Unterstützung in der Redaktion gesucht !
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Sudan: cessation of war appears long way off
Written by Jehron Muhammad “If this war (in Sudan) last for several years… the country that we knew as Sudan, …
Repair: AES / APLA Spring Conference 2024
April 4-6, 2024 | University of Pittsburgh In the face of compounding harms—mass extinctions, settler-colonial dispossession, gentrification, displacement—what does it … More
Florida 2024 Annual Meeting: APLA Calls for AAA Transparency
This statement is a call to action from the board of the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology. The Association … More
Call for Papers | Special Issue: Speaking out against genocide and repression
In this special issue, we invite anthropologists to reflect on their responsibilities and experiences of speaking and acting out in response to Israel’s assaults on Gaza, and to…
30 Minute Methods – Ned Rossiter
Tuesday 23 January 2024 at 4pm HCMC time: online – all welcome Topic: 30 Minute Methods TDTU – Title: Reflections on Organized Networks and Collective Research Methods Join Zoom…
SAR Receives $900,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
The School for Advanced Research (SAR) is honored to announce that it has been awarded a grant in the amount of $900,000 from the National Endowment for the…
2024: A Look Ahead
New Year’s festivities inevitably include reviews of the year that’s …
Grounded in Clay Reception at The Met, New York
Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery Reception at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 10, 2023. …
RG China(s) Kolloquium: Winter Semester 2023
Liang Siran will discuss the human-yak relationship at 4800 meters altitude in Nagqu, China, on 15th December. She bases her ethnographic account on a four-month stay in a…
Statement on the situation in Palestine
Signed by scholars of humanitarianism, war, displacement and related fields, this statement calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the urgent and uninterrupted passage of humanitarian relief.
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…
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…