Dr. David Scheffel, Professor of Anthropology

Office: AE 125 Phone: 250.828.5182 Email: dscheffel@tru.ca

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Propedeuse)
University of Manitoba (B.A.)
University of Cambridge (Graduate Cert. in Soc. Anthropology)
Memorial University of Newfoundland (M.A.)
McMaster University (PhD)

Courses Taught

ANTH 415 - Religion and Society
ANTH 403 - Field School in East-Central Europe
ANTH 400 - History of Anthropology
ANTH 329 - Native Peoples of Canada
ANTH 303 - Ethnography of Special Areas
ANTH 300 - Contemporary Issues in Social and Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 260 - Minorities in the Modern World
ANTH 225 - Sex, Biology and Culture
ANTH 215 - Studies in Ethnography
ANTH 214 - Canadian Native Peoples
ANTH 121 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 111 - Human Origins

Research Interests

Czech 'Euro-Indians'
Labrador Inuit
Philippines Ati/Agta
Russian Old Believers
Slovakia Advocacy Work
Slovak Roma

Publications

Books

1. "Svinia in Black and White: Slovak Roma and their Neighbours", 2005.
2. "Roma Marginality/Romska Marginalita", 2004 (edited with A. Musinka).
3. "In the Shadow of Antichrist: The Old Believers of Alberta", 1991.

Recent Articles

1. Anastasia, Pani Viera, and Manong Lito, "Reflections on anthropological friendships", Anthropologica, 53 (2011): 173-180.
2. "Slovenska chudoba a romska lichva [Slovak poverty and Romani usury]", Obcianska spolocnost [Civil Society), 14 (2010): 47-62.
3. "Ethnic micropolitics on the European Union's eastern fringe", Anthropology Today, 24(2008): 23-25.
4. "The past and the future of anthropology in east-central Europe", in Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Working Papers no. 90/2007.
5. "The Roma of Central and Eastern Europe", Reviews in Anthropology, 33(2), 2004.
6. "Slovak Roma on the threshold of Europe", Anthropology Today, 20(1), 2004.