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Student Nour Khachemoune by front door of Harvard Peabody Museum

Harvard Archaeology Student Nour Khachemoune Named for Most Interesting Thesis

January 13, 2023

Named for "most interesting thesis," current Archaeology student Nour Khachemoune ('23) is using chemical analyses to study rabbit and turkey bones from a Mayan site in Honduras to understand how humans changed the diet of animals in the Classic Mayan Period.

Selected portions of The Harvard Crimson's full story are below.

Nour L. Khachemoune ’23 says her friends fondly call her NBC — the Nour Broadcasting Company — because she seems to “know everything that’s going on.” This curiosity is also the driving force behind her ambitious,...

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Joan A. Kleinman Travel & Language Grant: Nicholas della Cava (2022)

January 12, 2023

The Joan Andrea Kleinman Travel and Language Grant is made in memory of Joan A. Kleinman, a...

Harvard Archaeology Student Michael Frim Named Class of 2024 Mitchell Scholar

January 9, 2023

The Department of Anthropology and Archaeology wishes to extend its congratulations to current student Michael Frim (Senior, Joint Archaeology and Physics) who was named a Class of 2024 Mitchell Scholar.

As one of the country’s most prestigious scholarship programs, the Mitchell Scholarship sends future American leaders to the island of Ireland for a year of graduate study. This year, 306 individuals applied for the 12 scholarships. Next year, Michael will begin his Master’s in early and medieval Celtic languages at University College Cork in Ireland.

“I just want to...

Photo of Paul Farmer sitting in a Harvard University faculty office

Paul Farmer: Cultivating Care

December 13, 2022

Given the scope of his life’s work, there is already an abundance of writing and media covering Paul Farmer and his life’s work available to the public. As such, this article hopes to provide a look into his impacts on the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University.

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Michael Herzfeld (Emeritus) Named Editor for the Journal of Modern Greek Studies

December 6, 2022

The Department of Anthropology would like to share that Michael Herzfeld, Emeritus Ernest E. Monrad Research Professor of the Social Sciences in the Dept. of Anthropology, has accepted a one-year term as Editor of the Journal of Modern Greek Studies. ...

The Anthropology of Being Haunted by Byron Good

November 28, 2022

The Department of Anthropology would like to recognize Professor Dr. Byron Good's publication in this year's Annual Review of Anthropology (Vol. 51: 437-453). Entitled The Anthropology of Being Haunted: On the Emergence of an Anthropological Hauntology, this review explores the theme of hauntology and spectralities within wirtings on cultural studies and whether a similar form of hauntology has emerged in Anthropology.

Abstract

Since the appearance of...

The Department of Anthropology Seeks a Part-Time Lecturer in Social Anthropology

November 21, 2022

Position Description: The Department of Anthropology seeks applications for a part-time Lecturer in Anthropology for the Social Anthropology Program. The appointment is expected to begin on 1/15/2023, ending June 30^th, 2023. The position is non-renewable.

Responsibilities include the following:

Call for Applications: Joan Andrea Kleinman Travel and Language Fellowship

November 21, 2022

The Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School invites MD and MD-PhD students of Harvard Medical School and students of Harvard College to apply for the Joan...

Glossolalia and the Problem of Language by Nicholas Harkness

November 18, 2022

The Department of Anthropology wishes to recognize and congratulate Dr. Nicholas Harkness whose recent book Glossolalia and the Problem of Language received an honorable mention from the Society for East Asian Anthropology for the Hsu Prize.

This year...

Walking Among Pharaohs by Peter Manuelian

November 15, 2022

The Department of Anthropology celebrates a new faculty publication, Walking Among Pharaohs by Dr. Peter Manuelian. Published by Oxford University Press, Manuelian's newest release spans 1,184 pages and delves into the fascinating life, work, legacy and effects of American Archaeologist George Reisner. Walking Among Pharaohs is the...