May 2010

03 May

What’s So Urban About Food Security? The Why and Where of Hunger in Accra Ghana

Anna Carla Lopez-Carr Monday, May 3 / 12:00 PM HSSB 4020 Dr. Lopez-Carr is a geographer researching the spatial complexities of urban food security in West Africa. As the developing world continues to urbanize at lightning pace, health research in these newly urbanized areas falls further and further...

13:01 / Upcoming Events / IHC Research Focus Groups

03 May

Central American Forced Migration: Conversations for Change

Monday, May 3 / 12:00 PM MultiCultural Center The mainstream media largely frame the topic of migration by utilizing terms such as illegal and undocumented, which have an immediate impact in shaping public perceptions of criminal behavior. The media also focus much attention to the arrival of...

12:00 / Upcoming Events

03 May

The Deep Prehistory of Indian Gaming: The Perspective from Mesoamerica

Barbara Voorhies (Anthropology, UCSB) Monday, May 3 / 5:00 PM McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB New evidence is presented for the antiquity of Indian gaming in Mesoamerica. Sponsored by the IHC’s Archaeology RFG....

11:58 / Upcoming Events / IHC Research Focus Groups