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"Under The Table: An Anthropology of Corruption Podcast" Features Harvard Anthropology Emeritus Michael Herzfeld

March 28, 2023

"Under The Table: An Anthropology of Corruption Podcast" shares a recent episode featuring Harvard Anthropology Emeritus Michael Herzfeld. 

Hosts Aaron Ansell and Sylvia Tidey interview Herzfeld about his latest book, Subversive Archaism: Troubling Traditionalists and the Politics of National Heritage, and other fascinating work he is pursuing.  Follow the links below to listen on Buzzsprout and Spotify! 

 

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Harvard Anthropology Alum Katherine Enright (March '23) Receives Gates Cambridge Scholarship

March 23, 2023

The Department of Anthropology is pleased to share that Harvard Anthropology Alum Katherine Enright (March '23,  joint concentration in Anthropology and History) has received the Gates Cambridge Scholarship and will begin the MPHil in Digital Humanities at the University of Cambridge this fall. 

The Gates Cambridge Scholarship selected twenty three of the "most academically outstanding and...

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"Ithaka" Film Screening and Q&A at Somerville Theater

March 21, 2023

Wednesday, March 22, 7:30 pm

Somerville Theater: Main Theatre (Cinema 1)

A moving and intimate portrayal of one father’s fight to save his son, Ithaka exposes the brutal realities of the campaign to free Julian Assange.

The world’s most famous political prisoner, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, has become an emblem of an international arm wrestle over freedom of journalism, government corruption and unpunished war crimes.

Now with Julian facing a 175-year sentence if extradited to the US,...

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Featured Event | Archaeological Anthropology Seminar Series: Sven Haakanson

March 17, 2023

The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is pleased to present a talk by Sven Haakanson (University of Washington) as part of our Spring 2023 Archaeological Anthropology Seminar Series.

This event is open to the public and may be attended in person or live via zoom on Thursday, March 23rd at 3PM.

 

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Joan A. Kleinman Travel & Language Grant: Eana Meng (2018)

February 23, 2023

The Joan Andrea Kleinman Travel and Language Grant is made in memory of Joan A. Kleinman, a scholar of Chinese language and literature and co-researcher with Dr. Arthur Kleinman of projects in medical anthropology. Joan Andrea Kleinman was committed to language as the basis for cultural and international studies and developed Chinese fluency only after her initial graduate studies in French. The goal of this grant is to promote language acquisition for use in the service of global health research. The language acquisition aspect of the summer research project may involve formal...

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