15th Annual Keith Morton Memorial Lecture
Thursday Mar 7th, 2013 - Thursday Mar 7th, 2013
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM - Whitsett Room, Sierra Hall 451
You are invited to join the Department of Anthropology for the 15th Annual Keith Morton Memorial Lecture, to be delivered by Dr. Normal Yoffee, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan and now Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Senior Fellow, Institute for the Study of the Ancient world, NYU.
Professor Yoffee will speak on "The Evolution of Fragility" in the context of sociopolitical and economic systems. He writes, "Archaeologists and others have characterized ancient states and "complex societies" as "integrated." That is, religious and political institutions recombined various social and economic groups into functioning wholes, either through consensus or repression. This process of integration has been described as "social evolution." In this talk, I examine these common suppositions. I begin with Mesopotamia, the region of my specific research, but drift dangerously into areas far from my expertise. Many early societies were far from integrated and stable, but the opposite, fragile. I explore the nature and implications of social fragility."
Please RSVP to the Department of Anthropology: 818-677-3331
Website:
http://www.csun.edu/csbs/departments/anthropology/index.html
Contact:
Name: Dr. Cathy Costin
Phone: 818-677-3331
Email: cathy.costin@csun.edu
Sponsor:
Department of Anthropology
Cost:
Free
