Anthropology in the news 22/23 academic year

Listed below is a selection of articles so far this academic year featuring Department of Anthropology faculty and students.

 

Public history project reveals stories of Cornell changemakers

Cornell Chronicle -- 02/27/2023

Kurt A. Jordan

 

What Does the Armenian Genocide Have to Do With Florida?

Sapiens -- 02/22/2023

Adam T. Smith

 

Cornell repatriates ancestral remains to the Oneida Nation

Cornell Chronicle -- 02/22/2023

Matthew Velasco

 

Cornell University apologizes to the Oneida Indian Nation and returns decades-old ancestral remains

WIVB -- 02/22/2023 and 13 other media outlets

Matthew Velasco

 

A&S secures gifts, embarks on McGraw Hall renovation

Cornell Chronicle -- 01/30/2023

Adam T. Smith

 

The Armenian historical and cultural heritage of Nakhichevan is almost completely destroyed (French)

Nouvelles Armenie Magazine -- 12/14/2022 and 2 other media outlets

Lori Khatchadourian, Adam T. Smith

 

Azerbaijan's destruction of Armenian-Christian heritage continues in the Caucasus (Italian)

Il Giornale dell'Arte -- 12/09/2022

Lori Khatchadourian, Adam T. Smith

 

Excavation uncovers 2K more artifacts at St. James church site

A&S Communications -- 12/09/2022

Nerissa Russell, Adam T. Smith, Lori Khatchadourian

 

‘Genetic Afterlives’ receives book prize

A&S Communications -- 12/09/2022

Noah Tamarkin

 

Fictional civilization leaves behind lasting legacy

Cornell Chronicle -- 12/07/2022

Adam T. Smith

 

After a century of industrial accidents and toxic exposures, Curtis Bay residents say they’ve had enough

Baltimore Brew -- 12/05/2022

Chloe Ahmann

 

China: Covid protesters call on Xi to resign (Swedish)

TV 4 News -- 11/27/2022 and 6 other media outlets

Magnus Fiskesjö

 

‘Cultural erasure’ in the Caucasus spreads: new satellite imagery shows destruction of Armenian heritage sites

The Art Newspaper -- 11/25/2022 and 2 other media outlets

Lori Khatchadourian, Adam T. Smith

 

Over 50 Students Receive NSF Graduate Fellowships

Graduate School -- 11/07/2022

 

Heritage Forensics Is Tackling Devastating New Forms of Cultural Erasure

Sapiens -- 11/03/2022

Adam T. Smith, Lori Khatchadourian

 

Global Cornell awards support new international courses

Cornell Chronicle -- 10/14/2022

Alex Nading

 

Alien skulls found in Peru? It is long and embedded with metal, experts reveal the mystery of the millennium (Chinese)

Sohu -- 10/11/2022

Matthew Velasco

 

Creating 'political economy of hope' at Pakistan-India border

Phys.org -- 10/06/2022 and 8 other media outlets

Natasha Raheja

 

Creating ‘political economy of hope’ at Pakistan-India border

Cornell Chronicle -- 10/06/2022

Natasha Raheja

 

Mummified bird gets second life in multisensory exhibition

Cornell Chronicle -- 10/05/2022

 

Mummified bird gets second life in multisensory exhibition

Ithaca Times -- 10/05/2022

Frederic Wright Gleach

 

Caucasus Heritage Watch Continues to Monitor Ongoing Destruction of Monuments

Armenian-Mirror Spectator -- 10/01/2022

Lori Khatchadourian

 

China President Xi Jinping is still in power, despite coup rumors

Politifact -- 09/28/2022

Magnus Fiskesjö

 

Why African Nations Are Mostly Silent on China's Rights Record

Voice of America -- 09/24/2022 and 65 other media outlets

Magnus Fiskesjö

 

What this entirely fake Iron Age civilization can teach us about how we view art

Fast Company -- 09/19/2022 and 5 other media outlets

Robert Ascher

 

US Researchers Confirm 98% of Cultural Armenian Heritage Sites in Nakhichevan Destroyed by Azerbaijan

Hyperallergic -- 09/17/2022 and 2 other media outlets

Lori Khatchadourian

 

Silent Erasure: A Satellite Investigation of the Destruction of Armenian Cultural Heritage in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan

Proto Thema -- 09/16/2022 and 11 other media outlets

Lori Khatchadourian

 

50 years ago, an artist convincingly exhibited a fake Iron Age civilization – with invented maps, music and artifacts

Chron.com -- 09/14/2022 and 25 other media outlets

Robert Ascher

 

Report shows near-total erasure of Armenian heritage sites

Cornell Chronicle -- 09/12/2022

Lori Khatchadourian

 

New Jewish studies major approved in College of Arts & Sciences

A&S Communications -- 09/08/2022

Noah Tamarkin, Jonathan Aaron Boyarin

 

Community read launches Society for the Humanities’ ‘Repair’ theme

A&S Communications -- 09/01/2022

Lucinda E.G. Ramberg

 

Cornell Atkinson awards $1.4 million to new sustainability projects

Cornell Chronicle -- 06/30/2022

Alex Nading

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