PSU Anthropology Department

On behalf of Lewis & Clark College, we proudly invite you, your faculty and students, and your community to the 53rd Annual International Affairs Symposium. This year’s symposium, The Dynamics of Identity: Characterizing Conflict in a Globalized World, examines the tensions of identity in today’s global conflicts. The symposium will explore identity within issues such as state surveillance, promoting international religious freedom, and managing ethnic conflict.

Among our lineup of speakers is General Wesley Clark, a retired four-star general and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Murtaza Hussain, a national security and civil liberties journalist at The Intercept, who will be debating each other on the potential threat of transnational foreign fighters. For more information about our other debates, speakers, and event details, please visit our webpage.

We hope that you can join us April 6th-8th for debates and discussions on today’s most pressing global issues as examined by a diverse set of viewpoints.

The symposium hosts the foremost scholars, advocates, and foreign policy figureheads who hail from around the globe to defend their positions and answer your questions. We find value in an honest and collaborative learning experience, and want to welcome all from the greater Oregon community to experience this exciting atmosphere.

In the spirit of community, we would also appreciate you spreading the word and extending this invitation to anyone you think may be interested.

We hope to see you this Spring.

Most Sincerely,

Vincent Singer ’17

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Steering Committee, 53rd International Affairs Symposium

Join Sarah Sterling, Assistant Professor at Portland State University on Thursday, March 12th at 7:00 p.m. as she recounts her latest dig of a precontact coastal site in Washington State.

The coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest have long been menaced by the possibility of great earthquakes and tsunamis. The archaeological and geological records of the region retain evidence of ancient seismic events. Native American oral traditions of the region further confirm that such events have impacted ancient populations in the past. In this presentation, Sarah will generally discuss archaeological and geological evidence of tsunamis in the Pacific Northwest, focusing on what she learned excavating the ancient Klallam village of Tse-whit-zen, located in Washington State, on the Port Angeles harbor shoreline.

Tse-whit-zen village is situated in the midst of the Cascadia subduction zone, a tectonic feature that has been (and will be) responsible for earthquakes and tsunamis from northern California to British Columbia (and across the Pacific). She will also discuss the current state of knowledge about the relationship between the occupational and seismic chronology at Tse-whit-zen and how the historic information can be used to understand the impacts of such events throughout the region.

Sarah Sterling is an Assistant Professor in the Anthropology Department at Portland State University. Her areas of research include reconstruction of the settlement history and past environmental conditions during the 2000 plus years of occupation at Tse-whit-zen, a Lower Elwha Klallam Village on the shore of Port Angeles Harbor. She has also collaborated in geological field studies of ancient earthquakes in coastal northern Washington.

This presentation is FREE and open to the public.

http://www.cbhistory.org/events-lectures.php