Background
Soon after he was born in Prague, his family moved to Komárno, and later to Bratislava.
Soon after he was born in Prague, his family moved to Komárno, and later to Bratislava.
Kalmar"s family settled down in Philadelphia, where he attended The University of Pennsylvania. Moving to Toronto during the Vietnam War, he took up study at The University of Toronto, where he received both a master"s degree and a Doctor of Philosophy in anthropology.
When he was seventeen, he left what was then Czechoslovakia, and eventually arrived in the United States. There he received his undergraduate degree. Kalmar is currently a Professor of Anthropology at The University of Toronto.
He is also involved with first-year undergraduate education at Victoria College, including the Vic One Program, where he holds the title of Honorary
Newton West. Rowell Professor.