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2008 Events Calendar

August 26 – Classes begin

September 1 – Holiday - office closed, classes in session

September 3 – Last day to add classes

September 7 – Faculty and staff get-together

September 9 – Dr. Hortense Spillers, Provost's Distinguished Women's Lecturer, presents "The Idea of Black Culture" at 5:00 pm in the McKenna Hall Auditorium, reception to follow. Dr. Spillers is an endowed professor of English at Vanderbilt University. Sponsored by the Department of English.

September 11 – Public archaeology lecture by Dr. Charlie Cobb, 4:00-5:15. More details to follow.

September 17 – Annual student and faculty picnic at 5:30, Grace Hall Courtyard

September 19-20 – Midwest Primate Interest Group Annual Meeting at Notre Dame

October 4 – Midwest Historical Archaeology Conference at IUPUI

October 15-19 – Midwest Archaeological Conference (MAC) in Milwaukee

October 20-24 – Fall Break

October 30 – Preview the Spring 2009 courses on insideND

October 31 – Last day to discontinue courses

November 3 – Permits and overrides are available for Spring 2009 courses. Be sure to obtain overrides for "majors only" courses if you are a current minor. Be sure to obtain permits for "permission only" courses.

November 17 – Registration opens, starting with seniors, for Spring 2009 courses

November 19-22 – American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) Annual Meeting in Boston

November 19-23 – American Anthropological Association (AAA) Annual Meeting in San Francisco

November 27-28 – Thanksgiving Break, offices closed

December 3 – Adjustment form process opens

December 11 – Last class day

December 15-19 – Final exams

December 24-January 4 – Christmas Break, offices closed

January 6-11 – Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) Annual Meeting in Toronto

January 8-11 – Joint Annual Meeting for the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) and APA in Philadelphia

March 17-21 – Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) Annual Meeting in Santa Fe

March 27-29 – Biennial joint meeting of the Society for Psychological Anthropology (SPA) and the Society for the Anthropology of Religion (SAR) in Pacific Grove, CA

March 31- April 4 – American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA) Annual Meeting in Chicago

April 22-26 –Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Annual Meeting in Atlanta