Ayse Parla’s piece, “The Complicity of Hope” was published in Open Anthropology journal by AAA
We are thrilled to announce that Prof. Ayse Parla was notified by the editors of Open Anthropology, the digital open-access journal of the American Anthropological Association, that their most recent issue, curated on the theme of “Hope” from articles that were published previously in AAA journals, also included her short piece, “The Complicity of Hope.” […]
Prof. Runnels and Priscilla Murray publish blog post about discovering the identity of a woman in a 19th century portrait
Prof. Runnels and his wife Priscilla Murray contribute to From the Archivist’s Notebook a story about the purchase of a miniature portrait of an elegant, young woman in an antique fair, their research to identify both the subject of the portrait and its creator, and, finally, their thrilling discovery and connection to Boston. Read the story here.
Boston University professor, Curtis Runnels, receives two prestigious honors for his work in classical studies
Curis Runnels (Professor of Archaeology, Anthropology, and Classical Studies) has received two honors. He has been elected to the Board of Overseers of the Gennadius Library in Athens, Greece. The Gennadius Library is part of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. Founded in 1881, the School supports research and study in Greece for […]
The Brink article analyzing Netflix’s new hit series, “Love Is Blind,” features BU Anthropology Professor, Nancy Smith-Hefner
“Is Love “Blind”?,” posted to the Boston University publication, The Brink, on March 11, interviews Professor Smith-Hefner on relationships in order to understand the science behind the success stories and, more notably, the failures of Netflix’s new series. Smith-Hefner details the fascinating ways that people fall in love, and how that process and cultural expectations […]
BU Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Caterina Scaramelli, featured in The Brink article highlighting research conducted in India
“Tracking the Path of the Opioid Crisis,” posted to the Boston University publication, The Brink, on January 18, follows the efforts of BU historian Ben Siegel as he investigates poppy fields in Indian and their link to the opioid crisis in the United States with the help of Caterina Scaramelli. Read the full article online.
“Seven Worlds, One Planet” documentary airs “Asia” episode on BBC featuring BU Anthropology professor Cheryl Knott’s research site
The BBC documentary series “Seven Worlds, One Planet” contains seven episodes spanning across the seven continents. Gunung National Park, Cheryl Knott’s research site, appears in “Asia,” the second episode in the series, as camera crews documented orangutans found there. The episode premiered on BBC American on February 8th and can be watched on YouTube TV […]
Fallou Ngom is studying a little-known written language for new insight into African history and culture
For centuries, scholars’ understanding of sub-Saharan Africa derived from the written records of European colonialists, who gave the impression that sub-Saharan Africans had no native written languages of their own. In fact, says Fallou Ngom, who grew up in Senegal, people in sub-Saharan Africa have used a written system derived from Arabic to record the details […]
Memorial for James A. Pritchett, Professor Emeritus
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Ngom Delivers Distinguished Lecture at ASA Annual Meeting
Fallou Ngom, Director of the African Studies Center at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Boston University, delivered the African Studies Review Distinguished Lecture at the African Studies Association annual meeting held in Boston from November 21-23, 2019. Ngom delivered a lecture emphasizing the importance written sources for exploring African […]
Prof. Robert Hefner Speaks at International Conference on “The Islamic Case for Religious Freedom”
The question of whether religious freedom is an exclusively Western and “liberal” value or one that has resonances in Islamic civilization and modernity has been fiercely debated in recent years, in policy circles as well as by anthropologists like Saba Mahmood and Talal Asad. On November 11 and 12, the Department’s Bob Hefner attended an […]