Chinese Program: Diaspora and Global Flows, Feb. 13

The Chinese program in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures will host Dr. Paul Brodwin of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for a talk titled "The Anthropology of Diaspora and Global Flows: Classic Theory and Case Study" on Friday, Feb. 13, from 10 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. in Lalumiere Hall 198.

No registration is required.

Diasporas are geographically dispersed yet interconnected cultural communities that play a vital role in contemporary global affairs. The talk will introduce the influential theoretical model of diaspora developed by anthropologist Arjun Appadurai and examine its relevance to the historical and ongoing development of overseas Chinese populations.

Brodwin is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at UW-Milwaukee, with a secondary appointment in the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

His research focuses on the cultural dimensions of disease, illness and health care systems. He has conducted extensive fieldwork in rural Haiti, among the Haitian diaspora and in the United States.

He is the author of "Everyday Ethics: Voices from the Frontline of Community Psychiatry" (University of California Press) and "Medicine and Morality in Haiti: The Contest for Health Power" (Cambridge University Press), among other publications.

For more information, contact Dr. Jen-Li Ko at [email protected].