Anthro in the news 7/18/16
Colonial legacy and racism feed resentment in France Following the attack in Nice, France. Source: Creative Commons The Sun (U.K.) carried an article on factors behind the attack…
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Anthro in the news 7/11/16
Attack in Dhaka News coverage of the attack in the Gulshan neighborhood of Dhaka. Source: Creative Commons The Pioneer (Bangladesh) reported on the background of most of the Gulshan…
A Presidential Affair
This article first appeared on the Stanford University Press blog. In January of 1998 news leaked that President Bill Clinton had engaged in ‘improper’ relations with White House intern Monica…
Anthropologist pens a best-seller in South Korea
Republished with permission from The University of California “A new book by paleoanthropologist Sang-Hee Lee about human evolution is a best-seller in South Korea.” Photo by Hee-Joong Le…
anthro in the news 2/22/16
Food trends in the UK BBC News reported on results from a long-term study of changes in food consumption in the U.K. since the 1970s: Pasta is rising,…
Nancy Scheper-Hughes shares reflections on the Catholic Church
By Cathy Cockrell, republished with permission from Berkeley News Nancy Scheper-Hughes. Source: Berkeley News In her research, writing and teaching, medical anthropologist Nancy Scheper-Hughes focuses…
Best Cultural Anthropology Dissertations 2015
Welcome to another year of my cultural anthropology dissertation picks. Every year my scanning of the year’s dissertations reveals different prominent themes, as informed by my search…
anthro in the news 2/8/16
On eliminating Valentine’s Day in U.S. public schools According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, many schools in the Minneapolis area will not be marking Valentine’s Day or many…