| DATE | CITY | ORGANIZATION |
|---|---|---|
| March 11-13, 2011 | Chapel Hill, North Carolina Sheraton Hotel | Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) My talk: an update on the IMBCI |
| March 30-April 4, 2011 | Eugene, Oregon | Midwifery Today multiple talks |
| April 8, 2011 | Austin, Texas Domain Westin Hotel | Association of Women's Health, Obstetrical, and Neonatal Nursing (AWHONN) my talk: Birth Across Cultures: An Evolutionary Perspective |
| May 13-15, 2011 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Motherhood Movement Conference my talk: The IMBCI |
| May 24-28, 2011 | San Antonio, Texas | American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) My talks: All- day workshop on “The Anthropology of Reproduction, Childbirth, Obstetrics, Midwifery, and the New Reproductive Technologies” ; Primary session: “Birth Models That Work” |
| June 7-12 June 13-17, 2011 | St. Petersburg, Russia Moscow | Midwifery Today, multiple talks |
| June 19-23, 2011 | Durban, South Africa | International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) My talk, with Betty-Anne Davis: “Birth Models That Work: Standing the Test of Time” |
| August 10-15 August 16-21, 2011 | New Zealand Australia | Various talks Homebirth Conference. My talks: “Mainstreaming Midwives” “Renegade Midwives” “Daughter of Time: The Postmodern Midwife “ “Birth across Cultures: An Evolutionary Perspective” and others |
| August 25-28, 2011 August 28-31 or so | Juneau, Alaska Anchorage, Alaska | Juneau Health and Birth Center Multiple talks for various audiences |
| Sept. 9-10, 2011 | San Antonio, Texas | Talks for the San Antonio Birth Circle |
| Sept. or Oct. 2011 | Huntsville Alabama | University of Alabama two talks, not yet confirmed |
| Oct. 15-24, 2011 | Bad Wildbad, Germany | Midwifery Today Conference, multiple talks |
| Oct. 28-30, 2011 | Galveston TX | Gathering of Texas Midwives |
| Nov. 9-12, 2011 | Niagra Falls, Ontario | MANA/CAM/ACNM conference Talks not yet confirmed |
| Nov. 16-20, 2011 | San Francisco CA | APPPAH |
| Nov. 30-Dec. 20, 2011 | Brazil | Various Talks and InterviewsThroughout the Country |
Robbie Davis-Floyd PhD, Fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology and Senior Research Fellow, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Texas Austin, is a medical anthropologist specializing in the anthropology of reproduction. An international speaker and researcher, she is author of over 80 articles and of Birth as an American Rite of Passage (1992, 2004); coauthor of From Doctor to Healer: The Transformative Journey (1998); and coeditor of ten collections, including Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge: Cross-Cultural Perspectives (1997); Cyborg Babies: From Techno-Sex to Techno-Tots (1998); and Mainstreaming Midwives: The Politics of Change (2006). Her latest is Birth Models That Work (2009), an edited collection highlighting excellent models of birth care around the world. This collection will be followed by Volume II: Birth Models on the Global Edge, coedited with Betty-Anne Daviss (forthcoming 2012). Her research on global trends and transformations in childbirth, obstetrics, and midwifery is ongoing. Robbie currently also serves as Editor for the International MotherBaby Childbirth Initiative (IMBCI) and Board Member of the International MotherBaby Childbirth Organization (IMBCO).