Wenner-Gren Symposia in the 1990s

The Wenner-Gren Foundation held over twenty international symposia, sponsored conferences, and workshops in the 1990s at various locations throughout Europe, North America, and South American.

Among the more inflential of these meetings included "AIDS Research:  Issues for Anthropological Theory, Method, and Practice" organized by Gilbert Herdt; "The Politics of Reproduction" organized by Rayna Rapp and Faye Ginsburg; "Great Apes Revisited," organized by William McGrew and Toshisada Nishida; and a series of workshops on "Preserving the Anthropological Record," organized by Foundation President Sydel Silverman, Nancy Parezo, and Don Fowler, which led to the founding of the Council for the Preservation of Anthropological Records (CoPAR).

1990

• "Tools, Language and Intelligence: Evolutionary Implications" Kathleen Gibson and Tim Ingold, organizers
• "AIDS Research: Issues for Anthropological Theory, Method and Practice" Gilbert Herdt, organizer

1991

• "Rethinking Linguistic Relativity" John Gumperz and Stephen Levinson, organizers
• "The Politics of Reproduction" Rayna Rapp and Faye Ginsburg, organizers

1992

• "Preserving the Anthropological Record: Issues and Strategies" Sydel Silverman and Nancy Parezo, organizers
• "Political-Economic Perspectives in Biological Anthropology: Building a Biocultural Synthesis" Alan Goodman and Tom Leatherman, organizers

1993

• "Anthropological Priorities in the Next Decade and the Role of the AAA" Annette Weiner and James Peacock, organizers
• "Theorizing Sexuality: Evolution, Culture and Development" Gilbert Herdt and Paul Abramson, organizers
• "Preserving the Anthropological Record II: Toward a Discipline History Center" Nancy Parezo and Don Fowler
• "Anthropological Perspectives on the Human Genome Diversity Project" John H. Moore, organizer

1994

• “Transnationalism, Nation-State Building, and Culture" Cristina Szanton Blanc, Linda Basch, and Nina Glick Schiller, organizers
• “The Great Apes Revisited” William McGrew and Toshisada Nishida, organizers

1995

• “Funding and Funding Needs in Anthropology:  Current Patterns, Future Prospects” Sydel Silverman, organizer
• "African Biogeography, Climate Change, and Early Hominid Evolution” Timothy G. Bromage and Friedemann Schrenk, organziers

1996

• “Changing Images of Primate Societies: The Role of Theory, Method and Gender” Shirley C. Strum and Linda M. Fedigan, organizers
• “Amazonia and Melanesia: Gender and Anthropological Comparison” Thomas Gregor and Donald Tuzin, organizers

1997

• "Imperial Designs: Comparative Dynamics of Early Empires" Susan Alcock, Terence D'Altroy, Kathleen Morrison, and Carla Sinopoli, organizers
• "Preserving the Anthropological Record: Workshop on the National Anthropological Archives" Nancy Parezo and Don Fowler, organizers

1998

• "New Directions in Kinship Study: A Core Concept Revisited" Sarah Franklin and Susan McKinnon, organizers
• "Preserving the Anthropological Record: Workshop on a National Guide to Anthropological Records" Nancy Parezo and Don Fowler, organizers
• "Preserving the Anthropological Record: Workshop on Education and Outreach, Part II" Nancy Parezon and Don Fowler, organizer

1999

• "Anthropology in the Age of Genetics: Practice, Discourse, Critique" Alan Goodman and Deborah Heath, organizers
• "Anthropology at the End of the Century" Sydel Silverman, organizer

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