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The 2020 Shallit Lecture Has Been Canceled

By BYU College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

A headshot of Dr. David G. Anderson, Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Dr. David G. Anderson, Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

This year’s Grace Elizabeth Shallit Lecture has been canceled.

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