Fall 2024
Thursday November 14, 2024
4:15PM: Hahn 101, Pomona College
Duana Fillwiley, Stanford University
"Tabula Raza Mapping Race and Human Diversity in American Genome Science"
FMI: Prof. Cristina Bejarano
Wednesday November 6, 2024
4:15PM: Hahn 101, Pomona College
Yosh Han, Perfumer & Business Owner
"Decolonizing Scent"
FMI: Prof. Cécile Evers
Thursday October 31, 2024
4:15PM: Hahn 101, Pomona College
Bill Maurer, University of California, Irvine
"The Anthropology of Accounting, Money and Payment, from Cuneiform to Cryptocurrencies"
FMI: Prof. Cristina Bejarano
Thursday October 24, 2024
5:00PM, Rose Hills Theater, Pomona College
Film Screening of "Babel" followed by discussion
FMI: Prof. Cécile Evers
Tuesday October 22, 2024
5:00PM: Rose Hills Theater, SCC, Pomona College
Marwan Kaabour, Author
"Queer Arab Glossary" an open discussion with the author
FMI: Prof. Omer Shah
Spring 2024
Monday February 12, 2024
4:15 PM: Pearsons 101, Pomona College
Cori Hayden, University of California, Berkeley
"The Spectacular Generic: Pharmaceutical and the Simipolitical in Mexico"
Event is co-sponsored by the 5-C Science, Technology & Society Program
FMI: Prof. Cristina Bejarano or Laura Perini
FALL, 2023
Thursday, November 9, 2023
Kim TallBear, University of Alberta
"The Geneticist's Vanishing Indian vs. Indigenous Collective Presence"
4:30PM (PST), Hahn 101, Pomona College
Event is co-sponsored by the Dean's Office and the 5-C Science, Technology, & Society Program
Read about the event as reported in The Student Life
FMI: Prof. Cristina Bejarano
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Anthropology "Boba & Board Games"
Spring '24 Pre-registration event
7:00 - 8:00PM, Hahn 101, Pomona College
FMI: Anth Liaisons
Monday, October 30, 2023
Anthropology Film Screening of "They Live!"
7:00PM, Rose Hills Theater, Pomona College
FMI: Prof. Omer Shah
SPRING, 2023
Saturday, May 13, 2023
To Celebrate Anthropology Graduates and Family, Faculty, Majors
Senior Class Day (rsvp requested)
11:00AM, Hahn Outdoor Classroom, Pomona College.
RSVP: Anne Tessier
Friday, April 28, 2023
Senior Symposium: Senior Thesis Presentations and Anthropology Department Alumni Reception with keynote speaker, Tom Boellstorff, UC Irvine
11:00AM, Hahn 107, Pomona College
FMI: Anne Tessier
Friday, March 24, 2023
Panelists: Maia Asshaq, Flint Magazine; Maya Moumne, Studio Safar; Omer Shah, Pomona College
"On Collaboration: Design, Publishing, and Anthropology"
2:00PM, Loeb Pavilion at the Benton Museum, Pomona College
FMI: Prof. Omer Shah
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Fadi A. Bardawil, Duke University
"Fieldwork in Theory: An Anthropology of Arab Marxist Intellectuals"
4:30PM, Hahn 108, Pomona College
FMI: Prof. Joanne Nucho
FALL, 2022
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
5-C Anthropology Ice Cream Social
4:15PM, Hahn Courtyard
FMI: Anne Tessier
Friday, October 21, 2022
Anthropology Film Screening of "Midsommar"
7:00PM, Rose Hills Theater
FMI: Prof. Omer Shah
SPRING, 2022
Saturday, May 14, 2022
To Celebrate Anthropology Graduates and Family, Faculty, Majors
Senior Class Day (rsvp requested)
11:30AM, Hahn Outdoor Classroom, Pomona College.
RSVP: Anne Tessier
Friday, April 29, 2022
Senior Thesis Presentations and Anthropology Department Alumni Reception
12:00PM, Carnegie Outdoor Classroom
FMI: Anne Tessier
Monday, April 11, 2022
Zeina Daccache, Founder and Executive Director of Catharsis (Lebanon)
"A Conversation with Zeina Daccache"
10:00AM (PDT) via Zoom
Event is co-sponsored by Scripps College
FMI: Prof. Joanne Nucho
Friday, April 8, 2022
Gina Anne Tam, Trinity University
"How Languages Become Dialects: The Past and Present of Language and Identity in China"
12:15PM, Oldenborg Dining Hall
Event is sponsored by Oldenborg Luncheon Colloquium, LGCS Efron Lecture, Pacific Basin Institute, EnviroLab Asia, and the History Dept.
FMI: Prof. Cécile Evers
Monday, March 28, 2022
Mona Fawaz and Mona Harb, American University of Beirut
"State of the City: Beirut Urban Lab"
10:00AM (PDT) via Zoom
Event is co-sponsored by Scripps College and the Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at New York University
FMI: Prof. Joanne Nucho
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Omer Shah, Columbia University
"Made in Mecca: Research, Knowledge, and Technology in the Islamic Sanctuary"
4:30PM (PST) via Zoom
FMI: Prof. Joanne Nucho
FALL, 2021
Tony Jin ('22) has recently been selected by The Association for Queer Anthropology (AQA) as the 2021 Kenneth W. Payne Student Prize winner for best student paper submission for his paper “The Ambivalent State of Radical Queer Imaginaries: The Chinese State, Identity Politics, and the Queer Private Sphere.” Read the announcement here.
SPRING 2021
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Peter Redfield, University of Southern California
"Bioexpectations: Life Technologies as Humanitarian Goods"
4:30PM (PDT) via Zoom
For more about the series
FMI and abstract (4/15)
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Safiya Noble, author of "Algorithms of Oppression"
"A Conversation with Safiya Noble"
4:30PM (PDT) via Zoom
For more about the series
FMI and abstract (4/27)
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Kim Fortun, Professor of Anthropology, UC Irvine
"Experiments in Ethnographic Collaboration: Purposes, Designs, Infrastructures, Invitations"
4:30PM (PDT) via Zoom
FMI and abstract (4/6)
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Andrew Lakoff, Professor of Sociology and Communication, University of Southern California
"The Supply Chain Must Continue: Becoming Essential in the Pandemic"
4:30PM (PDT) via Zoom
FMI and abstract (3/25)
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Kaushik Sunder Rajan, Professor of Anthropology, Social Sciences, University of Chicago
"Just Health? The Construction of Postcolonial Dis-ease"
4:15PM (PST) via Zoom
FMI and abstract here
FALL 2020
Friday, August 7, 2020
Academic Department Fair via Zoom
1:00 - 3:00PM; FMI: Anne Tessier
SPRING 2020
Thursday, February 13, 2020
5:00PM, Hahn Hall Room 108, Pomona College
Dr. Kirsten Senturia ('87), a practicing Medical Anthropologist
"Anthropology in the Face of Epidemic Disease"
FMI: Cristina Bejarano
FALL 2019
Friday, November 15, 2019
4:30PM, Hahn Hall Room 101, Pomona College
"Anthropology Who? Pre-registration course info session"
FMI: Liaisons
Thursday, September 26, 2019
4:00PM, Hahn Hall Second Floor, Pomona College
Open to all 5-C students & faculty
Open House/Grand Opening of the Hahn Student Lounge
FMI: Anne Tessier
SPRING 2019
Saturday, May 18, 2019
11:30AM, Hahn Hall second-floor lobby, Pomona College.
To Celebrate Anthropology Graduates and Family, Faculty, Majors
Senior Class Day (rsvp requested)
RSVP: Anne Tessier
Friday, May 3, 2019
11:30AM, Hahn Hall Room 213, Pomona College
Anthropology Seniors, Majors, Faculty, and Alumni
Lunch, followed by Anthropology Senior Thesis Presentations
FMI: Anne Tessier
Friday, April 12, 2019
12:30PM, Hahn Hall Room 101, Pomona College
Bernard Perley, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Russel Gordon Visiting Associate Professor for Native American Studies, Dartmouth College
"Indigeneity and Translocality: Remediating Global Crises of Belonging"
Co-sponsored by Pomona College Anthropology Department, Linguistics and Cognitive Science Paul Efron Speaker Series, Latin American Studies Draper Fund, Intercollegiate Africana Studies, and Pomona College International Relations Program. Lunch will be provided. FMI: Prof. Cécile Evers
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
4:15-5:30PM, Avery Hall Room 201, Pitzer College
Alma Gottlieb, Visiting Scholar in Anthropology, Brown University, Professor Emerita, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"Anthropological Reflections on the 'Maternal Instinct' "
FMI: Prof. Tobias Hecht
Friday, March 15, 2019
11:00AM, Hahn 215, Pomona College
Anthropology Professional Development Series
"Applying to Grad School and Advice for FLI Students"
FMI: Prof. Cristina Bejarano
Friday, March 8, 2019
11:00AM, Hahn 215, Pomona College
Anthropology Professional Development Series
"Anthropology and the Media"
FMI: Prof. Cristina Bejarano
Friday, March 1, 2019
11:00AM, Hahn 215, Pomona College
Anthropology Professional Development Series
Guest Speaker: Kirsten Senturia (PO '87), a practicing Medical Anthropologist
FMI: Prof. Cristina Bejarano
Friday, February 22, 2019
11:00AM, Hahn 215, Pomona College
Anthropology Professional Development Series
"Anthropological Perspectives on Psychology and Mental Health"
FMI: Prof. Cristina Bejarano
Friday, February 15, 2019
11:00AM, Hahn 215, Pomona College
Anthropology Professional Development Series
"Careers for Anthropologists in Social Justice Organizations"
FMI: Prof. Cristina Bejarano
Friday, February 8, 2019
11:00AM, Hahn 215, Pomona College
Anthropology Professional Development Series
"Careers for Anthropologists in the Field of Medicine"
FMI: Prof. Cristina Bejarano
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
12:15PM, Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages & International Relations Dining Hall, Pomona College
Armin Schwegler, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine
"Globalization in Latin America's Hinterland: The Case of a Bilingual Afro-Hispanic Community of Colombia"
Co-sponsored by Pomona College Anthropology Dept, Linguistics and Cognitive Science Dept, and the Oldenborg Luncheon Colloquium at Pomona College.
FMI: Prof. Cécile Evers
Friday, February 1, 2019
5:30PM, Rose Hills Theatre, Pomona College
Remi Kessler, Filmmaker
"The Advocates" Film Screening followed by Q&A with the Filmmaker
Co-sponsored by Pomona College Anthropology Department, The Draper Center's Homelessness Action Team in partnership with The Claremont Journal of Medicine and Social Justice. Dinner and refreshments will be provided.
FMI: Prof. Cristina Bejarano
Friday, January 25, 2019
11:00AM, Hahn 215, Pomona College
Anthropology Professional Development Series
"What Can I do with a Degree in Anthropology?"
FMI: Cristina Bejarano
FALL 2018
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
12:00PM, Hahn 108, Pomona College
Katharina Steiner, University of Zurich
"Visual Cultures in Marine Biology: Depicting Species between Aesthetics and Epistemology around 1900"
FMI: Prof. Joanne Nucho
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
5:00PM, Hahn 108, Pomona College
Leo Chávez, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine
"The Children of Immigrants as Threats to the Nation: How Political Rhetoric Matters"
Co-sponsored by Pomona College Anthropology Dept, Intercollegiate Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies.
FMI: Prof. Cristina Bejarano