The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is thrilled to share that Anthropology and History joint concentrator Laila Nasher ('25) was recently awarded a 2024 Harry S. Truman Scholarship. Nasher is among 60 students awarded for their “outstanding leadership potential” and “commitment to a career in government or the nonprofit sector" and will receive up to $30,000 in funding for graduate studies geared towards work in public service.
Laila shares with us:
I’m incredibly grateful for the support that I’ve received from the anthropology...
Harvard Anthropology Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Gabriella Coleman was featured in the series "I Saw the Sign" which aired recently on European TV Arte. Coleman was interviewed for an episode covering“Anonymous” and speaks to the symbolism of the famous Guy Fawkes mask.
On 19 March, Michael Herzfeld, Ernest E. Monrad Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology, delivered the Annual Angelos Delivorrias Lecture at the Benaki Museum in Athens, Greece, with the title (translated here) “Monuments of the Word or Intangible Heritage? The History and Consequences of a Misleading Distinction in Greece and Elsewhere.” The text of the lecture,...
The Department of Anthropology is pleased to share that Peter Manuelian, Barbara Bell Professor of Egyptology and Director of Harvard's Museum of the Ancient Near East, has been awarded a Provostial Fund for the Arts and Humanities towards his proposal “Life Writing at the Giza Pyramids: An archaeological biography shot in 360-degree video.” This fund will support a project geared towards making...
Harvard Anthropology Professor Christina Warinner recently returned from a trip to Nepal where she, along with the Warinner Group, met with and presented at multiple schools and community groups.
