7 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 23 Southwestern archaeologists have studied pottery to help them understand past human behavior. Analyzing pottery can tell us about past foodways, ethnicity, trade, migration, and religious beliefs. Over the past several decades, Southwestern ceramicists have increasingly used “high-tech” techniques – from 3D modeling to nuclear reactors – to explore some of these longstanding issues. This talk explores some of these techniques and the advances made in using pottery to understand past culture.

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INVST Community Leadership Program is looking for students who are interested in environmental sustainability, social justice and leadership development for our Certificate in The Study and Practice of Leadership. INVST students reflect on concepts and theories in areas such as leadership, democracy, nonviolence and sustainable development. In addition, they develop expertise such as meeting facilitation, inclusive decision-making, conflict resolution, fundraising, grant proposal writing, organizing, grassroots lobbying and public speaking.

Join us on Jan. 30 from 5 - 7 p.m. in Humanities 250 to hear about these three great volunteer organizations! Peace Corps, Teach for America, and City Year all provide long-term service opportunities to communities in need at home and around the world! Each organization will discuss what they do and be able to answer any questions. Join us for this great evening dedicated to serving those in need. When: Jan. 30 at 5 p.m. Where: Humanities 250 Why: Because helping others is the most satisfying job there is!

Buddhism online, like many representations of religions online, has taken on new definitions with its new medium, replacing historically accepted practice with nondescript spirituality. On April 22 at 12 p.m. in Guggenheim 201E, Joanna Piacenza, an MA Candidate in the Religious Studies department, will address shifting perceptions and representations of Buddhism in contemporary American society, as framed through a smartphone meditation application.

In 1958, Japan undertook its first archaeological excavation outside Asia; the Scientific Expedition to Nuclear America made path-breaking contributions to scholarly understanding of the origins of civilization in Peru. On Monday, April 8 at 11:00am in the CAS Conference Room, CAS (formerly IBS 3), 1424 Broadway, Miriam Kingsberg, Assistant Professor in the Dept. of History will explore the ways in which archaeologists and the media collaborated to transform the unlikely topic of pre-Columbian history into an enduring public obsession.

Join us March 11 at noon in Guggenheim 201E as Ian Rowen, a Ph.D. candidate from the Department of Geography, discusses Chinese tourism in Taiwan. Using an argument based on theories of governmentality and performativity, Rowan treats borders and territories as dynamic processes rather than places. Rowan concludes that tourism is producing multiple sensations of stateness in Taiwan and exacerbating contradictions between China and Taiwan’s programs of state territorialization.

Join us Feb. 25 at 12 p.m. in Guggenheim 201E for a brown-bag event with Rachel Fleming, PhD Candidate, from the Department of Anthropology. Fleming will discuss the influx of women in information technology & other high-skill sectors, their participation in new work environments and higher earnings mean that their social networks and spaces of socializing are shifting from previous generations.

On Feb. 11 at noon in Guggenheim 201E, Emily Yeh, associate professor of geography, will discuss the cultural importance of caterpillar fungus in Tibet. A more-than-human analytical framework points to the role of caterpillar fungus in creating an assemblage in which Tibetans are articulated with the commodity chain. A new set of meanings has also emerged to sell caterpillar fungus, centered on the biomolecular nature of its active ingredients rather than Tibetan nature.

As part of his project Paradoxes of Plurality: Ethnic and Religious Diversity in the Medieval Mediterranean and Beyond, Dr. Brian Catlos, Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, will speak on Jan. 28 at 12 p.m. in Guggenheim 201E on his developing theoretical approach in communal relations that aim to reconcile the apparently conflicting data and account for changes in policy and social and cultural relations among these groups - an approach that may well have applications far beyond the Middle Ages and the Mediterranean.