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Nancy Munn

Remembering Nancy Munn, Emerita Professor of Anthropology

By Sarah Steimer Nancy Munn — remembered as “a scholar’s scholar” — was an Emerita Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago and a ren...

April 20, 2023
Shannon Lee Dawdy

Science - Ancient people lived among ruins too. What did they make of them? Prof. Shannon Lee Dawdy discusses historical biases of European settlers and archaeologists towards the places they were colonizing

April 11, 2023
Kamala Russell

Exploring the embodied and interactive use of language in lived spaces

Kamala Russell’s fieldwork looks beyond traditional methods of tracking interpersonal interactions. By Sarah Steimer “What does it mean to be si...

February 1, 2023
Shannon Lee Dawdy

Washington Post - From human composting to freeze-drying, new ways to plan a funeral; Prof. Shannon Lee Dawdy discusses an expanding number of "difficult choices" when it comes to funerals in America

January 31, 2023
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Dean’s Early Career Research Award Recipients Announced

Assistant Professors Monica Rosenberg and Sarah Newman recognized with the inaugural round of awards and research funding By Sarah Steimer The f...

January 28, 2023
Constantine V. Nakassis

A New Book on Tamil Cinema Offers Anthropological Answers to the Question, What Is an Image?

Author and UChicago professor Constantine V. Nakassis looks beyond the screen to consider presence and representation in the South Indian films. B...

January 23, 2023
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2023-24 CISSR Faculty Research Grants Announced

The Center for International Social Science Research has announced its 2023-2024 Faculty Research Fellowship Grants. Providing up to $25,000 for facul...

January 24, 2023
Protestors gather around a fire on the street in Tehran

Ethnography and Journalism: Humanizing Revolution Through Interviews

PhD Student Alex Shams combines his journalism background and ethnographic research skills to offer a view of what’s happening on the ground in Iran d...

January 19, 2023
Abhishek Bhattacharyya

A New Course on the Anthropology of Revolutions Explores Knowledge Production of Uprisings

Using academic texts, poetry, film and more, students will explore the unpredictability of revolution. By Sarah Steimer Despite what we may kno...

October 11, 2022
Darryl Li

Asst. Prof. Darryl Li on UChicagoHK's "The Course" Podcast Ep 38

This podcast was posted originally by the University of Chicago Yuen Campus in Hong Kong. Check out the original on their site here.    Ever...

October 3, 2022

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