
John Chenoweth (Berkeley PhD, 2011) wins the 2019 John L. Cotter Award

John Chenoweth (Berkeley PhD, 2011), currently an AssociateProfessor of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Dearborn, was recognized as the 2019 John L. Cotter Award winner by the Society for Historical Archaeology at their annual meeting in St. Louis, Missouri. Established in 1998, this award is named in honor of John Lambert Cotter (1911-1999), a pioneer educator and advocate for the discipline and recognizes the outstanding contributions of scholars early in their professional careers. Pictured are Laurie Wilkie (Department of Anthropology, Berkeley and John's primary advisor), John Chenoweth, center, and Dr. Mark Warner, President of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
Seeking Department of Anthropology Assistant/Associate Professor – Social Cultural Anthropology - Anthropology
November 5, 2015

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Please take a look at recently published books by our faculty and emeritus faculty.
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May 14, 2015

Jun Sunseri, Anthropology
Faculty Award for Community Engaged Scholarship, 2015
April 22, 2015

Alexei Yurchak's research and upcoming book about Lenin's preservation are featured in a Scientific American story for Lenin's 145th anniversary.
March 27, 2015
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July 11, 2014

Ethan Watters ("Crazy like Us") has published a long and contentious profile on Anthropology Professor Nancy Scheper-Hughes and her heretical methods in Pacific Standard Magazine . A rejoinder will appear soon on the same website and in the hard copy of the Magazine.
June 18, 2014
January 9, 2014
The RTE Irish public TV series "What in the World" featured a documentary on December 23, 2013 looking at the global business of illegally brokered and trafficked organs for transplants between the USA and Isreal. Professor Nancy Scheper-Hughes is interviewed about the first person, Izak Rosenbaum, to be convicted of human organ trafficking in the US. [This video clip will only remain accessible until January 12, 2014]
Click here to view the documentary.
August 11, 2013
Proceedings of the May 2013 workshop are now available.