Recently in Dickinson Category

We took a weekend Fall trip up to Dickinson, to visit friends. It was a great change of pace & a much needed break from our typical routine (we barely touched the internet and/or work-related reading). Javi entertained everyone w/ his new skills. And he seemed to enjoy his trip to the apple orchard & pumpkin patch.

We left directly from The Mount (K8 & Javi drove up w/ me at 6:30 am!) after my classes. We got back Sunday afternoon. Here are some pictures taken throughout the weekend (we seem to regularly forget to pull out our cameras, amidst all the excitement).

The spring speaker series I put together at Dickinson is winding down, w/ two final speakers who will focus on the Andes.

A number of interesting (personal/professional) developments in the last few days. But they’ll have to wait until Monday, when I give a definitive answer. But my days at Dickinson are winding down, w/ only five more weeks left to go. It is, in many ways, a wonderful relief.

Ah, Spring Break! One would think this was a time to recharge batteries & rest before the rest of the semester. Alas, not for faculty. A stack of midterms & other assignments begs to be graded. Students never know how much we suffer on their behalf.

If you’re in the Dickinson area, you may want to check out the next installment of our Latin American Studies spring speaker series. Anthropologist Steve Striffler (University of Arkansas) will speak on “Colombia, Coal, and Transnational Labor Solidarity.” The focus is on the effects of coal mining on indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities.

An interesting political observation from one of my savvy students: some US voters can vote more than once under special circumstances. In fact, he was already planning on it.

If you’re in the Dickinson area next week, you may be interested in the next installments of our Latin American Studies speaker series.