ANTHROPOLOGY ADVANCED REGISTRATION COURSE FAIR !!

The Undergraduate Anthropology Society/Anthropology Undergraduate Advisory Board will be holding a course fair this Monday, March 30th @ 5:15 in Houston Hall (Bishop White Room -217).

Advance registration ends next week, so come to get first-hand accounts of the Anthropology Department's Fall 2009 course offerings and get a list of the courses broken down by requirement.

All students are welcome to attend and food will be served. This is a great opportunity for undergrads to mingle, learn specifics about upcoming courses, and chat with other Anthro majors about their experience with various courses.

Please stop by, even if it is just for a short while!

Details:
TIME: Monday, March 30, 5:15 pm
LOCATION: Houston Hall, Bishop White Room (217), second floor (next to OSL office)

Summer Research Opportunities in Anthropology

Want a summer job? Interested in Anthropology? Want to conduct research with a member of Penn's amazing Anthropology faculty? Like Pizza?

This Friday (2/20) at 2:30 in Room 328 at the University Museum, the Anthropology Undergraduate Advisory Board will be hosting this semester's Summer Research Opportunities Session. Come chat with professors about their summer research, meet with CURF representatives about funding possibilities for your own research and fellowships, and talk to other students about their own previous summer projects.

If you are at all interested in anthropology research, how to get involved, or a possible future thesis, this is a great event to attend.

Also, FREE PIZZZZZA!!!!

WORLD OF WARCRAFT LUNCH!!!! SUPERLULSORZ

AUAB'S FIRST "HAPPY HOUR WITH A GRAD STUDENT" featuring Liz Erkenbrack, world of warcraft, MMORPGS, cookies, and plenty of nerdz!!!

The Undergraduate Anthropology Advisory Board would like to invite you to a casual brown bag lunch this Thursday February 19th at 1:30pm in the anthropology department lounge on the third floor of the Penn Museum. We'll be chatting with anthropology grad student Liz Erkenbrack about her research on Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs), particularly World of Warcraft. In her own words, Liz looks at the "socio-cultural and economic implications of playing the game" and analyzes "various forms of discourse used at different points in the game". This should be a great event and we hope to see you there!

Free for Penn Students: Colin Renfrew Lecture

Colin Renfrew to be awarded the 2009 SAFE Beacon Award
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Lecture: Combating the Illicit Antiquities Trade: the 1970 Rule as a Turning Point (or How the Metropolitan Museum lags behind the Getty)

Date: January 10, 2009; Saturday

Time: Lecture and Reception: 6:30 – 9:00 pm

Location: Marriott Downtown Hotel

1201 Market Street; Philadelphia, PA

Grand Ballroom, Salon G

Cost: Free for Penn Students (contact rml@sas.upenn.edu for details)



Join SAFE for an evening of celebration honoring Professor Colin Renfrew, recipient of the 2009 SAFE Beacon Award, for his life-long service to archaeology and efforts to raise public awareness about the looting of the world's ancient heritage and the trade in illicit antiquities. The evening will commence with the Beacon Award Lecture, followed by the Beacon Award ceremony and a reception.

In his lecture, Professor Renfrew will contrast the responses of the Getty Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the success of the Italian and Greek governments in securing from them the return of looted antiquities. He will commend the Getty's new policy and ask why the Metropolitan Museum has not followed suit. He will underline the significance of the recent decision of the Association of Art Museum Directors to follow the 1970 Rule and ask how long the Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum can maintain the policies that led them to acquire the notorious "Euphronios Vase." He will also describe the ethical, intellectual and strategic framework for countering the traffic in illicit antiquities.

The 2009 SAFE Beacon Awards Lecture and Reception is co-sponsored by the Penn Cultural Heritage Center.

Fall Reading Days Brunch and AUAB Leadership Elections!

Calling All Anthro Majors and Minors,

The AUAB is announcing a STUDY BREAK happening Tuesday, December 9th at 11 am in Rodin College House Mezzanine. Please feel free to join us for a bagel brunch and good anthropological company! Bring yourself, a friend, some notes to review, your laptop...and kick back with us for a while.

Also, the AUAB is holding ELECTIONS for the Spring 2009 Leadership. Even if you are brand new to the major or minor, energetic anthro-loving students should definitely email Serena (serena1230 at gmail dot com) with:
a) your name
b) your year
c) your preferred position (Chair, Vice-chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Co-chair of Events, Thesis Workshop, Summer Opportunities, Film) AND a brief (100 words or less) statement of interest
d) your other extracurricular involvement in Spring 2009

THE DEADLINE for notifying Serena is 12 PM Monday December 8th

We hope that you will come by to hang out! Best of luck on finals to all!

Sincerely,

the AUAB

Attention Senior Thesis Writers!

Dear Thesis Writers,

So, you are the oh-so-fortunate ones!

The AUAB is kicking off a series of meetings for seniors writing theses - academic workshops and a few social events - to take place throughout the remainder of the semester and continuing next semester. This is an opportunity for us to bring the challenges and delights of thesis research and writing into dialogue and to invite professors to hang out with us and share some advice and commiseration.

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On Thursday, Oct 16 we will meet for the first time, Museum location TBA, at 4 PM.

If you have not done so already, please email Serena (serena1230 at gmail dot com) with your name and contact info. If you have a time conflict, please email Serena, as well.

For our first meeting, we will start out by introducing ourselves and our projects . We are all probably at slightly different spots in our projects. Depending on their availability, Dr. Petryna and Dr. Barg will be present to offer guidance and to begin talking about data management for notes and bibs, and research reading strategies. We will then figure out when we want to meet during the rest of the semester, what topics we would like addressed, and perhaps if we would like to break off into smaller groups for several sessions based on the relatedness of our topics or methodologies.

Welcome Back Event!

*Curious* about Anthropology at Penn?
About opportunities for research?
About the best courses for majors and minors?

Come chat with current majors and Anthropology faculty!

Majors, Minors and Prospective Majors and Minors Welcome!

Where: Anthropology Museum Room 345
When: Friday September 12 at 3 pm
Why: good people, fantastic snackage

See you there!

AUAB Reading Days Brunch

We think you are hungry. We think we can help:

AUAB Brunch

Thursday May 1

11 am - 12:30 pm

Rodin College House Mezzanine



Stop by for good eats and a good time on your way to finals-land....

AUAB Thesis Workshop: not scary; we promise

Anthro Majors and Minors:

Are you ready for the most exciting ride of your senior year?

Come to the Anthropology Undergraduate Advisory Board's THESIS WORKSHOP
Thursday April 17
4:30 pm in MUS 419

Join the AUAB and Anthropology faculty for REFRESHMENTS and the sheer thrill of thinking about your THESIS project!

*Hear from faculty about planning and advising
*Meet the Undergraduate Chair
*Talk to seniors who have written a thesis

Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors are encouraged to attend! Seniors are invited to share their wisdom on thesis planning and writing.

We look forward to seeing you!

The Anthropology Undergraduate Advisory Board

Workshop: Summer Opportunities! 2/29, 1:30 pm, Mus 419

How can you make the most of your summer? How can you put your Anthropology skills to task in a meaningful way? What do Anthropologists do? How can you find research, internships, field school contacts and funding?

The Anthropology Undergraduate Advisory Board is happy to announce its first Spring Workshop:

Summer Opportunities in Anthropology
Friday, Feb 29
1:30 PM
Museum, Room 419
Enjoy refreshments, talk with Faculty, meet a grant and research representative from CURF, speak to students who have attended field schools and have done Anthropology research in past summers, and browse our packet of opportunities for Summer 2008.

We hope that you will join us for this fun and informative event!

Sincerely,

the Anthropology Undergraduate Advisory Board