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The Department of Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School seek to appoint a tenured professor in Medical Anthropology. The appointment is expected to begin on July...

The American School of Prehistoric Research Science Communication Fellowship, which will run for about two months in April and May, is intended for students and early career scholars researching Old World prehistory who would like to gain hands-on...

The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is thrilled to share that Arthur Kleinman, Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology, is the cover figure of China's Southern People Weekly (南方人物周刊) most recent issue published December 16. The...

The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is pleased to share a new commentary by Christina Warinner and more published in Nature, titled "Ancient DNA data hold insights into past organisms and ecosystems — handle them with more care." The...

The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is pleased to share that Argonauts of Western Africa: Unauthorized Migration and Kinship by Apostolos Andrikopoulos (current Affiliate and former Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow) has received an honorable...

The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is pleased to share that Michael Herzfeld, Ernest E. Monrad Professor of the Social Sciences, Emeritus, has been made a member of the Editorial Collective of HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory. At some...

The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is pleased to share a new article by Christina Warinner and more in Nature, titled "and transformation of Bronze Age pastoralists in the Caucasus." The full article may be found here.

The Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, invites undergraduate students of Harvard College and MD and MD-PhD students of Harvard Medical School to apply for the Joan Andrea Kleinman Travel and Language Grant. This award...

The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is thrilled to share that Julia Fierman, Lecturer on Anthropology, has been awarded the Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship for Writing from the Wenner-Gren Foundation. This grant will fund Fierman's upcoming...

The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is thrilled to share that time is nearing the 50th anniversary of Professor Arthur Kleinman’s very first book, Medicine in Chinese Cultures: Comparative studies of health care in Chinese and other...