Category: English
al-Juwayni on Islamic Law
David R. Vishanoff has recently published online A Critical Edition, English Translation, and New Commentary on Imām al‑Ḥaramayn al-Juwaynī’s Leaflet on the Sources of Law (Kitāb al‑Waraqāt fī…
Ethnography as Street Magic, or What We Can Learn from David Blaine
By Haley Bryant I think we have a lot to learn about ethnographic practice from street magic….stay with me, here. What is Magic? David Blaine, Street Magic When…
A Conversation About Life in America
About a week ago, I went to New York City to see my West African friends at the Malcolm Shabazz Harlem Market. Usually I
A Conversation About Life in America
About a week ago, I went to New York City to see my West African friends at the Malcolm Shabazz Harlem Market. Usually I
A Conversation About Life in America
About a week ago, I went to New York City to see my West African friends at the Malcolm Shabazz Harlem Market. Usually I
Links & Contents I Liked 245
Hi all, I’m wrapping up a fantastic week of teaching at a summer academy in Northern Germany! Lots of great discussions about the past, present & future of…
Reporting the Retreat (book review)
To be honest, I am not much of a military history person. I am also not exactly a WWII person either when it comes to readings at the…
Blackboard Capital
Filed under: capitalism, historical, Marx, marxism, media, teaching
5th Annual Yale Food Systems Symposium
Were you planning to participate in the Yale Food Systems Symposium this year? Depending on your plans, you may be happy to learn that they have changed the…
Confronting Cultural Imperialism in Native American Archaeology
Two Native American students conduct research in Petrified Forest National Park in June 2015 as part of a field school project. Fort Lewis College’s Archaeological Field School Back…
A Bully in the Presidential Bully Pulpit
In her book, The Bully Pulpit, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin examines Theodore Roosevelt’s leadership during his time as president. In successfully working to enact progressive reforms, Goodwin argue…
The Connection between Anthropology and Jedi Training
Gillian Parrish wrote a post for Magna’s Faculty Focus magazine entitled Jedi Training: Developing Habits of Perception in Our Disciplines. In this piece, Parrish describes how longstanding practi…
BINGO!
How to Teach about African Foragers One of my favorite courses to teach centers around a problematic category: hunter-gatherers. But the problematic nature is also one of the…
Pacific Islanders will pay the price for Trump and Kim’s nuclear escalation
Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un’s war of words is threatening to become a real nuclear war as North Korea has announced that it is seriously considering attacking Guam.…
Enoch Light – Command Records
Originally posted on Ear Conditioning: “Mira ese discos” said Jotti, the proprietor of Aguere Music Shop in La Laguna, as he dropped a few records in front of…
How Molecular Clocks Are Refining Human Evolution’s Timeline
Our cells have a built-in genetic clock, tracking time—but how accurately? Mauro Hiroshi Cannas/Flickr This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished u…
CfP: Hazardous Time-Scapes: How to Make Sense of Toxic Landscapes from Multiple Timed, Spaced, and Embodied Perspectives?
The workshop Hazardous Time-Scapes seeks to understand human-environment relationships through the lens of multiple overlapping time, space, and body regimes as they have (and continue to) play out…
If Mary Beard is right, what’s happened to the DNA of Africans from Roman Britain?
There are many reasons why a genetic legacy might not be seen in contemporary populations – Mary Beard was right to defend the BBC’s cartoon If you have…