ANYA BERNSTEIN'S CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 2006 - 2007

April 28. "Pilgrims, Fieldworkers, and Secret Agents: Buryat Buddhologists and Eurasian Imaginary." Annual SOYUZ Symposium: "Locating "Eurasia" in Post-Socialist Studies: The Geopolitics of Naming," Princeton University.

April 13. Post-screening discussion of In Pursuit of the Siberian Shaman at the ASN 2007 World Convention, Columbia University.

December 7.  "From Wild Men to Businessmen: Shamanic Transformations in Buryatia." Workshop "Reassessing Religion in Siberia and Neighboring Regions." Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany.

November 18. "Food for the Gods: The Matter of Sacrifice among the Shamans and Buddhists of Buryatia,” Panel: “Powerful Objects: Materiality and Metonymy in Four Asian Religious Communities,” American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Washington DC.

November 15. "Remapping Sacred Landscapes: Shamanic Tourism and National Identity in Olkhon Island." Panel: "Sacred Landscapes and Shamans in North Asia," Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, San Jose. 

October 6-8.   "Is Siberian Buddhism Really Tibetan?" SSRC Eurasia Program/Princeton University Institute for International and Regional Studies. Dissertation Development Workshop "Russia and Eurasia in World Context: A Dialogue with East Asian Studies."