US to stop making pennies — here’s what it means for banksBill Maurer, anthropology, American Banker, June 11, 2025If, over time, pennies become so rare that retailers stop using them, UC Irvine’s [dean of Social Sciences Bill] Maurer worries that
Bill Maurer and Jenny Fan, anthropology and IMTFI, The Orange County Register, Los Angeles Daily News, June 4, 2025 Bill Maurer, dean of the School of Social Sciences at UC Irvine, says removing the penny will harm those who don’t
June 12, 2025Thursday, 10:00am-11:30amPT (11am-12:30pm CST, Mexico City)Zoom link registration: https://bit.ly/SIADEJun25Contact: Jenny Fan at imtfi@uci.edu Sponsor: CIESAS International Seminar on the Anthropology of Money and Economics (SIADE) About the talkThis webinar (held in Spanish) will examine the intersection between debt
Merian Institute of Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA)’s Interdisciplinary Fellow Group (IFG12) present: Cash in Crisis in Africa: Navigating Financial Realities in Times of DisruptionMay 20, 8:30amUTC (1:30amPT) to May 21, 5:00pmUTC (10:00amPT)Location (Hybrid): Conference Hall of the Institute of
May 6, 2025Tuesday, 10-11:30amPT (11am-12:30pm Mexico City Time GMT-6)Zoom link registration: bit.ly/3Gl4TlgContact: Jenny Fan at imtfi@uci.edu Sponsor: CIESAS International Seminar on the Anthropology of Money and Economics (SIADE)Coordinator: Dr. Magdalena VillarrealModerator: Dr. Clément Crucifix About the talk This presentation examines
Bill Maurer in Economic Anthropology, Volume 12, issue 1 ABSTRACT. Experiments in money often recapitulate long-standing human concerns over finality and fixity, despite money’s reference points in political authority, trust, and the memorialization of relationships of credit and debt. From
The Institute for Money, Technology & Financial Inclusion (IMTFI)@UCI, Center for Advanced Studies and Research in Social Anthropology (CIESAS Occidente) and the UCI Department of Anthropology present: Book Talk | Mariana Luzzi and Ariel Wilkis | The Dollar: How the
Bill Maurer, anthropology, Payments Dive, Jan. 21, 2025 Artificial intelligence has already changed the payments landscape in ways the average consumer and business owner may not notice, but in 2025, the emerging technology might make itself more visible as we
January 29, 2025Wednesday,9:00am-11:00amPST (11:00am-1:00pmCST)Location: CIESAS Occidente (Av. España #1359, Col. Moderna), Guadalajara; Livestream link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1109730163969986This hybrid event will be held in Spanish, the recording with English subtitles will be uploaded to the CIESAS YouTube channel. Zoom (pre-registration required via email)Contact:
June 4, 2024Tuesday, 12:00-1:00pmPTLocation(Hybrid): Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway (SBSG) #3323Online Zoom registration: bit.ly/RattanUCI Introduced and moderated by Bill Maurer, Anthropology, UCI and Director, IMTFI About the talk:Contemporary politics in India present a puzzle: the last decade has led to
