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Speakers, 1984-1985

Fall 1984

October 4, 1984: Sue Naquin, Department of History, University of Pennsylvania
Paper Titles: "Funeral Ritual in North China: Uniformity and Variation"

October 18, 1984: Janet MacGaffey, Department of Anthropology, Haverford College
Paper Title: "Fending-for-Yourself: The Organization of the Second Economy in Zaire"

November 1, 1984: Howard Spodek, Department of History, Temple University
Paper Title: "The Reformulation of Tradition in Indian Entrepreneurship"

November 15, 1984: William Murphy, Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
Paper Title: "The Legal Use of Ambiguity in Mende Oral History"

December 6, 1984: Drew Faust, Department of American Civilization, University of Pennsylvania
Paper Title: "Christian Soldiers: The Meaning of Revivalism in the Confederate Army"

Spring 1985

February 7, 1985: Wyatt MacGaffey, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Haverford College
Paper Title: "Ethnography Of, By and For the Bakongo"

February 21, 1985: Lucette Valensi, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
Paper Title: "Ethnicity in the Middle East and North Africa: An Ethnohistorical Approach"

March 21, 1985: Rena Lederman, Department of Anthropology, Princeton University
Paper Title: "Changing Times in Mendi"

April 11, 1985: Steven Feierman, Department of History, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Paper Title: "Political Symbols and Colonial Control: Continuity over the Long-Term in Northern Tanzania"