Wooster School Alum, Dr. Noah Coburn to guest lecture at Wooster tomorrow. Coburn is a socio-cultural anthropologist focusing on political structures and violence in the Middle East and Central Asia. His book, Bazaar Politics: Power and Pottery in an Afghan Market Town, explains how various lineages of potters and other craftspeople in one town worked together to maintain peace even while the insurgency grew rapidly in neighboring districts.
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Wooster School is an independent, co-educational college preparatory day school, serving students from Fairfield and Westchester Counties. Located in Danbury, Connecticut, the School serves students from Pre-K through grade 12. A leader in classroom innovation and teaching, Wooster School is a place where thinking and learning are personal, meaningful, and visible; and where faculty work closely with students in small classes and cohorts to think and communicate critically and creatively. At Wooster, every student participates, every student contributes, and every student learns and develops the necessary skills to be a life-long learner and leader in college and life beyond.