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2009 Events Calendar
September 1 – Activities night for gathering club information
September 2 – Last day to add classes or complete enrollment
September 3 – (5-7 pm) Back from the Field Party! Located in 625 Flanner Hall. All anthropology students and faculty that were in the field durring the break are invited. Please join us for pizza, fruit, veggies and refreshments. WELCOME BACK!
September 6 - October 11 - Fritz Scholder, contemporary artist, exhibit at the Snite Museum of Art. Exhibit information.
September 7 – Labor Day: offices closed, classes in session
September 8 - Faculty meeting and reception at McKenna Hall, 3:00-6:00PM
September 13 - Opening reception for Fritz Scholder, contemporary artist, exhibit at the Snite Museum of Art. Opening lecture by Paul Chaat Smith, 3:30PM, Milly and Fritz Kaeser Mestrovic Studio Gallery, Snite Museum of Art.
September 14 - Lecture by Paul Chaat Smith, 4:30PM in DeBartolo 209: "New Readings of a Lost Story: The American Indian Movement at 40."
September 15 - Fr. Jenkins' address to the faculty: 3:00PM in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
September 16 - Anthropology student/faculty picnic: 5:30-7:00PM
September 17 - Sheedy Award presentation: 4:00PM in McKenna Hall
September 17-19 - Advisory Council Weekend
September 18 - The re-dedication of the Chief Menominee Monument, Marshall County, Indiana 4:00 pm - The Department of Anthropology will be represented at this event by Dr. Mark Schurr, Chair. More information at: www.htctech.net/~fchs/trail.htm
September 22 - Grad School Night – 5:30 – 6:30, with pizza, located at 231 Hayes-Healy.
September 30 - Department Summer Experiences – 5:30 – 6:30, with pizza, located at 625 Flanner Hall.
October 5 - Study Abroad: Departmental Information Session – 5:30-6:30pm – yep, with pizza, located at 625 Flanner Hall.
October 7 - Reynier’s open house and the official opening of the Molecular Anthropology Laboratory. The lab will be open from 12-4pm- please drop by when you can to check out our newest laboratory. In addition, some of the other labs will be open so please come over for a visit. The Reynier's building is off of Douglas Road, west of the Credit Union.
October 8 - The Encultured Brain Conference at Notre Dame
October 9-10 - Midwest Primate Interest Group meetings in Allendale, Michigan at Grand Valley State University (MPIG)
October 10 - Midwest Historical Archaeology Conference at Notre Dame (MHA)
October 13 - Lecture: "A Self of One's Own: Negotiating Gender in Academia" Dr. Carolyn Sargent, Washington Univ. in St. Louis; Hosted by: The Department of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame Start Time: Tuesday, October 13 at 1:00pm to 2:00pm, located in 119 O'Shaughnessy.
October 15-18 - Midwest Archaeological Conference in Iowa City, Iowa (MAC)
October 17-25 - Fall break, no classes
October 29 - Spring 2010 courses are available on insideND
October 30 - Last day for course discontinuance
October 30 - Students can obtain their time-ticket on insideND
November 2 - Permits and overrides open. Students should plan ahead to receive needed permissions and overrides by visiting with professors and office staff.
November 10 - Alex Chávez, Doctoral Candidate from the Dept. of Anthropology, The University of Texas at Austin, will deliver a lecture from 4:00pm-6:00pm, McKenna Hall 210 - 214, for more details please click the following link: http://latinostudies.nd.edu/calendar/index.php?enum=918
November 16 - Spring 2010 course registration begins for seniors
November 16 -Lecture “Braddock” by John Fetterman (no abstract available), 8 pm in the auditorium of McKenna Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information about Fetterman’s work in Braddock, please see click here.
November 18-21 - American School of Oriental Research annual meetings in New Orleans (ASOR)
November 19 - Spring 2010 course registration begins for juniors
November 23 - Spring 2010 course registration begins for sophomores
November 25-29 - Thanksgiving holiday for students
November 30 - 3:00 to 5:00 pm, Student Poster Exhibit, Anthropology Department (Flanner, 6th floor). This will include 14 posters created by the students of the Fall 2009 Archaeology of Ireland class. Snacks and soft-drinks will be provided. This poster exhibit will be adjudicated by Professor Gabriel Cooney, Head of the School of Archaeology, University College Dublin.
Nov 30 - Dec 2 - Spring 2010 course registration for first-year students
December 1 - Professor Gabriel Cooney, Head of the School of Archaeology, University College Dublin, will be presenting a public lecture titled "Answers from the Grave: Death and the Ancestors in Prehistoric Ireland", on Tuesday, December 1, 2009, at 4:00 pm (location TBA later). This talk will run 50 minutes and will be followed by questions. Funding for this event is provided by ISLA, the department of Anthropology, and the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies.
December 2 - Adjustment form process begins to allow registration in closed classes. Check with the professor and office staff for availability.
December 2-6 - American Anthropological Association annual meetings in Philadelphia (AAA)
December 4 - AAA Presidential Poster Session, Philadelphia. "First Rites: Innovative Undergraduate Research in Anthropology" 8:00am - 11:45am, Grand Ballroom Salon G. Read more>
December 9 - Faculty meeting and reception: 3:00-6:00PM in McKenna Hall
December 10 - Last class day
December 11-13 - Study days
December 14-18 - Final exams
Dec 24 - Jan 3 - Offices closed for Christmas holiday
January 3 - January graduation (no ceremony)
January 4 - Offices reopen