Faculty & Staff

Faculty Activities

 

Maurizio Albahari

  • Papers Presented (2008):

    • Engineered Cosmopolitanism: Anthropology, Collaboration and Engagement in the Performance of Inclusion. Paper presented at the workshop Citizenship and Migration in Europe, 107th American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November 22, 2008.

    • Euro-Mediterranean arts and heritage on the southern Italian stage. Paper presented at the workshop Mutuality and Memory: Encounters in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Cities. Julie Scott and Nefissa Naguib, conveners. 10th European Association of Social Anthropologists Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, August 29, 2008.

    • Mediterranean Cosmopolitanism on the Southern Italian Stage. Paper presented at the workshop Everyday Cosmopolitanism: Middle East and North African Urban Settings. Asef Bayat and Sami Zubaida, conveners. 9th Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, Florence & Montecatini Terme, Italy, organised by the Mediterranean Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute, March 12-15, 2008.                      

  • Service (2008):

    • Chair, Invited Session I: James McKenna, Human Infant Biology and Its Relationship to Parental Caregiving: Western Constraints on Creating a Fairest Love?, The Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture’s 9th Annual Fall Conference, University of Notre Dame, November 7, 2008.

    • Award Selection Committee, Essay Contest on Migration, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame (2008).

Agustin Fuentes

  • Papers Presented (2008):

    • Are we biological anthropologists yet? Contemplating Washburn’s New Physical Anthropology in 2008 - Plenary luncheon presentation at the The 77th annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Columbus, OH
    • Adventures in the In-between: Lived Experiences of a Bio-Anthropologist Navigating the Human-Primate Interface - 107th annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, CA
  • Organized the following symposia (2008):

    • Inclusion, Collaboration, Engagement: Advancing the biocultural perspective in anthropological inquiry. Invited Session-Executive Committee and Biological Anthropology Section at the at the 107th annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco (Co-Organizer with Thom McDade (Northwestern), Co-Chair)
    • First Rites: Innovative Undergraduate Research in Anthropology I and II. Executive Session at the at the 107th annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco (Co-Organizer with Deb Rotman (ND), Co-Chair)
    • 5th annual meetings of the Midwest Primate Interest Group, University of Notre Dame (Conference Host, Session and Symposium Coordinator

 

Cynthia Mahmood

  • Lessons from Kashmir.  Symposium on Irregular Warfare, Insurgency and Counterinsurgency.  Carr Center for Human Rights Policy (Harvard University) and Joint Special Operations University.  Washington, D.C., 2008.  Invited Speaker.
  • Board Member, University of Tennessee Press Legacies of Warfare Series (Editors G. Kurt Piehler and Janice Harper)

  • Editorial Board Member, Sikh Formations: Religion, Culture, and Theory (a Routledge journal).

  • Manuscript reviewer for several academic journals, presses, and granting agencies.

  • Consultant to agencies and departments of the U.S., Canadian and British governments on asylum, terrorism, and security matters relating to South Asia

  • Expert witness in legal cases in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. relating to South Asian asylum, terrorism, and security matters

  • Participant in ISLA summer seminar on Teaching Film Across the Humanities, 2008.

  • Participant in ISLA year-long seminar on Feminist Theology and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, 2008-09.

  • Invited Lectures, Speeches and Presentations:
    • Democracy and Terror in Kashmir. New Perspectives on Irregular Warfare Conference, Harvard Kennedy School and U.S. Special Operations Command, Washington, 2008.
    • Speech and the Definition of Humanity. Simon Fraser University, Forum on Human Rights, 2008.
    • Gender Equality in Contexts of Violence. Kwantlen College (Surrey B.C.), 2008.
    • Saying No to Silence. Human Rights Vigil, Vancouver, 2008.
    • Human Rights and the Sikh Dilemma. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio and Television, 2008.
    • Rights, Fears and Multiculturalism. Channel M TV, Vancouver, 2008.

James McKenna

  • Invited Local, National and International Lectures (22 lectures):

    • 22nd Annual Gravens Conference on High Risk Infants and March of Dimes Family Support Summit. Plenary Session Lecture 1.  The Unlikely and Curious Case of Human (neurological) Evolution: How the making of the infant maketh the man. Plenary Session Lecture 2 In the Western World.. Understanding Optimal Infant Care Scientific and Political Challenges. Sheraton Sands Hotel, Clearwater, Florida January 20-24, 2009
    • 2008 Human Mother-Infant Relationships: Implications for Infant Disorders, Salk Institute and Center for the Advancement, Research and Training in Anthropogeny. University of California, San Diego, Department of Biological Sciences. December 10, 2008.
    • 2008 American Anthropological Association Presidential Symposium, organized by Agustin Fuentes and Thomas McDade. Advancing Biocultural Anthropology. “Sleeping With Baby; A Quintessential Biocultural Research Issue”. November  
    • 2008 “Last Lecture Series” Inaugural “Last Lecture”. Presented to and sponsored by the University of Notre Dame Student Body, University of Notre Dame, November 12th.
    • 2008 Hesburgh Lecture Series. Human Aggression: Is It In The Genes? Co-sponsors: Eastern Michigan University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the University of Notre Dame Alumni Association. Eastern Michigan University. Ann Arbor, Michigan. Nov 11th.
    • 2008 Program On  Ethics and Culture, University of Notre Dame Annual Conference. “Fundamentals of Maternal-Infant Biology: Western Constraints On Creating the Fairest Love? Conference on:  The Family: Finding The The  Fairest Love. Nov 7-8th.
    • 2008 Chicago Health Connection. Chicago, Illinois, Holiday Inn, Keynote Speaker.  Babies, Breastfeeding and Beyond Conference. October 30, 2008. “Safe Co-sleeping With Breastfeeding” and Mother-Infant Co-sleeping With Breastfeeding and Why Co-sleeping Is a Controversy That refuses to Go Away.  
    • 2008 Lane Country (Oregon)  Department of Health and Human Services Sponsored Conference; Healthy Brain Development: Key Impacts and Interventions. Invited Lecture: The Appropriateness of Parent-Infant Contact and Proximity In Fostering Optimal Brain Growth and Development. October 23, 2008, Eugene Oregon, Valley River Inn.
    • 2008 University of Oregon, Departments of Anthropology and Cognitive Sciences Colloquial Series. Eugene, Oregon  October 22nd and 24th. Mother-Infant Co-sleeping and Evolutionary Medicine.  
    • 2008 Williams Baptist College, Wrightwood, Arkansas. The Dell Mondy Memorial Lecturer. October 9, 2008.  “The Appropriateness of Mother-Infant Co-sleeping With Breastfeeding: Culture and Biology in Conflict.
    • 2008  Breast Feeding, Bedsharing and Beyond. Northern Indian Lactation Consortium., Best Practices. Middlebury, Indiana. September 26, 2008.
    • 2008 Australia- New Zealand Lectures In Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Australia, and Christchurch and Auckland New Zealand May 24th-June 6, 2008. Conference Title: Birth, Breastfeeding and Beyond. Invited lecture tour organized by Capers Bookstore. With Dr. Michel Odent, Allison Barrett and Ms. Carol Bartlett.  Lecture Titles: Breastfeeding and Safe Mother-Infant Co-sleeping and Breastfeeding, Bedsharing and SIDS On-going Scientific Research.
    • 2008 University of California Berkeley 16th Emeritus lecture. ” Babies Sleeping Alone: I Wouldn’t Have Seen it If I Hadn’t Believed It”. Invited lecture in honor of Professor Phyllis C. Dolhinow., Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley. April 24, 2008
    • 2008 Mother-Infant Co-sleeping and Breastfeeding in the Western Industrialized Context. Department of Anthropology,  Purdue University Department Colloquium. April 16, 2008
    • 2008 The Ecology of Breastfeeding Healthcare Provider Seminar. La Leche League of Connecticut. Crowne Plaza, Southbury, CT. April 4, 2008. Sleep Like A Baby? What Does That Really Mean And Who Gets To Determine It?
    • 2008 Pediatric Grand Rounds Long Beach Memorial Hospital March 28, 2008.  Scientific Studies of Mother-Infant Co-sleeping and Why The Controversy Refuses to Go Away.
    • 2008 Fourth Annual Pediatric Sleep Medicine March 14-16, 2008 Amelia’s Plantation, Florida. Plenary Address March 15th, 2008 Sleeping With Baby? Abandoning local politics and western scientific tradition (a human wide perspective).
    • 2008 Breastfeeding Task Force of Los Angeles March 28, 2008. Mother-infant Breastfeeding With Bedsharing: Ongoing  Research Perspectives On How and Why the Controversy Refuses To Go Away and Sleep Like A Baby: What Does That Really Mean. Long Beach , California.
    • 2008 Wisconsin Association of Lactation Consultants and Wheaton Franciscan Health Care. Appleton, Wisconsin. March 13-14, 2008. March 13th Plenary Lectures. Breastfeeding and Cosleeping Culture and History. March 13th, 2008. Breastfeeding and Cosleeping: Research and Controversy March 14th, 2008

  • Recent Interviews With Public News Media (Published comments followed):

    • CNN Television Live Television Interview January 29, 2009 (Sleeping With Baby)
    • Rob Stein, Washington Post Interview Jan 22, 2009
    • Cheryl Wittenauer, Associated Press Interview Jan 23, 2009
    • Nancy Cambria,  St. Louis Dispatch, Interview Jan 24, 2009
    • National Post (Canada) Interview Feb 10,2009

Daniel Lende

  • Understanding Behavioral Health Problems in the Community: Behavioral Science Meets Anthropology. Keynote Address, Third Annual Latino Behavioral Health Summit, Angola, Indiana, November 2007.

  • Co-Organizer and Co-Chair, The Encultured Brain: Neuroanthropology and Interdisciplinary Engagement, an invited session at the 107th annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, California, November 2008.

Deborah Rotman

  • 2008 Co-organized “First Rites: Innovative Undergraduate Research in Anthropology,” with A. Fuentes. Invited Executive Session at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, California, November 19-23.
  • 2008 Co-created Museum Exhibit, “Irish Immigrants in South Bend: Archaeology and History,” with Casey McNeill, display in the Children’s Room of the St. Joseph County Public Library for Archaeology Month. Invited by Elizabeth Feil, Manager of Local History and Family Services, September 22 – November 7.
  • 2008 Co-created Museum Exhibit, “Journey to the Past: Historical Archaeology in South Bend,” with Casey McNeill, display in the Local History and Genealogy Room of the St. Joseph County Public Library for Archaeology Month. Invited by Elizabeth Feil, Manager of Local History and Family Services, August 28 – November 7.
  • 2008 Presented “Narratives of Dispersal: Oral History and Historical Archaeology of the Irish Diaspora in South Bend, Indiana” for the symposium “Conceptualising migration: interpretive frameworks for people on the move,” co-organized by Stefania Merlo, Susanne Hakenbeck, and Salam Al-Kuntar for the World Archaeological Congress, Dublin, Ireland, June 28-July 5.
  • 2008 Co-hosted Project Archaeology workshop at the Fogarty Residential Site in South Bend, Indiana, with the Indiana State Museum. Invited by Gail Brown, Education Program Coordinator, Indiana State Museum, June 10-12.
  • 2008 Presented “Irish Immigrants to South Bend: Historical Archaeology of the Fogarty Residence in the Sorinsville Neighborhood.” At the Archaeology Student Festival at the Indiana State Museum. Invited by Gail Brown, Education Program Coordinator, Indiana State Museum, May 9.
  • 2008 Co-organized “Undergraduate Research Exposition in Anthropology,” with C. Mahmood and A. Fuentes for the Department of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, April 3.
  • 2008 Served as discussant for “Women Mentoring Women” workshop at the invitation of the Council on the Status of Women in Archaeology for the Society for American Archaeology at the Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, British Columbia, March 26-30.
  • 2008 Presented “More than Public or Private: Gendered Social Relations in Deerfield, Massachusetts.” Invited paper for the symposium “Archaeology in Western Massachusetts: A Multi-Decade Overview” organized by R. Paynter and E. Chilton for the Northeast Anthropological Association 48th Annual Meeting, Amherst, Massachusetts, March 7-9.
  • 2008 Presented “The Fighting Irish: Nineteenth-Century Immigrant Experiences in South Bend, Indiana.” Invited paper for the symposium “The Irish Experience in America: Developing an Analytical Discourse of Diaspora and Transnationalism,” organized by S. Brighton for the Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical and Underwater Archaeology, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January 9-12.

 

Mark Schurr

  • 2008 Workshop: Submitting Articles to the Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology. Midwest Archaeological Conference 2008, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

  • Collier Lodge 2008. Midwest Archaeological Conference 2008, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

  • 2008 The Collier Lodge Site: A Nine-Thousand Year Record of Life Along the Kankakee. Paul F. Mickey Monthly Program in Archaeology & Natural Sciences. Illinois State Museum, Research & Collections Center, Springfield, Illinois.

  • 2008 Collier Lodge: A Nine-Thousand Year Record of Life Along the Kankakee River. National Center for Great Lakes Native American Culture, 2008 Academic Conference, Current Research in Great Lakes Native American Culture. April 19, Portland, Indiana.

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