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[quote]Marc L. Moskowitz
Assistant Professor
Sociology and Anthropology
Phone 847-735-5255
E-mail moskowitz@lakeforest.edu
Web campus.lakeforest.edu/~moskowitz
Specialization
China Studies
Religion
Gender
Popular Culture
Education
Ph.D. University of California, San Diego
M.A. University of California, San Diego
B.A. University of California, Santa Cruz
Courses Taught
Freshman Seminar – Aging
Sociology and Anthropology 110: Introduction to Sociology and Anthropology
Sociology and Anthropology 212: Introduction to Chinese Culture and Society
Sociology and Anthropology 215: Japanese Thought and Society
Sociology and Anthropology 261: Cultural Anthropology
Sociology and Anthropology 273: Chinese and Japanese Religion in Practice
Sociology and Anthropology 281: Gender Issues in China and Taiwan
Sociology and Anthropology 302: Sexuality and Society
Books
2001 The Haunting Fetus: Abortion, Sexuality, and the Spirit World in Taiwan. Honolulu, Hawai’i: University of Hawai’i Press.
Invited Talks
11/12/01 Book Talk. Lake Forest College. “The Haunting Fetus: Abortion, Sexuality, and the Spirit World in Taiwan.”
8/15/01 Presentation, Inter-University Program, Taipei, Taiwan: “Transforming Religious Belief: Abortion and the Spiritworld in Taiwan”
9/21/99 Colloquium (Presented in Chinese), National Central University Institute of History, Taiwan: “Taiwan de yingling chongbai” [Fetus-Ghost Worship in Taiwan].
6/25/99 Presentation, Inter-University Program, Taipei, Taiwan: “Fetus-Spirits: Traditional Morality and New Religious Beliefs in Taiwan.”
11/30/98 Colloquium, UCSD Department of Anthropology: “Fetus Ghosts and Fetus Demons: New Religious Practices in Modern Taiwan.”
Other Talks
3/23/01 Panel Presentation, Association of Asian Studies: “Yang Sucking She-Demons: Penetration, Castration Anxiety, and Other Freudian Angst in Modern Chinese Cinema.” Panel: Taiwan Studies Group - Facets of Taiwanse Religion, Society, and Culture.
3/11/00 Panel Presentation, Association of Asian Studies: “Fetus-Ghost Appeasement in Modern Taiwan.” Panel: Ritual and Meaning in Taiwan. Organizer: Marc Moskowitz.
11/19/99 Panel Presentation, American Anthropological Association: “Blood Drinking Fetus-Demons: Greed, Loathing, and Vengeance through Sorcery in Taiwan.” Panel: Religion at the Millenium II: Religion Confronts Commoditization.
12/6/98 Panel Presentation, American Anthropological Association: “The Haunting Fetus: Sexuality, Abortion, and the Spirit World in Taiwan.” Panel: Chinese Religion, Reflections from the Field. Organizer: Marc L. Moskowitz.
Awards and Honors
8/98-8/99 The Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange Fellowship.
7/97-7/98 U.S. Department of Education Center for International Education Fulbright-Hays Award.
7/97-12/98 Center for Chinese Studies Grant. (Unable to accept because it conflicted with other funding).
6/96-6/97 Pacific Cultural Foundation Dissertation Research Subsidy.
9/95-6/96 Inter-University Language Program Partial Tuition Waiver (3 Quarters). Money provided by the R.O.C. Ministry of Education and the Inter-University Language Program.
9/94-8/95 Inter-University Language Program Full Tuition Waiver (4 Quarters). Money provided by the R.O.C. Ministry of Education and the Inter-University Language Program.
6/92-9/92 Department of Education’s Title VI Program Grant. Administered through the University of California, San Diego, to attend Chinese language courses at the Taipei Language Institute in Taipei, Taiwan[/quote]
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