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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Students, colleagues remember Raymond Fogelson for his research and warmth
The professor emeritus passed away in January 2020, but will be remembered at a fall memorial at UChicago. One of the foremost ethnohistorians of h...
September 14, 2022
SSD Welcomes 9 New Faculty
Yuting Dong Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of History Assistant Professor beginning July 1, 2023 As a historian of modern Japan and East ...
September 20, 2022