Thursday April 14th, 2022 at 5:00pm - 6:15pm
Patten Dinner with Anthropologist Dame Alison Richard
Dame Alison Richard
Dame Alison Richard is a senior research scientist in the Department of Anthropology and the Franklin Muzzy Crosby Professor Emerita of the Human Environment at Yale University. She received her undergraduate degree in anthropology at Cambridge University and her doctorate from the University of London. She joined Yale University as a faculty member in anthropology in 1972, and served as director of the Peabody Museum of Natural History from 1991-1994, and as university provost from 1994 until 2002. Professor Richard was vice chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 2003 to 2010, a position carrying the responsibilities of university president. In recognition of her contributions to higher education, she was appointed a DBE (Dame Commander of the British Empire) in 2010.
Can people and nature find ways to thrive together in specific locales, such as Madagascar, and elsewhere? How do stories reflect and shape our worldview and help determine what lies ahead? The research that Dame Alison Richard has done in Madagascar leads her to conclude that Madagascar’s future is not without hope. The global story of our species does not have to end in disaster. Dame Alison Richard is widely known for her research and writings on the evolution of complex social systems among primates. Her work has taken her to Central America, northern Pakistan and, in particular, to the forests of Madagascar. A biological anthropologist, Richard specialized in the demography, ecology, and behavior of the Sifaka lemur (Propithecus verreauxi) -- a charismatic primate that lives in the spiny forests of southern Madagascar. Two of her books, Behavioral Variation: Case Study of a Malagasy Lemur (1978) and Primates in Nature (1985) established her as a leader in her field. RSVP REQUIRED.
While at IU, Dame Richard will be giving two lectures:
4/12 Madagascar: Journeys Through Time. 7:30–9:00 p.m. in Moot Court Room, Maurer School of Law
4/14 Partnership in Practice: Making Conservation Work in Madagascar. 7:30–9:00 p.m. in Moot Court Room, Maurer School of Law
Event Details
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Reservations
Reservations closed on Wednesday April 13th, 2022 at 7:00pm.
Please review our event reservation policy. For more information about this event, contact Zilia Balkansky-Selles.