The university of California put a short index online listing all important Culture-Bound Syndromes. Deeper information is available for Culture-Bound Syndomes in China.

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The latest newsletter sent to me by DAVO (see older story) features the following items of interest:

1. Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in Religionswiss. Univ. Erfurt (job opportunity)
2. DAVO-Kongress 2003, Hamburg, 20.-22. November 2003 (event)
3. DAVO-Kongress 2004 / 29. Deutscher Orientalistentag, Halle, 20.-24. September 2004 (event)
4. BRISMES Annual Conference: "Education as a Force for Change?" Exeter,12-15 July 2003 (event)
5. Congrès AFEMAM 2003: "La construction des savoirs sur les mondes musulmans" Paris, 2-4 juillet 2003(event)
6. Séminaire Doctoral du GDR International EMMA: "Economies de la Méditerranée et du Monde Arabe" Paris, 20-21 mars 2003 (event)
7. Tenth Annual Conference of the Economic Research Forum (ERF), Cairo, 16-18 December 2003 (event)
8. Research Officer, German Development Institute, Bonn, Germany (job opportunity) Read the details here ...

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Looking for a classic book in anthropology? Take a look at this (of course subjective) list of 99 Anthropological Classics

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