Anthro alum Arianna Huhn promoted to full professor at California State University San Bernadino
News from Alum Arianna Huhn who has just been promoted to full professor at California State University San Bernadino (CSUSB). Congratulations Ari! Here she is at her hooding ceremony at BU 11 years ago with Prof Joanna Davidson.
READ: BU Alum Erica Larson’s article, “Ethical pedagogies and/of relationality”
BU Alum Erica Larson shares her published article: HAU:Journal of Ethnographic Theory special issue “Ethical pedagogies and/of relationality” is out! Articles are open-access for 30 days. These articles focusing on learning and ethical self-making stemmed from an Asia Research Institute virtual conference in late 2021. Congrats to all the authors! https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.1086/728200
Congratulations to AN Grad Hafsa Arain, recipient of the 2nd annual CAS Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access, and Leadership (IDEAL) Award
The CAS IDEAL award was created to honor CAS community members for leadership that advances the College’s strategic diversity, equity, and inclusion priorities and best exemplifies CAS’s aspiration to create a welcoming and inclusive community for all. Hafsa was selected from a robust group of nominees and will receive a $1,000 honorarium and commemorative plaque […]
PhD Alum, Gana Ndiaye received a job offer from Yale University
Dr. Gana Ndiaye, a PhD Alum, has received a job offer from Yale University, and will join their Ethnicity, Race, and Migration Program as Assistant Professor starting July 1, 2024. Congratulations Dr. Ndiaye!
READ: BU Alum Laura Heath-Stout recently completed a multi-year project on inequities in anthropological research funding
Dr. Laura Heath-Stout, a BU Alum, has recently completed a multi-year project commissioned by the Wenner-Gren Foundation and the Social Science Research Council, on inequities in anthropological research funding. Read the report and view a recording of a webinar about the project here: https://wennergren.org/event/equity-transparency-humanity-building-a-better-system-for-anthropological-research-funding/ In the fall, she also co-organized a Wenner-Gren workshop on “The Socio-Politics of […]
READ: BU Alum Erica Larson has published a book based on her ethnographic research in Indonesia
BU Alum Erica Larson (GRS’19) has a new book out with the University of Hawaii Press, Ethics of Belonging: Education, Religion, and Politics in Manado, Indonesia. Based on ethnographic research in Manado, North Sulawesi, a Protestant-majority region of Indonesia, Ethics of Belonging investigates the dynamics of ethical deliberation about religious coexistence. Read more about Erica’s book and purchase it […]
2023 Alumni Dinner at the AAA Toronto Conference
Every year, BU Anthropology alumni gather at the AAA Annual Meeting to see familiar faces, meet new students, and share amazing food! The 2023 AAA/CASCA Annual Meeting was held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre with Keynote Speaker Kisha Supernant, PhD; Director, Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology who shared “Truth before Transition: Reimagining Anthropology […]
READ: BU Alum Annika Aneko (Annika Schmeding) has published a book on Afghan Sufi communities, Sufi Civilities
BU Alum Annika Aneko (Annika Schmeding) has published a book on Afghan Sufi communities, Sufi Civilities, coming out on November 28th and now available for pre-order. You can use the discount code “SCHMEDING20” at www.sup.org for a 20% discount on your purchase. Congratulations Annika! The upcoming release of Annika Schmeding’s book “Sufi Civilities,” is just a few weeks away. Early reviews for the book […]
READ: AN Alum Carol Ferrara’s article “French schools’ ban on abayas and headscarves is supposedly about secularism − but it sends a powerful message about who ‘belongs’ in French culture”
AN Alum Carol Ferrara (Emerson College) has a new piece in The Conversation! https://theconversation.com/french-schools-ban-on-abayas-and-headscarves-is-supposedly-about-secularism-but-it-sends-a-powerful-message-about-who-belongs-in-french-culture-213543?fbclid=IwAR3Tdnr-E-LuU2_nLo8i755hbFnV1pQ2S3sP0Hn6FvZD2EsdghUMhPeVFQA
Q&A with Dr. Huwy-min Lucia Liu (GRS ’15)
Dr. Huwy-min Lucia Liu (GRS ’15) received her Ph.D. from Boston University and is now an assistant professor of anthropology at George Mason University. Her research focuses on social change and governing death in China. Her new book, Governing Death, Making Persons: The New Chinese Way of Death is an ethnography that illustrates how death management in […]