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James Higham

Congrats to Prof. James Higham on a new NIA award to study the impacts of hurricanes among macaques on Cayo Santiago

Jane Anderson

Congrats to Prof. Jane Anderson on winning the 2023 International Guardians of Culture and Lifeways Honored One Award

Gabriel

Congrats to Prof. Gabriel Dattatreyan on winning on NYU Research Catalyst Prize for his next book, Kitchen Intimacies: Afro-Asian Worlds and Anti-Blackness.

Lucas B.

Congrats to Lucas Bessire (PhD ’10) on winning a Guggenheim Fellowship!

Fund Grant for film

Congrats to Cheryl Furjanic on winning a Filmmakers Fund grant for “Adventures in Miscarriage"

Arlene

Congrats to Prof. Arlene Dávila on winning a Guggenheim Fellowship

Justin News

Congrats to Prof. Justin Pargeter on his new NSF (with Yale U) to work on ancient hunter-gatherer territoriality and population demography in Malawi

Shara Bailey

Prof. Shara Bailey’s work on the first stone tools

Celebration of Michael

NYU was delighted to honor the work of our friend and colleague, Emeritus Professor Michael Gilsenan, at an event in December 2022.

Teja G. New Project

Teja Ganti’s new project on dubbing and translation in Hindi cinema profiled in “Outlook”

The Guardian-PegiVail

Pegi Vail’s new film project profiled in The Guardian

Prof. Radu BBC Silk Road

Congrats to Prof. Radu Iovita and Emily Coco for BBC coverage of their work on the Paleo Silk Road in Central Asia

 Prof. Elayne Oliphant

Congrats to Prof. Elayne Oliphant on winning the Geertz Prize for The Privilege of Being Banal (U Chicago Press)

Sean Brotherton

Congrats to Prof. Sean Brotherton on becoming President-Elect of the Society for Medical Anthropology

NYU Biological Anthropologists

NYU Biological Anthropologists in News for Effects of Pregnancy on Female Skeleton

Terry Harrison Work

Prof. Terry Harrison on the Earliest Gibbon Fossil in NYU Scope

Roe

Four alums join Ginsburg and Rapp for “After Roe” in CA Hotspots

New Faculty 22

NYU Anthropology is thrilled to welcome 3 new faculty members: Sean Brotherton, Aimee Cox, and Gabriel Dattatreyan!

James Higham

Congrats to Prof. James Higham on a new NSF grant (with Swansea U): Form and Function of Primate Natal Coats

Shadows of Nanook

Congrats to Pegi Vail on a new Ford Foundation grant in support of her film, “Shadows of Nanook”!

Faye G.

NYU’s Center for Disability Studies (co-led by Faye Ginsburg) has a new video out on disability under COVID

Congrats to Prof Bambi Schieffelin upon election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
May. 04, 2022

Congrats to Prof Bambi Schieffelin upon election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Congratulations to Amy Zhang on winning the Golden Dozen Teaching Award from CAS
Apr. 15, 2022

Congratulations to Amy Zhang on winning the Golden Dozen Teaching Award from CAS

NEH
Feb. 09, 2022

Congratulations to Tejaswini Ganti on receiving the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship to work on her book project, "Thinking in English, Speaking in Hindi: Translation, Creativity and Indian Media Worlds."

DeepestDye
Feb. 09, 2022

Please join the Book Launch for Aisha Khan’s “The Deepest Dye” on 2-18

candmalumniinterviews
Feb. 03, 2022

Culture and Media Alumni Interviews: Robert Y. Chang

Emily Martin Book Cover
Jan. 25, 2022

Congratulations to Prof. Emily Martin on the release of “Experiments of the Mind”

andersonnews
Nov. 15, 2021

Prof. Jane Anderson leads new Mellon Grant on indigenous knowledge

asdf
Nov. 15, 2021

Prof. Tejaswini Ganti on the rise of defamation cases in Bollywood

davila news module
Nov. 03, 2021

Congratulations to Prof. Arlene Dávila on winning this year’s Distinguished Career Award from ALLA

Steven Gregory

Remembering our friend and colleague, Prof. Steven Gregory (1953-2021)

Scott Williams

Prof. Scott Williams’ work on human fossils profiled in NYU IT “Download”

Congrats to Paul Mensah
May. 20, 2021

Congrats to Paul Mensah (MS 2021) as this year’s GSAS Banner Bearer at NYU Commencement

NYU Anthropology Statement on Anti-Asian Violence
Mar. 23, 2021

NYU Anthropology Statement on Anti-Asian Violence

Congratulations to Prof. Shara Bailey on receiving NYU’s 2021 FAS Teaching Innovation Award

Congratulations to Shara Bailey and Angela Zito on being among the winners of NYU’s 2021 FAS Teaching Innovation Awards

NYU Anthropology ranks 9th nationally in 2020 QS Survey
Feb. 25, 2021

NYU Anthropology ranks 9th nationally in 2020 QS Survey

Faye

Congratulations to Prof. Faye Ginsburg on winning NYU’s 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Faculty Award

Emily Martin
Nov. 16, 2020

Congratulations to Emily Martin on receiving this year’s Career Achievement Award from the Society for Medical Anthropology

Please join for a celebration of the life and work of Sally Engle Merry (1944-2020)
Oct. 15, 2020

Please join for a celebration of the life and work of Sally Engle Merry (1944-2020)

Tejas Ganti

Prof. Tejaswini Ganti on nepotism in Bollywood for the Times of India

BLM
Jun. 22, 2020

NYU Anthropology supports Black Lives Matter

 Congratulations to Prof. Susan Antón
Apr. 27, 2020

Congratulations to Prof. Susan Antón on being elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences!

 Profs. Faye Ginsburg and Rayna Rapp win an NYU Catalyst Grant for work on disability
Apr. 27, 2020

Profs. Faye Ginsburg and Rayna Rapp win an NYU Catalyst Grant for work on disability in a time of COVID-19

Shara Bailey

NYU Anthropology team demonstrates how teeth are “the archive of life”

https://as.nyu.edu/anthropology/news-/coronavirus-information-and-resources.html
Mar. 12, 2020

CORONAVIRUS INFORMATION AND RESOURCES

Justin Pargeter
Mar. 02, 2020

Prof. Justin Pargeter featured on the Discovery Channel’s “Expedition Unknown: Humanity’s Ancient Ancestors”

Arlene Davila
Jan. 27, 2020

Congratulations to Prof. Arlene Dávila on winning NYU’s 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Faculty Award

Jane Anderson
Jan. 21, 2020

Congratulations to Prof. Jane Anderson on a new NEA grant to support Passamaquody “Grandfathers' Songs”

New memorial essays for Prof. Tom Abercrombie in Cultural Anthropology
Jan. 02, 2020

New memorial essays for Prof. Tom Abercrombie in Cultural Anthropology

Rayna Rapp

The AAA’s Association for Feminist Anthropology awards its Career Award to Prof. Rayna Rapp

Prof. Nathalie Peutz
Oct. 31, 2019

Congratulations to Prof. Nathalie Peutz on winning the AAA’s MES Book Award for “Islands of Heritage” (Stanford 2018)

Latinx Image
Oct. 22, 2019

NPR features Prof. Arlene Dávila and the LatinX Edit-a-Thon

Aaron Glass
Oct. 16, 2019

Congratulations to Aaron Glass (PhD 2006) on winning the Ames Award from the Council for Museum Anthropology for “Story Box”

Jane Anderson
Sep. 16, 2019

Follow Prof. Jane Anderson’s recent work on language revitalization efforts with the Passamaquoddy tribe in Maine on NPR

Radu Image
Aug. 21, 2019

Prof. Radu Iovita debunks the “Neanderthal genius” argument in new study

Emily Martin
Aug. 20, 2019

Prof. Emily Martin wins the 2019 Bernal Prize from the Society for Social Studies of Science

Lacrosse game

Navajo-Hopi student Angelo Baca’s outreach work profiled in “The Circle"

Fred Myers at Gagossian
Jul. 18, 2019

Prof. Fred Myers on stage at the Gagosian Gallery

Sally Merry

Prof. Sally Merry wins the 2019 Boas Prize for Exemplary Service from the AAA

Filmmaker-in-Residence Cheryl Furjanic’s “Op-Doc” on her film “Stonewall: The Making of a Monument”
Jun. 06, 2019

Filmmaker-in-Residence Cheryl Furjanic’s “Op-Doc” on her film “Stonewall: The Making of a Monument” featured in the NYT

Renato Rosaldo
May. 20, 2019

Congratulations to Prof. Renato Rosaldo on his new book, “The Chasers,” just out from Duke University Press

Fred  Myers Book Cover
May. 17, 2019

Prof. Fred Myers releases a new co-edited volume on indigenous cultural capital

James Higham Article Image
May. 14, 2019

Prof. James Higham in the NYT considers how monkeys help us understand responses to trauma

Image
May. 01, 2019

First hominins on the Tibetan plateau were sister group of Neanderthals, Prof. Shara Bailey shows

Image for CSHO
Apr. 30, 2019

Human ancestors were “grounded,” PhD student Thomas Prang shows

Thomas Abercrombie

Save the date, September 13th from 4-7pm, for a party in honor of the life and work of Tom Abercrombie

link to Helena Book
Apr. 16, 2019

Prof. Helena Hansen has released a new co-edited volume

Image for Anna Weinreich
Mar. 29, 2019

Anna Weinreich’s (PhD/C&M) film on Tongan art profiled in Hyperallergic

Angelo Baca (PhD Candidate)

Angelo Baca (PhD '21) on impact of oil drilling on Navajo lands in 3-23 episode of NPR's "The Reveal”

Link to Article
Mar. 11, 2019

Prof. James Higham links rate of birth intervals to mortality among primates

Article
Mar. 10, 2019

NYU team advances our knowledge of Australopithecus sediba

Article
Mar. 07, 2019

Strong Doctoral Placement: NYU 7th Nationwide

Knock Down the House
Mar. 06, 2019

“Knock Down the House,” new documentary of Rachel Lears (PhD/C&M ’12) on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter.

Ford Foundation
Mar. 06, 2019

Professor Susan Antón elected next President of the Ford Foundation Society of Senior Fellows

Passing to America
Feb. 11, 2019

New book from Professor Tom Abercrombie wins TOME award to go open access

Link to Article
Jan. 31, 2019

King of Sweden presents Vega Medal to Professor Emily Martin

In 1890, the anthropologist Jesse Walter Fewkes gathered members of the Passamaquoddy to record folk
Jan. 30, 2019

Professor Jane Anderson in the New Yorker on Passamaquoddy digital repatriation

Anderson Interview
Jan. 30, 2019

Creative Commons interviews Professor Jane Anderson on decolonization

Martin in New Yorker
Jan. 28, 2019

The New Yorker profiles Professor Emily Martin’s foundational work in the Anthropology of Science

Higham goes to Gottingen image
Jan. 26, 2019

Professor James Higham appointed as German Research Foundation Mercator Fellow at the University of Göttingen for Fall 2019

Peutz goes to Princeton
Jan. 24, 2019

Professor Nathalie Peutz (NYUAD) becomes a Member of the School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, for 2019-2020

Crabtree wins award
Jan. 21, 2019

Rust Family Foundation awards Professor Pam Crabtree for work on “Feeding Medieval Europe"

 Anton wins award

AAPA Honors Professor Susan Antón with Gabriel L. Lasker Service Award for 2019

Kalisher in Science
Dec. 15, 2018

Work of HSB MA Alum Rachel Kalisher profiled in Science

Anderson NEH

Professor Jane Anderson wins NEH for “Local Contexts” in collaborative education in indigenous collections

Higham Leakey Foundation
Dec. 09, 2018

Leakey Foundation awards Research Grant to Professor James Higham for work on cone-ratio variation in rhesus macaques

 Hansen and Rapp
Dec. 02, 2018

Profs. Helena Hansen and Rayna Rapp receive new Robert Wood Johnson Grant for work on youth public health in NYC and Amsterdam

Sonia Das
Nov. 04, 2018

Prof. Sonia Das wins Wenner-Gren Foundation fellowship for linguistic ethnography of policing in the US South

ICAZ and Crabtree
Sep. 16, 2018

International Council for Archaezoology appoints Prof. Pam Crabtree to Council of Honor

Das and JLA
Sep. 08, 2018

Prof. Sonia Das appointed Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

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