The OSU Anthropology Lecture Series features guest speakers from the OSU community, as well as visitors from academic institutions, government agencies, non-government organizations and businesses in Oregon and beyond. Each quarter, a new roster of speakers are invited to give 30-45 minute presentations on cutting-edge research, current events and other projects that resonate with the OSU Anthropology community. These “tan sack/brown bag” lunchtime lectures are designed for the OSU community to engage with diverse ongoing research, applied projects and contemporary anthropological dialogue, but are also meant as a space for us to converse with each other.

This event is sponsored by the OSU Anthropology Program and the OSU School of Language, Culture & Society in partnership with Linguistics.

Jan. 17

Olga Blomgren, School of Writing, Literature, and Film

Diasporic Geographies, Creolization, and Translation: Archipelagic Artistic Practice

Jan. 24

Sharrah McKenzie, Institut Català de Paleontologia

Taxonomy, biochronology, and paleobiology of Miocene suines and tetraconodontines (Artiodactyla: Suidae) from Northeast Spain

Jan. 31

Jordan A.G. Douglas-Tavani, Willamette University

*Talking about time without a present, past, or future: Aspect in miluk tɬiis

Feb. 7

Megan Jones, OSU College of Agricultural Sciences

Protecting psychological safety in conservation science and practice

Feb. 14

Allison Taylor, University of Oregon, Linguistics & the Clark Honors College

*Memory and Motivation in Learning a Revitalizing Language

Feb. 21

Sallie Han, SUNY Oneonta

Making Soup from Stones: Care at the End of the World

Feb. 28

Eric Jones, OSU College of Forestry
Transdisciplinary Practice & PNW Maple Sugaring Culture, Economy, Ecology: A Talk & Tasting

March 7

Sarah Palmer, Coquille Indian Tribe

Interesting Questions in Interesting Times: Addressing meaningful problems in archaeology

March 14

Julia Clark, Nomad Science Mongolia

Archaeology in Mongolia: Protecting Vulnerable Cultural Heritage