RG China(s) Kolloquium: Winter Semester 2023
Our monthly colloquium resumes this September. These regular meetings are intended to facilitate discussion and exchange within the group. They will provide a forum to present and discuss…
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NEW article on „authoritarian-caring“ parenting styles in China, France and the US by Jean-Baptiste Pettier
This article reflects on the comparable dimensions of scholarly competition in what the author names “late post-revolutionary societies,” in this case China, France and the US. In this…
NEW „The People’s Map of China“ country profile on Switzerland by Lena Kaufmann
Ten years into the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative, this new „The People’s Map of Global China“ country profile provides an overview of Sino-Swiss economic relations, Switzerland…
SAR Receives Major Grant from National Park Service to Achieve Compliance with North American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
Blog by Melinda Sue Robbins, Grants Manager, School for Advanced Research SAR Rece…
Anthropology researchers’ letter of support for the striking students in the University Main Building
As a community of researchers in Social and Cultural Anthropology, we stand in solidarity with students who occupy the Main Building of the University of Helsinki. We fully…
New SNSF Ambizione project on the digitalisation of agriculture in China and Europe
Congratulations: Lena Kaufmann has been awarded a highly competitive Ambizione Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation for her project “Digital agriculture: Sino-European contrasts, correspon…
Three Ways of Looking at Pueblo Art
Installation view of “Grounded In Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery,” at the Metropolitan Museum …
Over Thirty Past SAR Artist Fellows Show Work at the 2023 Santa Fe Indian Market
Max Early at the 2019 Santa Fe Indian Market. It’s been 101 years since the …
NEW article on Urban Reconstruction in Xinjiang by Madlen Kobi
This article investigates the relatively little explored urban development in China’s Northwestern Uyghur homeland of XUAR (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region). Based on 12 months of ethnographic field…
NEW article on thermal practices to cope with summer heat in Chongqing by Madlen Kobi
Until the 1990s and the spread of air-conditioning, cooling down during the hot, humid, and windless summers in the city of Chongqing (Southwest China) was mainly practiced outdoors:…
SAR Awarded Over $225,000 by Institute for Museum and Library Services
Blog by Melinda Sue Robbins, Grants Manager, School for Advanced Research SAR’s In…
New Standards for Museums with Native American Collections (SMNAC) Now Available
Image: SMNAC Core Group meeting in 2019. Photo by Elysia Poon, courtesy School for Advanced Research …
RG China(s) Colloquium: Summer Semester 2023
Our monthly colloquium resumes this May. See our dates below! These regular meetings are intended to facilitate discussion and exchange within the group. They will provide a forum…
The RG China(s) congratulates Prof. Dr. Jean-Bapiste Pettier
The RG China(s) congratulates Prof. Dr. Jean-Bapiste Pettier for starting a new position as a professor for social and cultural anthropology, focus East Asia/China at Friedrich-Alexander Universität E…
Plädoyer für eine wissenschaftliche Beschäftigung mit China in Anbetracht ethischer Bedenken
Die Regionalgruppe China(s) der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie setzt sich aus Forschenden der Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie sowie der Sinologie zusammen, die mit qualitat…
Indigenous Collections Care (ICC) Guide
By Laura Elliff Cruz, Collections Manager Historically, museums and academic insti…
SAR welcomes 2023 William Y. and Nettie K. Adams Fellow Christopher Nelson
The School for Advanced Research is delighted to welcome our first post-pandemic Adams Fellow in the history o…
SAR Honored for Architectural Stewardship by the Historic Santa Fe Foundation
In a public award event held at San Miguel Chapel on May 18, the School for Advanced Research received the Historic Santa Fe Foundation’s 2023 Preservation Award for…
SAR Announces 2023-2024 Native Artist Fellows
SAR Announces 2023-2024 Native Artist Fellows …
Three New Mexico Organizations Join Together to Host the Twelfth Annual Pueblo Fiber Arts Show Memorial Day Weekend
Photo courtesy: Louie Garcia (Tiwa/Piro), the artist of this traditional Pueblo weaving. The New Mexico Pueblo Fiber Arts Guild, in collaboration with the Poeh Cultural Center and School…
SAR Member Trip to Glorieta Pass and Pecos National Historical Park
By Melinda Sue Robbins, Grants Manager, School for Advanced Research …
SAR Welcomes Two New Board Members
SAR Welcomes Two New Board Members …
First SAR Centennial Medal Presented to N. Scott Momaday
On February 25, SAR President Michael F. Brown, Ph.D., presented SAR’s first ever Centennial Medal to author N. Scott Momaday for distinguished service to SAR and the world.…
NEW article on state, family, and the scaling of care by Christof Lammer
The minimum livelihood guarantee (dibao) in the People’s Republic of China has been claimed to be the „world’s largest cash-based social policy.“ Examining the making of d…