Department Announcements & Events

The 2011-2012 academic year features a number of talks by visiting anthropologists and sociologists. One important event to look forward to is the annual Richmond Lecture, which will be given by Daniel L. Everett, Professor of Sociology and Dean of Arts and Sciences at Bentley University.

Everett is best known for his book Don't Sleep, There are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle (Pantheon, 2009). In a new work, Language: The Cultural Tool (2012), he continues his radical rethinking of the origins and significance of human language.

His work has been the subject of articles and interviews in media as diverse as the New Yorker and the online journal Edge.org.

His lecture at Williams, to be given on March 13, 2012, 8 pm, is entitled "Cognitive Fire: How Language Emerges to Serve Human Needs." For additional information about Everett's visit to campus, visit the website of the Richmond Lecture's sponsor, the Oakley Center for the Humanities & Social Sciences.