Faculty News

New Gunung Palung Orangutan Project publication!

The Gunung Palung Orangutan Project, directed by Professor Cheryl Knott, published an article in the journal Biological Conservation reflecting on 25 years of research in Indonesia, and contributed to an article on ethical challenges of research in the tropics. Other BU members who contributed to this work include: Dr. Erin Kane, Postdoctoral Associate Andrea Blackburn, […]

Professor Haeri’s book discussed on review podcast

Professor Shahla Haeri’s newest book, “The Unforgettable Queens of Islam,” was featured on the Islamicate Book Reviews YouTube channel. Check out what Dr. al-Azami and Dr. Anchassi have to say about the ways in which Professor Haeri’s work influences the way we think female rulers in Islamic history by watching the video here.

Professor Jenny White to publish new graphic novel!

A member of the BU Anthropology Family, Prof. Jenny White’s new book will be out this coming spring with Princeton University Press. In this graphic novel, entitled Turkish Kaleidoscope: Fractured Lives in a Time of Violence, Prof. White and illustrator Ergün Gündüz trace the stories of four students in Turkey in the 1970s. Congratulations, Jenny! Read […]

Professor Parla’s book wins honorable mention

Congratulations to Prof. Ayse Parla whose new book Precarious Hope: Migration and the Limits of Belonging in Turkey has been selected as an honorable mention for the 2020 Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA) Book Prize in Critical Anthropology. Congratulations, Prof. Parla! Find out more about the book on the publisher’s website.