Lunch Talk

Past Events

June
1

Gifts of Capital: The Project to Popularize Angel Investing

Date
Monday, June 1, 2026, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Location:
Building 50, Room 51A
**This event is open to those of the Stanford community ONLY**
Speaker
Jacob Hellman
May
22

Research in Relationship: Exploring the Promises and Complexities of Community-Engaged Ethnography

Date
Friday, May 22, 2026, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Location:
Building 50, Room 51A
**This event is open to those of the Stanford community ONLY**
Speaker
Leslie Patricia Luqueño
May
4

Lunch Talk Roundtable: Graduate Fieldwork Experiences

Date
Monday, May 4, 2026, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Location:
Building 50, Room 51A
**This event is open to those of the Stanford community ONLY**
Speaker
Paras Arora, Rachael Healy, Aaron Hopes, Teathloach Wal, Zoe Vangelder
April
20

“The Desert Blossoms” – Ghost Landscape Monumentality and the Political Ecology of Rural Failure in the Kyzylkum Desert, Uzbekistan

Date
Monday, April 20, 2026, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Location:
Building 50, Room 51A
**This event is open to those of the Stanford community ONLY**
Speaker
Zachary Silvia
March
2

Heritage Afterlives of Non-Monuments

Date
Monday, March 2, 2026, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Location:
Building 50, Room 51A
**This event is open to those of the anthropology community ONLY**
Speaker
Shubhangni Gupta
February
27

Plant Use Across the Pacific: Applied Archaeology, Residue Analysis, and Living Food Traditions

Date
Friday, February 27, 2026, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Location:
Building 50, Room 51A
**This event is open to those of the anthropology community ONLY**
Speaker
Dr. Ran Chen
February
20

Pit-House Complexity: Reframing the Vernacular Architectural Traditions of Rural Hellenistic Central Asia

Date
Friday, February 20, 2026, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Location:
Building 50, Room 51A
**This event is open to those of the anthropology community ONLY**
Speaker
Dr Zachary William Silvia
November
24

Information Session on National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant Opportunities

Date
Monday, November 24, 2025, 12:30pm - 1:20pm
Location:
Zoom
**This event is open to those of the anthropology community ONLY**
***Passcode: 627416***
Speaker
John Lee, Jeffrey Mantz
November
3

Lunch Talk with Regina Roble & Azure Stewart

Date
Monday, November 3, 2025, 12:30pm - 1:20pm
Location:
Building 50, Room 51A
Speaker
Regina Roble, Azure Stewart
October
27

Lunch Talk with Claudia Engel

Date
Monday, October 27, 2025, 12:30pm - 1:20pm
Location:
Building 50, Room 51A
Speaker
Claudia Engel