Friday, November 13th, 2009 The Lost "Ur"

DateTimeLocation
Friday, November 13, 20094:00PM - 6:00PMSeminar Room 108N, Munk Centre For International Studies
1 Devonshire Place

Description

Valentine Daniel is Professor of Anthropology and former Director of the Southern Asian Institute at Columbia University. His major publications include “Fluid Signs: Being a Person the Tamil Way” (1984), “Culture/Contexture: Essays in Anthropology and Literary Study”, co-edited with Geoffrey Peck (1996), “Mistrusting Refugees”, co-edited with John Knudsen (1996), “Charred Lullabies: Chapters in an Anthropography of Violence” (1997). He is currently working on a book on the philosophy of the founder of American Pragmatism, Charles S. Pierce, and its relevance for the human sciences.


Speakers

E. Valentine Daniel
Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University


Main Sponsor

Centre for South Asian Studies

Co-Sponsors

Asian Institute

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