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HAU Journal of Ethnographic Theory: From busting cults to breeding cults | Gabriella Coleman

January 11, 2024

The Department of Anthropology is pleased to share a new publication from The University of Chicago Press Journals and HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory which features a talk by Gabriella Coleman, Director of Undergraduate Studies and Professor of Anthropology at Harvard, titled “From busting cults to breeding cults: Anonymous h/acktivism vs. the (a)nonymous far right and QAnon.”

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Annals of Internal Medicine: Suicide in U.S. Indigenous Persons | Joseph P. Gone

December 20, 2023

The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is pleased to share that Annals of Internal Medicine has published a new editorial by Professor of Anthropology Joseph P. Gone entitled "Suicide in U.S. Indigenous Persons: Reframing the Etiology and Solutions."

Indigenous persons in the United States are distinguished by who we count as kin. Indeed, our lives are organized by...

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Shanghai Archaeology Forum honors Christina Warinner with 2023 Research Award

December 8, 2023

The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is thrilled to share that Dr. Christina Warinner has been awarded a prestigious Research Award by the Shanghai Archaeology Forum (SAF) in recognition of her contributions to the study of ancient human microbiomes. The Research Award recognizes excellence in archaeological research based on rigorous studies utilizing laboratory and scientific analyses that...

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Harvard Anthropology Professor Joseph P. Gone Featured in Harvard Gazette Article

December 5, 2023

Harvard Anthropology Professor Joseph P. Gone was recently featured in a Harvard Gazette article, "How they found the work they were ‘meant’ to do," which explores the many ways current faculty members discovered their scholarly callings.

From West Point to Harvard (via Potok, Freud, and rats), Gone shares: 

During an undergraduate holiday break, I returned home to...

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Harvard Anthropology Assistant Professor Amy E. Clark's Edited Volume (2022) Reviewed by American Antiquity

December 1, 2023

We’d like to take a moment to spotlight Harvard Anthropology Assistant Professor Amy E. Clark’s edited volume (published in 2022), which was recently reviewed in the Society for American Archaeology's American Antiquity.  

About the volume:  

Describing the nature and meaning of artifact spatial patterning can be highly subjective, yet many patterns can be...

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Dædalus: Mental Health | Edited by Harvard Anthropology Professor Arthur Kleinman

November 27, 2023

We're pleased to share that Arthur Kleinman, Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology, served as Guest Editor of the Fall 2023 Daedalus Special Issue on Mental Health. 

We are all vulnerable to emotional distress. COVID-19 made as much clear, subjecting many of us to the prolonged pain of isolation, loneliness, job and housing insecurity, and grief. The pandemic increased...

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Harvard Gazette | Symposium honoring late global health pioneer Paul Farmer reflects on achievements, purpose, influence of Haiti

November 17, 2023

The Harvard Gazette recently published an article on the symposium reflecting on Paul Farmer's (Harvard Anthropology, Kolokotrones University Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine) legacy. This symposium featured words from Arthur Kleinman, ...

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