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The Wenner-Gren Blog » Interview: Michael Galaty
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April 20, 2015. Is Professor and Department Head of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures (AMEC) and Interim Director of the Cobb Institute of Archaeology at Mississippi State University. In 2013 he and Dr. Anastasia Papathanasiou of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture received an International Collaborative Research Grant to aid ‘The Diros Project: Greek-American Collaborative Archaeological Research and Training At Neolithic Alepotrypa Cave’. The embracing remains have generated quite. To post a comment.
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The Wenner-Gren Blog » Institutional Development Grant Awarded to Baltic Universities
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Institutional Development Grant Awarded to Baltic Universities. April 9, 2015. The latest Institutional Development Grant. First can you tell us a bit about yourself and how you came to be interested in anthropology? Who have been the anthropologists that have most influential in your own personal formation and why? Can you tell us a little about anthropology in the Baltic states of. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania? What are the pressing questions and. Concerns for the discipline there? To post a comment.
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The Wenner-Gren Blog » Foundation News
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Archive for Foundation News. Wenner-Gren Foundation Appoints Respected Anthropologist Danilyn Rutherford as New President. June 2, 2016. NEW YORK With a commitment toward sustained leadership in defining the practice of anthropology, the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research has named respected anthropologist Danilyn Rutherford as its next president. Wenner-Gren’s Board of Trustees approved Rutherford’s appointment at its spring meeting last month. Professor Rutherford’s incredible intellec...
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The Wenner-Gren Blog » Meet Our 2015 Wadsworth African Fellow: Njabulo Chipangura
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Meet Our 2015 Wadsworth African Fellow: Njabulo Chipangura. May 5, 2015. Every year, the Wenner-Gren Foundation awards the Wadsworth African Fellowship. To a young African scholar, enabling them to undertake graduate training in anthropology at a world-class institution. This year’s recipient is Njabulo Chipangura of Zimbabwe, who will be commencing studies at South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. You must be logged in. To post a comment. Cosmos and Culture (NPR).
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The Wenner-Gren Blog » Engaged Anthropology Grant: M. Kamari Clarke
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Engaged Anthropology Grant: M. Kamari Clarke. April 6, 2015. Is Professor of Anthropology at Yale University. In 2009 she received the Post-Ph.D. Research Grant. To aid research on ‘Negotiating Justice: The International Criminal Court at the Intersection of Contests Over Sovereignty’. Last year, she received the Engaged Anthropology Grant. To travel to Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia and home of the African Union Commission, to share her research on the ICC and international law in African contexts.
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The Wenner-Gren Blog » Application Season
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Archive for Application Season. New & Improved: WGF “Other Funding Sources” Section. June 14, 2013. The Wenner-Gren Foundation grant and fellowship programs are very competitive. On average we fund in the neighborhood of 15% of the applications received. For this reason, we encourage all applicants to explore opportunities for funding and other services offered by a variety of outside organizations. Check out our newly updated page on alternate funding sources. April 25, 2012. March 27, 2012. Over the pa...
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The Wenner-Gren Blog » AAA
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Wenner-Gren Sponsored Events at AAA 2014. November 25, 2014. If you are planning to attend the meetings. Please join us at the following Foundation-sponsored events:. Thursday, December 4, and Friday, December 5, 2014:. 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Exhibition Hall, University of Chicago Press Booth). Stop by to meet. Editor Mark Aldenderfer and Managing Editor Lisa McKamy. Friday, December 5, 2014:. 8:00 AM-10:00 AM, Maryland Suite A, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel). Friday, December 5, 2014:. Next deadline: May 1...
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The Wenner-Gren Blog » Engaged Anthropology Grant: Yu Huang
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Engaged Anthropology Grant: Yu Huang. March 26, 2015. Satellite view of Leizhou peninsula in southern China. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her involvement with the Wenner-Gren Foundation goes back to 2007, when she received a Dissertation Fieldwork Grant. Allowed her to return to her field site in southern China’s shrimping industry and share her research with her collaborators. 1) Uniting together, farme...
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The Wenner-Gren Blog » NYAS @ WGF: Anna Tsing and “Life in Past and Coming Ruins: On living in the Anthropocene”
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NYAS @ WGF: Anna Tsing and “Life in Past and Coming Ruins: On living in the Anthropocene”. April 1, 2015. New York Academy of Sciences. Tonight we have a special treat for fans of the NYAS Anthropology Section lecture series at Wenner-Gren and anthropologist Anna Tsing,. As the University of California – Santa Cruz joins us to present her talk “Life in Past and Coming Ruins: On Living in the Anthropocene”. At 7:00 PM at our offices at 470 Park Avenue South. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. To post a comment.
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The Wenner-Gren Blog » Grant Programs
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Archive for Grant Programs. Fejos Postdoctoral Fellowship: Roger Canals. May 12, 2016. Wenner-Gren’s newest grant program, the Fejos Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ethnographic Film. Is named in honor of Paul Fejos, the first director of the Wenner-Gren foundation and a pioneering ethnographic filmmaker. The grant allows an early-career academic to pursue the completion of a work of ethnographic film based on anthropological research already accomplished by the applicant. From Jordi Orobitg Produccions.
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