Case Study of Rebgong Monday, May 20, 2013 4:00-5:30PM Mickey East Conference room, suite 501, 5th floor Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E Street NW Yumkyi Dolma is a graduate student at the Central Minzu University in Beijing who specializes in education. She has conducted fieldwork on the impact of multilingual education in the [...]
Student Anthropologist, a peer-reviewed journal of the National Association of Student Anthropologists, seeks scholarly submissions from undergraduate and graduate students worldwide, in particular those emphasizing anthropology’s capacity to shape public issues, social problems, and global realities. These submissions should contain original research. The two types of submissions accepted include: 1. Scholarly articles: under 6,000 words [...]
Photo Courtesy of University of Florida Distance Learning Through Distance Learning at the University of Florida Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology courses are being offerred this summer. Registration for courses in the program will be opening March 25th. Four courses (listed below) are offered in Summer 2013. To explore the courses being offered this summer, [...]
• Economic anthropologists sought to enrich poor numbers According to a book review in The Financial Times, “A tendency to issue doubtful data is rooted in colonial days and still creates problems for the [African] continent, according to an important study: Poor Numbers: How We Are Misled By African Development Statistics and What To Do [...]
Machik is once again offering its Summer Enrichment Program (SEP). All volunteers must arrive on July 12th, and depart on August 10th. There will be a mandatory orientation for all volunteers on July 13, 14, and 15. Please read the application guidelines carefully before initiating your application. Application deadline is March 25, 2013.
Western Carolina University in Collowhee, North Carolina, invites applications for a visiting assistant professor of sociocultural anthropology with a specialization in environmental anthropology, beginning August, 2013. Applicants should have a PhD in Anthropology (in hand by time of appointment) from an appropriately accredited institution. The successful candidate will have ethnographic experience and will be qualified [...]
The Master in Cultural Heritage Management is a multidisciplinary postgraduate program designed for students and professionals who are interested in heritage conservation, site management, museum studies, tourism, creative industries, architectural heritage, historical towns, and cultural landscapes. CHM is a one-year program with a particular attention on complementing the theoretical approach with a practical experience gained [...]
The 2013 Anthropology Methods Mall is online. This site has info about six, NSF-supported opportunities for methods training in cultural anthropology. 1. SCRM (Short Courses on Research Methods. For those with the Ph.D.) 2. SIRD (Summer Institute on Research Design. For graduate students) 3. EFS (Ethnographic Field School. For graduate students) 4. SIMA (Smithsonian Institution [...]
SIMA is a research training program offered by the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History with major funding from the Cultural Anthropology Program of the National Science Foundation. Dates: June 24 – July 19, 2013. The program seeks to promote broader and more effective use of museum collections in [...]
Columbia University announces its Indigenous Studies Summer Program on Indigenous People’s Rights and Policy at Columbia University. The program runs from June 3-14, 2013. The Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race (CSER) is now accepting applications from researchers, professionals, practitioners, and advanced students who wish to participate in an intensive two-week summer immersion [...]
