Department of Anthropology | Miami University
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December 2008
Winter 2009 Newsletter
Submitted by garreta2 on December 1, 2008 - 11:58amIn this newsletter we cover the anthropology department's new Dharamsala program, the Cambridge junior fellow program, undergraduate research, Goldman prize winner Heather Hillebrandt and other student award winners, profiles on new faculty, reports of faculty research, and an article on Prof. Leighton Peterson's film Weaving Worlds.
Anthropology faculty meets with Dalai Lama, others to create partnership
Submitted by petersm2 on December 31, 2008 - 2:11pmBeginning fall of 2009, Miami University students can study at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics (IBD) and the College for Higher Tibetan Studies (CHTS) in Dharamsala, India. An agreement was signed during a ceremony Jan. 1 at the IBD to officially launch Miami's Tibetan Studies Semester Program.
