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Friday, Apr 19, 2024

Will France have its own Obama? Anthropologists convene to discuss race issues in politics

Author: Austin Davis

On Thursday, Feb. 26, the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs sponsored the second meeting of American anthropologists specializing in France and French anthropologists studying America. This culminated in a public roundtable discussion of what Obama represents for the French, and the implications of his election in France, entitled "When Will France Have Its Own Obama?" The discussion featured David Berliss, associate professor and chair of the department of anthropology at the University of New Orleans; Beth Epstein, assistant director of New York University in Paris,; and Anne Raulin, professor of anthropology at the Universit


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