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P. Steven Sangren, Professor of Anthropology, was named the 2017-2018 Hu Shih Distinguished Professor of China Studies by Cornell's East Asia Program (EAP). Hu Shih was a Chinese philosopher, essayist and diplomat who received his undergraduate from Cornell University in the early 1900's. On the 100th anniversary of the world-changing...
Alexandra Dalferro, PhD candidate in Anthropology, was one of 91 students nationwide who was awarded a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship. Dalferro is currently conducting fieldwork in Thailand for her proposed dissertation titled "Shimmering Surfaces and Stray Threads: Weaving State Politics into Silk in...
Elif Sari, a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology, was awarded a Graduate Student Travel Grant from the Society for the Humanities for her project: Waiting amidst Violence and Uncertainty: LGBTI Asylum in Turkey.Elif describes her project below:Asylum is often associated with mobility, whereas the LGBTI refugees waiting in Turkey...
Jonathan Boyarin, Mann Professor of Modern Jewish Studies and Professor of Anthropology, was awarded a Humanities Research Grant from the Society for the Humanities. His project, A Jewish Anthropology of the Present, is a collaborative research grant supporting a new joint project between Boyarin and Martin Land. A native of New York City,...
Timothy McLellan, a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology, was awarded a Sustainability Research Grant from the Society for the Humanities for his project entitled: The Temporalities of Outcomes Thinking: Impact and Audit at an Agri-Environmental Research Institute.Timothy describes his project below:My research investigates the work...
Vincent Ialenti, a PhD candidate in Anthropology, made history in October by becoming the first anthropologist with a feature article in Physics Today, the flagship publication of the American Institute of Physics. Ialenti's article, "Death and succession among Finland’s nuclear waste experts," explores the professional worlds of experts...
Caitlín Barrett was awarded an Einaudi Small Grant and a grant from the Finger Lakes Chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America for a conference she is co-organizing titled “Better to Dwell in Your Own Small House”: Households of Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt in Context. The conference will be held April 27-28, 2018.Sherene Baugher received...
Emily Hong and Mariangela Mihai Jordan, PhD students in the Department of Anthropology, received a grant from Humanities New York for their joint project "Nobel Nok Dah Film Discussion Guide: Centering Women’s Stories in Experiences of Refugee Resettlement." This grant will enable Mihai Jordan and Hong to work with a team to develop a film...
Paul Nadasdy, Associate Professor of Anthropology, was awarded the John McMenemy Prize for the best article published in The Canadian Journal of Political Science in 2016. Nadasdy received this award for First Nations, Citizenship and Animals, or Why Northern Indigenous People Might Not Want to Live in Zoopolis. The John McMenemy Prize is awarded...
More than 20 Anthropology Alumni attended Reunion Weekend June 8-11, 2017. All accounts indicate that Reunion was a great success with fantastic weather, time to reconnect with friends, and opportunities to explore campus and the local area. Anthropology Professors Fred Gleach and Vilma Santiago-Irizarry hosted an open house of the...
My research explores human interactions with animals in the past. I did my first archaeological fieldwork in North America while in high school; since then my work has been based mainly in southeast Europe and Turkey, with a few forays elsewhere (Pakistan, Russia, and occasionally New York). Early on I was impressed by the amazing amounts of...
Congratulations to our graduates on behalf of the entire department! Be sure to keep in touch. We can’t wait to hear where your road leads you.Minor CertificationTamar LawLisa MalloyMoriah NkosiSamantha SternAnahita VerahramiSophia WohlMingqian Yu Bachelor of ArtsElisabeth AmanullahChristian BrickhouseTravis Ghirdharie...
Twelve Cornell graduate students have been selected for the Einaudi-SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Program (DPDP), the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies announced.The program, which is new this year, offers seminars, workshops, and mentoring to doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences who are developing...
After spending a year as a postdoctoral fellow at Oberlin College, Sabia McCoy-Torres has accepted a tenure-track job at Tulane University. The position is a joint appointment in Anthropology and the Program in Africana Studies. Sabia has a Ph.D. in sociocultural anthropology from Cornell (awarded in 2015). Her research focuses on the...
Ph.D. candidate Emiko Stock has been named a Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellow for 2017 at the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.The Newcombe Fellowship is the nation’s largest and most prestigious award for Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences addressing questions of ethical and religious values...
For almost 20 years, Stacey Langwick, associate professor of anthropology, has conducted research on medicine and healing in East Africa. In a lecture sponsored by the Institute of Comparative Modernities April 11, she explored how concerns over toxicity shape public conversations about the forms of nourishment and modes of healing that make...
Why did you major in Anthropology?I came to Cornell undecided in Arts and Sciences. I took an anthropology class my first semester and was instantly drawn to the area of study. I have always been interested in anthropological topics and understanding culture. I’ve come to realize how applicable anthropology is to everyday life and other areas...
Students met with Caribbean residents in Brooklyn over spring break to record their life stories as part of an engaged learning course in oral history and urban ethnography.The four-day field trip was designed for students “to observe and conduct ethnographic research and talk to as many people as possible … so the Caribbean immigrants that...
Why did you major in Anthropology?I have always been interested in social studies and history from a young age, so when I came to Cornell, I had a pretty good idea of what I wanted to do. I really enjoyed archaeology at first, and then my interests shifted more towards cultural anthropology over time. I majored in anthropology because I loved...
Why did you major in Anthropology?I chose to major in Anthropology because I was interested in learning about the world from a variety of perspectives; I wanted to challenge and think critically about my views, beliefs, and biases regarding society and culture.I have learned from my peers as well as professors in each Anthropology class I have...
In Sri Lanka, caste among the majority Sinhalese has long been popularly rejected as an anachronistic and lamentable artifact of pre-colonial society, its public discussion generally avoided to an extreme.In a context of transforming expectations regarding the who, how, and what of heritage stewardship around the world, my doctoral research...
Thanks to funding from Engaged Graduate Student Grants, PhD Candidates Mariangela Mihai, Amir Mohamed, and Elif Sari are able to dive deeper into research projects that help gain insights, produce and share educational materials, and examine how people make sense of their identities. Mihai, Mohamed, and Sari were awarded Engaged Graduate...
David Holmberg, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, and Kathryn March, Professor Emerita of Anthropology, received two awards in recognition of their work with the Tamang Society.Holmberg and March were awarded "Honorary Membership" from the Tamang Society of America in New York City on January 28, 2017. This award was presented by Shanta...
The Department of Anthropology is excited to celebrate Giving Day on March 14th. We hope alumni, parents, and friends will consider supporting Anthropology with a gift on this special day. Donations to the department support faculty and students with anthropological training and experiences in the classroom, in the Collections, at our events...
Charis Boke, PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology, was awarded a grant from the Wood Institute at the Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. PhD Candidate Laura Cocora was awarded a travel grant from the Society for the Humanities for her project: Engaging what is to come: Happiness as public project in Japan...