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November 2, 2017

Laura Nader's dedication to teaching and research recognized by The Daily Clog

May 15, 2017

A Reflection from Graduating Senior Chioma A.

UC Berkeley Senior Reflection: Chioma A.

Graduating senior and Los Angeles native Chioma talks about her time at Berkeley, her favorite professors and offers advice to new students.

What is your major, and why did you choose it?

May 2, 2017

“The devastation of the people”: an interview with Nancy Scheper-Hughes

May 2, 2017 by irishmuseumofmodernart

April 6, 2017

James Holston Receives Chancellor's Public Service Award for AppCivist Project

Date/Time: Thursday, April 6, 2017 - 12:30

Professor James Holston has been named a recipient of the Chancellor's Award for Public Service for his collaborative project with the City of Vallejo--AppCivist.

An excerpt of AppCivist from their project's website (linked below):

March 9, 2017

QS Ranks UC Berkeley Anthropology Department #2 in the World

Date/Time: Thursday, March 9, 2017 - 11:30

February 10, 2017

City of Vallejo and Professor James Holston Partner on Participatory Budgeting Community Platform

Date/Time: Friday, February 10, 2017 - 14:30

Quoted from the City of Vallejo's Press Release:

January 11, 2017

Rosemary Joyce Appointed to Cultural Property Advisory Committee by President Obama

Date/Time: Wednesday, January 11, 2017 - 15:00

December 9, 2016

Saba Mahmood Awarded 2016 Clifford Geertz Prize in the Anthropology of Religion

Date/Time: Friday, December 9, 2016 - 14:30

Adam Curtis BBC Documentary "Hypernormalisation" Inspired by Professor Alexei Yurchak

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Friday, December 9, 2016 - 14:30

December 5, 2016

Charles Briggs wins Mentorship Award from Society for Medical Anthropology

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Monday, December 5, 2016 - 13:30

November 18, 2016

Read Nancy Scheper-Hughes' "Radical Hope" Acceptance Speech for Tikkun's Radical Medical Anthropology Award

Date/Time: Friday, November 18, 2016 - 14:00

November 16, 2016

Seth Holmes, Center for Social Medicine Co-Chair, Receives Textor Award

Seth Holmes, co-chair of Berkeley's Center for Social Medicine has been awarded the Robert B. Textor award in Anticipatory Anthropology for his book, Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States.

From the American Anthropological Association's website:

November 9, 2016

Statement on Standing Rock from UC Berkeley Anthropology Faculty

November 2016

To President Obama, the United States Department of Justice, Department of the Interior and the Army Corps of Engineers:

September 30, 2016

Patrick Kirch awarded Honorary Doctorate by the Universite de Polynesie Francaise

Aihwa Ong's New Book, Fungible Life, Releases in Late October

Date/Time: Friday, September 30, 2016 - 11:30

The Book

September 12, 2016

Elizabeth Colson dies in Zambia at 99

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Monday, September 12, 2016 - 12:30

Anthropology professor emerita Elizabeth Colson dies at 99 years old in Zambia at 99 years old. Refer to the article below for comments about Colson's work, life, and research from her colleagues and friends. You can also check out her biography below.