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By Cecile Dubuis, on 11 February 2008

Events happening near UCL from the RAI Calendar http://www.therai.org.uk/anthcal/calendar.html

17-18 Feb 2008 Adoption, captivity and slavery: Changing meanings in early colonial America. Interdisciplinary conference at the British Museum, London, UK. Contact: mcarocci at thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

20 Feb 2008, 4.00-6.00 pm Anthropologists and the Bible since the Victorians. Lecture by Adam Kuper. Mary Douglas Seminars on Anthropology and the Bible. Room 218 Foster Court, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT.

28 Feb 2008, 1.00-6.00 pm Scale, size and the ephemeral. Research workshop 3 organized by University College London and the British Museum Centre for Anthropology. British Museum: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/extreme-collecting.

5 Mar 2008, 4.00-6.00 pm A structuralist analysis of competitive models of sacred space in the biblical texts. Lecture by Seth Kunin. Mary Douglas Seminars on Anthropology and the Bible. Room 218 Foster Court, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT

 RAI Discover Anthropology outreach programme: 7 Mar 2008, 6.30-9.00 pm: Street fictions and realities: Childhood experiences on film: The Foundling Museum, London; http://www.foundlingmuseum.org.uk; 10-12 Mar 2008, 6.30 pm: Anthropology of boarding schools: Childhood experiences on film: at the RAI; http://www.therai.org.uk / http://www.esrcsocietytaday.ac.uk

19 Mar 2008, 4.00-6.00 pm Biblical elements in Russian magic. Lecture by William Ryan. Mary Douglas Seminars on Anthropology and the Bible. Room 218 Foster Court, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT.

31 Mar 2008, 1.00-6.00 pm Collecting and source communities. Research workshop 4 organized by University College London and the British Museum Centre for Anthropology. British Museum: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/extreme-collecting.

A Potter Post

By Cecile Dubuis, on 8 February 2008

 A little interesting bunch of Harry Potter related Books have recently “magically” found their way to the Library shelves.

1591026202.gifThe wisdom of Harry Potter: what our favorite hero teaches us about moral choices / Edmund M. Kern. Prometheus Books, 2003.
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0826215491.gifThe ivory tower and Harry Potter: perspectives on a literary phenomenon / Lana A. Whited, editor. University of Missouri Press, 2004.
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0972322124.gifUnlocking Harry Potter: five keys for the serious reader / John Granger.
Zossima Press, 2007.
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Re-reading Harry Potter / Suman Gupta. Palgrave Macmillan, c2003.
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Critical perspectives on Harry Potter / E. Heilman. Routledge, 2003.
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1414306342.gifLooking for God in Harry Potter / John Granger. SaltRiver, 2004
On order

1932100881.gifThe psychology of Harry Potter: an unauthorized examination of the boy who lived / Neil Mulholland. Independent Publishers Group, 2006
On order

 Also available in the Human Communication Library (under 823 ROW)
The whole series of J. K. Rowling Harry Potter from the chamber of secrets to the half-blood prince.

Library Acquisitions January 2008

By Cecile Dubuis, on 8 February 2008

New Books  added to library stock during January included:

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 Stardom and celebrity : a reader / [edited by] Sean Redmond and Su Holmes. London : SAGE, 2007.
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Carroll, Sean B.
Endless forms most beautiful : the new science of evo devo and the making of the animal kingdom / London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, c2005.
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Jung, Moon-Kie.
Reworking race : the making of Hawaii’s interracial labor movement / Moon-Kie Jung.
New York ; Chichester : Columbia University Press, 2006.
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Gonzalez, Michelle A.
Afro-Cuban theology : religion, race, culture, and identity / Michelle A. Gonzalez.
Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida, c2006.
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