Lecture Honors Vinson Sutlive
On Thursday, April 9th a lecture honoring Dr. Vinson Sutlive, Professor Emeritus in the Anthropology Department, was held in Washington Hall. The evening's speaker was Prof. Arlene Davila, Professor of Anthropology and American Studies at New York University, and the title of her talk was El Mall: The Spatial and Class Politics of Shopping Malls in Latin America. The lecture was very well attended, with a standing room only crowd and large numbers of students from classes in several different departments.
Vince Sutlive taught for thirty years in the Department of Anthropology. When he first arrived he was one of a group of scholars who gave form and substance to the then fledgling program. Over the years he served several times as Department Chair. He taught and mentored many students, such as Karen Prentiss Braun, ‘87, whose generous donation in honor of Dr. Sutlive helped to fund the event. Sutlive was also a founder and long time editor of the journal Studies in Third World Societies, one of the first scholarly vehicles dedicated specifically to the study of non-Western culture and society. He is also known for his work on a comprehensive Dictionary of Iban (a Sumatran language).
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This was exemplified by an animated discussion session following Dr. Davila's talk, in which she was engaged by numerous students who proved themselves well familiar with the context and substance of the issues encompassed by her presentation. Following this exchange, the Sultives, Prof. Davila, Karen Braun and her husband David Braun ‘87 and a number of others continued the conversation over dinner.
