December 5, 2016 Bryan Dougan just received the 2016 Royal Air Morocco-ASA Student Travel Award through the African Studies Association. On Monday November 28, 2016, Malena Rousseau successfully defended her dissertation, “Seeking Buen Vivir: Re-imagining Livelihoods in the Shifting Political … Read more
November 14, 2016 New Books: Mara Buchbinder, Michele Rivkin-Fish, and Rebecca Walker, eds. 2016 Understanding Health Inequalities and Justice: New Conversations Across the Disciplines, has been published by UNC Press, Social Medicine Series. New projects: Michele Rivkin-Fish received a $94,000 … Read more
November 4, 2016 The Indigenous heritage fall newsletter has been released. Features include InHerit’s newest initiative, introduces the new program director, and so much more! Find the full newsletter by clicking here.
November 2, 2016 Anthropology faculty member, Charles Price, was featured in the Daily Tarheel on Monday for his work on the origins of Rastafarianism. Find the full article here.
October 24, 2016 New Book: Tricia McAnany’s Maya Cultural Heritage: How Archaeologists and Indigenous Communities Engage the Past is now out from Rowman & Littlefield. New project: Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld a grant received a grant from the US Embassy-Quito, to inaugurate … Read more
October 21, 2016 Culture anthropologist, Colin West, and biological anthropologist, Amanda Thompson, were featured in the fall issue of Arts and Sciences magazine. For the full story, click here.
September 26, 2016 The Japan Times published a list of ten important books about Okinawa and Chris Nelson’s book , Dancing with the Dead: Memory, Performance and Everyday Life in Post war Okinawa was included: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/09/17/books/okinawan-chronicles-10-books-show-many-faces-japans-island-paradise/#.V-LxiIUX78Q Martha King received a … Read more
August 26, 2016 New Book! Dale Hutchinson’s Disease and Discrimination: Poverty and Pestilence in Colonial Atlantic America, is recently out from University Press of Florida. Prize! The Society for the Anthropology of Work’s 2016 Book Prize has been awarded to … Read more
April 25, 2016 UNC- CH Faculty Council voted on Friday April 15 to elect Vin Steponaitis as the 45th Secretary of the Faculty, an office that goes back to 1823. Deans Jonathan Hartlyn and Kevin Guskiewicz have selected Margie Scarry … Read more
Updated April 11, 2016 UNC-Chapel Hill is a world-class research university that serves the people of the State of North Carolina by attracting and retaining the very best faculty, staff, and students from around the state, the country, and the … Read more
