News

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

Adam Curtis BBC Documentary "Hypernormalisation" Inspired by Professor Alexei Yurchak
Date/Time: 
Friday, December 9, 2016 - 14:30
Saba Mahmood Awarded 2016 Clifford Geertz Prize in the Anthropology of Religion
Date/Time:  Friday, December 9, 2016 - 14:30

December 5, 2016

Charles Briggs wins Mentorship Award from Society for Medical Anthropology
Date/Time: 
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

Nancy Scheper-Hughes was awarded Tikkun Magazine's award for Radical Medical Anthropology this year on their 20th anniversary celebration this past Sunday, November 13th. The talk is titled "Radical Hope Despite Present Difficulties." You can read her talk on Tikkun's website at the link below. 

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

Aihwa Ong's New Book, Fungible Life, Releases in Late October
Date/Time: Friday, September 30, 2016 - 11:30

The Book

Patrick Kirch awarded Honorary Doctorate by the Universite de Polynesie Francaise

September 12, 2016

Elizabeth Colson dies in Zambia at 99
Date/Time: 
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. 

September 9, 2016

Charles L. Briggs' Photography and Fieldwork Featured in Latest Issue of California Magazine
Date/Time:  Friday, September 9, 2016 - 14:30

August 5, 2016

Summer Updates from Emerita Ruth Tringham and CoDA
Date/Time:  Friday, August 5, 2016 - 13:30
Rabinow Article Published in Hau Journal of Ethnographic Theory
Date/Time: Friday, August 5, 2016 - 13:30

July 20, 2016

Danny Fisher Awarded Global Urban Humanities - Townsend Fellowship for Spring 2017
Date/Time: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - 11:30

Daniel Fisher has been awarded a Global Urban Humanities - Townsend Fellowship for Spring 2017 for his project "Understanding Aboriginal Cities: Indigeneity, Urbanization, and Intervention in Northern Australia." 

Aihwa Ong Appointed Director of the Graduate Group in Asian Studies
Date/Time: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - 11:30

Aihwa Ong has been appointed as Director of the Graduate Group in Asian Studies for a three year term beginning July 1, 2016. 

From the Institute of East Asian Studies' web page:

Laurie Wilkie New Department Chair, Effective July 1, 2016
Date/Time:  Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - 11:30

Laurie Wilkie has been appointed Department Chair effective July 1, 2016. 

June 14, 2016

Sabrina Agarwal, Editor-in-Chief of New Bioarchaeology Journal
Date/Time: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - 15:00

Gainesville, Fla.—The University of Florida Press is pleased to announce that submissions are now being accepted for a new journal, Bioarchaeology International.

May 2, 2016

Professor Emerita Margaret (Meg) Conkey wins the SAA Lifetime Achievement Award
Date/Time: Monday, May 2, 2016 - 13:30

February 29, 2016

Laurie Wilkie wins Distinguished Teaching Award - Division of Social Sciences
Date/Time: Monday, February 29, 2016 - 14:30
We are delighted to announce that our very own Professor Laurie Wilkie has been named the recipient of the 2014-2015 Distinguished Teaching Award from the Division of Social Sciences. 

February 11, 2016

Professor Laurie Wilkie’s work in the News for Mardi Gras
Date/Time: Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 16:30

 Professor Wilkie’s work about Mardia Gras is featured in Forbes, the Atlantic, and Berkeley News this week.

Forbes / Science