A world shrouded in darkness: Accounting for variance in the Dark Triad traits around the world
Seminar
The Dark Triad traits (i.e., narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism) capture individual differences in darker aspects of personality. However, most studies on the Dark Triad traits tend to rely on samples from English-speaking/Western countries and fail to account for country-level variance. In…
Making Religious Heritage in China: Governance, Transformation, and Resistance
Seminar
Making Religious Heritage in China: Governance, Transformation, and Resistance Abstract In the past decades around the world, cultural heritage and religion have been intermingled in various ways. In Europe and North America, many religious communities turned churches into museum spaces to…
Reviving South Africa: Building and Interpreting the Plio-Pleistocene Fossil Record by the 'Infernal Method'
Seminar
For over 75 years, fossil discoveries and research in South Africa within the region locally known as the ‘Cradle of Humankind’ have shaped our understanding of the origins of humans and other mammal species. As part of this tradition of investigating the early history of South Africa, Dr Justin…
Bourdieu’s illusio: When theory, philosophy and ethnography meet
Seminar
About the Lecture In this paper I will explore Bourdieu’s concept of illusio and examine various moment where I found it helpful in thinking my ethnographic material with it. The examples will highlight the various potentialities and meanings of this analytical concept. I aim to exhibit the way…
The Hidden Dead: Osteoarchaeological Perspectives on Maya Mortuary Ritual in the Caves and Rockshelters of Central Belize
Seminar
Osteoarchaeological investigations of mortuary deposits in caves and rockshelters in the river valleys of west-central Belize have yielded one of the larger and more complex regional skeletal assemblages in the Maya area, providing insights into the lives and deaths of people living in the nearby…
Book Launch: The Green Revolution Narratives of Politics, Technology and Gender by Patrick Kilby
Book launch
Book Launch: The Green Revolution Narratives of Politics, Technology and Gender by Patrick Kilby To be launched by Prof Margaret Jolly Convenor of the Gender Institute Venue: The McDonald Room, the Menzies Library Date: Wednesday, 3 April 2019. Time: 5 PM, with official proceedings commencing at…
The Bioarchaeology of Non Ban Jak, an Iron Age community in northeast Thailand
Seminar
Until the excavation of Non Ban Jak (NBJ), the human skeletal record of the late Iron Age in northeast Thailand invariably consisted of small samples or, if larger, of poorly preserved burials, limiting the ability to understand this time period. This presentation will provide the first…