Activity Type:
Lecture
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Presenter:
Sidney W. Mintz
Date:
Friday, December 9, 2011 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Location:
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Contact Person:
Linda Howard
Contact Email:
hlinda@pitt.edu
Event Web Site:
Sidney Mintz is a distinguished anthropologist whose scholarship has shaped how we think about the social, cultural, and political impact of colonialism, the interface of anthropology and history, and the correlation between food, material, culture, and power. He is the author of many significant publications, including books such as Worker in the Cane: A Puerto Rican Life History; Sweetness and Power: the Place of Sugar in Modern History; Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom: Excursions into Eating, Culture and the Past; and Three Ancient Colonies. Caribbean Themes and Variations. For additional information on this event, please visit: www.anthropology.pitt.edu
UCIS Unit:
Center for Latin American Studies
Global Studies Center
Non-University Sponsors:
Department of Anthropology
World History Center
Department of Sociology
Department of History
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Center for Comparative Archeology