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Lee D. Baker

Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Box 90091, Durham, NC 27708-0042
210 Friedl Bldg, Durham, NC 27708-0042

Selected Presentations & Appearances


UNSETTLING THE PAST: HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS IN ETHNOGRAPHERS’ HANDS · November 18, 2011 Lecture
FORGING AN ENGAGED ANTHROPOLOGY IN HALLS OF POWER · November 17, 2011 Lecture AAA Meetings, Toronto
Supporting Departmental Distinctiveness within Undergraduate Research · November 12, 2010 Lecture Durham, NC
Anatomy of a Liberal Arts College · November 8, 2010 Lecture University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
Emerging Engaged Advising Practices Panel · October 1, 2010 Lecture University of Notre Dame South Bend, IN
Settler and Settling Societies: Keynote Address for the Society for the Anthropology of North America and the Association of Black Anthropologists Spring Meetings · April 27, 2010 Lecture Denver, Colorado
RELATIVISM AND RACIAL HIERARCHIES: JAMES MOONEY AND THE PROBLEM OF THE REAL · December 16, 2009 Invited Talk AAA, Washington, DC
KATHERINE DUNHAM: A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION · December 16, 2009 Lecture AAA, Washington, DC
Racial Politics of Culture - George Stocking Symposium AAA Meetings · December 1, 2008 Invited Talk San Francisco

Invited Talk

Keynote Address: Rethinking Race in the Americas · April 1, 2008 Lecture University of Indiana, Bloomington
American Philosphical Society: Annual Meeting · April 1, 2008 Lecture Philadelphia
Distinguished Lecture: Univ of Kentucky · March 1, 2008 Lecture Lexington, KY

Service to the Profession


Chair : NSF Graduate Student Research Fellowship Program · December 16, 2009 Editorial Activities Washington, DC
Executive Board AAA · January 2, 2008 Editorial Activities
At-Large Board Member : AAA Executive Board · 2008 - 2011 Editorial Activities

Service to Duke


Bass Connections Faculty Advisory Council (Program) · 2012 - 2016 Committee Service