social sciences and humanities repertoire.

Name: Julianne Holloway
Major: Anthropology
Year: Senior
Hometown: Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Most likely place to be found on campus: Science Library or Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway
Plans after graduation: Graduate school for physical and forensic anthropology