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Heather Howard Receives Grant to Study Diabetes in First Nations Communities
In 2010-2011, Dr. Howard led a collaborative research project with the One Nation in Unity Youth Program of the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto and local Aboriginal diabetes educators to gather the perspectives of Aboriginal persons living with diabetes in Toronto, and of providers of health and social services which impact diabetes prevention and management in this community. That project was funded by the Indigenous Health Research Development Program (a Canadian Institutes of Health Research sub-grant). This project will continue Aboriginal youth engagement in the dissemination of perspectives that were gathered during the initial research, and bring together Aboriginal and…
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2012 Morton Village Fieldschool Currently Accepting Applications (Deadline 4/27/12)
The Morton Village Fieldschool is current accepting applications – with a deadline of April 27th, 2012 The MortonVillage Fieldschool focuses on the Morton Village Site, a late prehistoric village in the central Illinois River Valley near Lewistown, Illinois. This cooperative project with the Illinois State Museum focuses on the A.D. 1300-1400 community associated with a period of social integration and conflict among Oneota and Mississippian groups. Our work builds on prior research at the site, utilize state-of the-art geophysical techniques, and have a strong public outreach component. Students are exposed to survey work as well as excavation. As in any archaeological…
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GSA’s Silent Auction
The GSA is looking for awesome, unusual, and/or beautiful treasures to feature in this year’s Silent Auction. If you would like to donate a treasure, please bring the item to 412 Baker Hall anytime between 9-5pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays or contact Sylvia (deskajsy@msu.edu) to make other arrangements. We need your donations to make this auction successful. We are accepting donations until Thursday, March 1st, 2012. Please be sure to label your donated item with the following pieces of information: 1) What is it? 2) Where is it from? 3) A suggested opening bid price For those who are new…
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Saints’ Rest Project Receives Governer’s Award
One of six Governor’s Awards for Historic Presevation was presented to MSU for the Saints’ Rest Archaeological Project on May 18, 2006.
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Book Award: Chineseness Across Borders: Renegotiating Chinese Identities in China and the United States
Andrea Louie’s book Chineseness Across Borders: Renegotiating Chinese Identities in China and the United States (Duke University Press, 2004) received the Association for Asian American Studies Book Award in the category of Social Sciences for titles published in 2004.
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Book Award: Calling Cards: Theory and Practice in the Study of Race, Gender, and Culture
Calling Cards: Theory and Practice in the Study of Race, Gender, and Culture , edited by Jacqueline Royster and Ann Marie Simpkins, received the 2006 College English Association of Ohio Nancy Dasher Award. Susan Krouse, faculty member in Anthropology, has a chapter in this volume, titled: “Transforming Images: The Scholarship of American Indian Women.”
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Book Award: Aztalan: Mysteries of an Ancient Indian Town
Robert A. Birmingham and Lynne Goldstein, Aztalan: Mysteries of an Ancient Indian Town, won The Midwest Independent Publishers Association Merit Award for the History category, 2006.
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Book Award: Aceh, Indonesia: Securing the Insecure State
Elizabeth Drexler’s Aceh, Indonesia: Securing the Insecure State (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008) has won an award by Association of Third World Studies (ATWS) Cecil B. Currey Book-Length Publications Award for 2007-2008.
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New Book: Beneath the Ivory Tower: The Archaeology of Academia
Edited by Russell K. Skowronek and Kenneth E. Lewis (University Press of Florida) Overview: “For the first time we have a volume that shows us the story of archaeology at some of our most significant and cherished institutions, America’s colleges and universities.”–Richard C. Waldbauer, National Park Service “The chapters in this volume demonstrate the integration of teaching, learning, research, and service in the efforts to preserve and interpret heritage for the benefit of all those who identify with the academy.”–Michael S. Nassaney, Western Michigan University As a discipline, archaeology often provides amazing insights into the past. But it can also…
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New Book: Aceh, Indonesia: Securing the Insecure State
Elizabeth F. Drexler (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008) Award: Association of Third World Studies (ATWS) Cecil B. Currey Book-Length Publications Award for 2007-2008. Overview: “A needed critique of the often-romanticized vision of ‘reconciliation through truth commissions’ for nations caught up in historical cycles of violence.”–Susan Rodgers, College of the Holy Cross “Elizabeth Drexler’s sensitive treatment of Aceh’s recent history is an invaluable contribution to the debate.”–Goenawan Mohamad, author of Conversations with Difference In 1998, Indonesia exploded with both euphoria and violence after the fall of its long time authoritarian ruler, Soeharto, and his New Order regime. Hope centered on establishing…