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Graduate Students

• Chelsea Strayer’s research explains why the Asante people of Ghana incorporate ritual drumming into their traditional healing ceremonies, and its potential implications on Western medicine.
• Leonardo Schiocchet’s lecture “The Exiled Ones and The Others Within: Being Palestinian in a Muslim and in a Christian Palestinian Camp in Lebanon” at the Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations in Fall 2008. The talk focused on the dynamics between social organization, identity, and social practices in two Palestinian refugee camps—one Christian, the other Sunni.
• Noah Coburn’s lecture “Is Afghanistan a Failed State?: The answer from one bazaar town,” at the Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies & Civilizations in Spring 2009. Mr. Coburn highlighted his experiences of living in the city of Istalif, Afghanistan for almost two years.

Faculty

• Tom Barfield audio on NPR, on Afghanistan’s first presidential elections
• Anthony Barrand slide show on Thanksgiving traditions
• Anthony Barrand slide show explaining St. Patrick’s Day
• Frank Korom slide show on Bengali scroll painters
• Frank Korom’s lecture “Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and the Making of a Transnational Sufi Family” at the Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies & Civilizations in Spring 2008
• Charles Lindholm article in Bostonia on his course AN570 Lovers and Leaders: The Anthropology of Romance and Charisma
• Charles Lindholm interview: “Charismatic Anthropologist”
• Christina Luke appears in an article from Bostonia
• Richard Norton in Bostonia on Hezbollah’s rise in Lebanon and the future of the Middle East
• Richard Norton audio from NPR, speaking on “Islamic Democracy”
• Richard Norton, video of Pardee Center panel discussion on “Where is China Headed? Social Order”
• Robert P. Weller, book excerpt: Resistance, Chaos, and Control in China
• Robert P. Weller audio, on an anthropological look at the cult science fiction movie “Man Who Fell to Earth”
• Robert P. Weller, video of Pardee Center panel discussion on “Where is China Headed? Social Order”
• Jenny White article in Bostonia: “Portrait of the Scholar as a Young Novelist”
• Merry White article in Hypercube: “An Anthropologist and a Foodie”
• Merry White slide show on Thanksgiving traditions
• Guest Lecture: Lecture Series — Geneive Abdo: April 18, 2008 SMSC, together with the BU Dept. of Anthropology and the Humanities Foundation welcomed author, journalist, and expert Geneive Abdo to the Castle. Her talk, titled “Mecca and Main Street: Muslim Life in America after 9/11,” highlighted some of the findings of her study of Islam in America published in her new book of the same name.