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Subject: Encyclopedia on Vegetarianism
From: "Margaret Puskar-Pasewicz"
Date: Fri, June 26, 2009 10:21 pm
I am currently seeking contributors for a reference work on vegetarianism.
This encyclopedia will include approximately 100 entries and covers
cultural and historical aspects of vegetarianism, primarily but not
exclusively in relation to the United States. Scholars from a diversity of
fields, such as History, Anthropology, American Studies, Religious Studies,
Press Release
Contact:
Maggie Heran, Director
Lloyd Library and Museum
513-721-3707
For Immediate Release
May 29, 2009
Lloyd Library and Museum and American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP)
Announce the Agreement for the Transfer of ASP Archives to the Lloyd
Library and Museum, Historical Research Center for the Natural Health
Movement
American Society of Pharmacognosy leaders and the Lloyd Library and
Museum, under the leadership of Director, Maggie Heran, recently
Predoctoral Fellowships in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (F31)
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine awards individual
predoctoral research training fellowships to promising applicants with the
desire and potential to become productive, independent investigators in the
field of complementary and alternative medicine research. The primary objective
of this funding opportunity is to help ensure that diverse pools of highly
trained scientists will be available in adequate numbers and in appropriate
Troubled Lives - Healed Bodies: Perspectives on conflict, suffering
and compassion in the Middle East and Western Asia
Organizer: Nefissa Naguib, Unifob Global, University of Bergen, Norway.
Apologies for cross-postings!
CFP for the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting December 2-6, 2009
This call for papers invites you to join a panel I am completing for the Medical Anthropology section of the upcoming American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, in Philadelphia, December 2–6, 2009.
If you are interested, please email abstracts (250) words and a brief bio or CV to Leonardo Menegola (leonardo.menegola@gmail.com) ASAP.
[This is a draft of a proposal for the next SIG meeting. Please feel free to comment.]
This proposal is based on the “Take a Stand” model used by the Critical Anthropology for Global Health SIG: http://www.medanthro.net/research/cah/blogtest.html. (At this site there are links to a more detailed explanation of the process as well as examples of the work done by the CAGH SIG.)
| Committee: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions |
| Title: Integrative Care: A Pathway to a Healthier Nation |
Updated Call for Participants for AAA roundtable - deadline March 15 !Wed, 02/25/2009 - 20:23 — ejsalkeldResearching Complementary & Alternative Medicine (CAM) 2007 Statistics on CAM Use in the United StatesFri, 12/12/2008 - 20:18 — ejsalkeldAccording to a nationwide government survey released in December 2008, approximately 38 percent of U.S. adults aged 18 years and over and approximately 12 percent of children use some form of CAM. http://nccam.nih.gov/news/camstats.htm
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