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The Role of Gesture in the Evolution of Language.

From Grunts to Grammar: How Our Hands Helped Us Talk! (A Lecture on Gesture and Language Evolution) 🤸‍♀️🗣️ (Welcome, esteemed scholars, curious minds, and anyone who's ever tried to explain…

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Cultural Studies

Disability Activism and Cultural Production.

Disability Activism and Cultural Production: A Lecture (with Extra Sparkle!) ✨ Alright, settle in, settle in! Put down your phones (unless you're tweeting thoughtfully about the lecture, then go wild!…

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Linguistics

Theories of Language Origin.

Theories of Language Origin: From Grunts to Grammar - A Humorous Linguistic Safari 🐒 Welcome, intrepid explorers of the human mind! Today, we embark on a grand expedition, a safari…

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Cultural Studies

The Cultural Politics of Mental Health Treatment.

The Cultural Politics of Mental Health Treatment: A Mad Hatter's Tea Party (Welcome, dear students, to the most delightfully deranged lecture you'll ever attend! Grab your teacups, settle in, and…

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Linguistics

The Evolution of the Vocal Tract.

The Evolution of the Vocal Tract: A Symphony of Surprises (and Some Seriously Strange Plumbing) (Lecture Hall: dimly lit, except for a single spotlight on a slightly dishevelled professor. Slides…

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Cultural Studies

Medicalization and Its Cultural Implications.

Medicalization: When Life Gets a Check-Up (And a Bill!) 🩺 💸 (A Lecture on Medicalization and Its Cultural Implications) Welcome, friends, colleagues, future world-changers! Grab your metaphorical stethoscopes and prepare…

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Linguistics

The Archaeology of Language: Finding Clues About Language in the Archaeological Record.

The Archaeology of Language: Finding Clues About Language in the Archaeological Record - Lecture Transcript (Slide: A picture of Indiana Jones peering at a dusty tablet with hieroglyphs, but with…

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Cultural Studies

The Cultural Construction of Health and Illness Narratives.

The Cultural Construction of Health and Illness Narratives: A Lecture in Living Color 🌈 (Open on a slide with a person comically tripping over a giant banana peel labeled "Biological…

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Linguistics

Internal Reconstruction in Historical Linguistics.

Internal Reconstruction: Unleashing the Inner Sherlock Holmes of Language 🕵️‍♀️ Alright folks, settle in, grab your metaphorical magnifying glasses 🔎 and deerstalker hats 🎩! Today, we’re diving headfirst into the…

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Cultural Studies

Indigenous Foodways and Cultural Preservation.

Indigenous Foodways and Cultural Preservation: A Deliciously Important Lecture 🍎🌎 (Image: A vibrant collage of indigenous ingredients and dishes from around the world - wild rice, salmon, corn, berries, etc.)…

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