September 26, 2016
The Japan Times published a list of ten important books about Okinawa and Chris Nelson’s book , Dancing with the Dead: Memory, Performance and Everyday Life in Post war Okinawa was included: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/09/17/books/okinawan-chronicles-10-books-show-many-faces-japans-island-paradise/#.V-LxiIUX78Q
Martha King received a Faculty Course Improvement Grant from the Center for the Study of the American South for the ANTH390 seminar: Health and Medicine in the American South, a class focused on the central question: How can we understand the history and culture of a region through the experience of health and healthcare among its people?