Richard Frucht Memorial Lecture Series

An annual academic conference focused on anthropological research. Organised by the Association of Graduate Anthropology Students, University of Alberta.

The Richard Frucht Memorial Lecture Series was created by the University of Alberta's Department of Anthropology in honour of the late Dr. Richard Frucht. Dr. Frucht came to the University of Alberta in 1966, and at the time of his death in 1979 he was a full professor with the Department of Anthropology. His courses were extremely popular, and he was well liked because of his lecturing style and

03/31/2023

If you weren't able to make it to Dr. Jing Jing Liu's keynote lecture last Thursday, don't worry: we have a recording of the recording available via our website! Thank you to Dr. Liu for joining us this year, delivering a great lecture, and meeting our students!

2023 Keynote Lecture | lectureseries We were thrilled to welcome Dr. Jing Jing Liu as the keynote speaker for the 29th Annual Richard Frucht Memorial Lecture Series and Student Conference.

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03/30/2023

As we close out our 29th annual event we reflect on the invaluable support we received from our many sponsors for the Richard Frucht Memorial Lecture Series this year! These companies and associations supported us in so many ways and made this year’s lecture series possible.

The Archaeological Society of Alberta - Edmonton Centre and Circle CRM Group - archaeology + heritage consulting sponsored conference sessions. CASCA: CANADIAN ANTHROPOLOGY SOCIETY/LA SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE D'ANTHROPOLOGIE also provided us support.

Ember Archaeology and Western Heritage sponsored student conference travel awards for award winners.

We received amazing donations from Canadian Archaeological Association, the University of Alberta Bookstore, and the City of Edmonton - Local Government.

Thank you for all your support!

03/30/2023

Ember Archaeology sponsored conference travel awards for our two runners-up for top poster!

Brianne Bertram (MA student) presented a poster entitled “Black Bone Disease in Forensics” and Rebecca Nikota (undergraduate student) presented a poster entitled “How sick were children during the Industrial Revolution? An analysis of linear enamel hypoplasia in British dental collections.” Congrats Brianne & Rebecca and thank you to Ember!

03/30/2023

Megan Bieraugle (PhD student) won the top poster award for her poster “Relationships between Indigenous people and dogs on the Canadian Plains.” This award came with a conference travel award courtesy of Western Heritage! Congratulations Megan!

03/30/2023

Western Heritage sponsored conference travel awards for our undergraduate podium presenter winners!

Anika Lukie received the award for top undergraduate podium presentation for her presentation: “The Rise of the Grocery Store Perogy: Shifting Responsibilities of Traditional Food Knowledge in the Ukrainian Canadian Community.”

Prithvi Kahlon (“Stone Tools & Our Primate Ancestors”) and Isabella Sheptak (“Baba’s Holubtsi: A Comparisoj of Ukrainian and Ukrainian-Canadian Culinary Traditions”) are the runners-up for this award.

Congrats Anika, Prithvi, & Isabella and thank you Western Heritage for supporting our students!

03/30/2023

We are so excited to announce our student presenter award winners from this year’s Frucht! Our graduate student podium winners received conference travel awards sponsored by Ember Archaeology.

Samira Torabi received the top graduate podium presentation award for her paper “What Gives Us Away? Reconfiguring What Constituted Native Anthropology.”

Viktoriya Popovych received the runner up award for her presentation “There Is No Ukraine Without Salo.”

Congratulations to Samira & Viktoriya and a huge thank you to Ember Archaeology for this stellar prize!

03/21/2023

The Frucht keynote lecture is only days away! We are so thrilled to welcome Dr. Jing Jing Liu as the keynote speaker for the 29th Annual Lecture Series. Join us in-person (UofA Education 2-115) or via-Zoom at 7:00 pm on Thursday! Learn more on our website: https://richardfrucht.wixsite.com/lectureseries/2023-keynote-lecture

03/14/2023

Be sure to check out all the wonderful events and sessions happening next week at this year's Frucht! More details can be found on our website and conference program.

02/28/2023

Exciting announcement: We are thrilled to announce that this year's keynote speaker is sociocultural anthropologist Dr. Jing Jing Liu! Check out more information on our website.
https://richardfrucht.wixsite.com/lectureseries/2023-keynote-lecture

02/24/2023

REMINDER: the deadline to submit your abstract for this year’s Frucht conference is tomorrow (Friday, March 24)! Get your abstracts in by the end of the day.