Professor Wade Campbell receives the CAS IDEAL award
Wade Campbell is one of two faculty recipients of the 3rd annual CAS Inclusion, Diversity, Access and Leadership (IDEAL) Award. The CAS IDEAL award honors CAS community members annually 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.
Prof. Robert Weller delivered talks at British Academy in London and the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies of the University of Michigan
Prof. Robert Weller delivered a talk at the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies of the University of Michigan on April 1, 2025: “Divine Intimacy, Madness, and the Frustration of the City: Changing Transhuman Kinship in China.” And another talk at the British Academy, London, on January 21, 2025: “Broken Rhythms and the Silences of Gods, […]
AN Faculty Wade Campbell and Student Ruofei Shang are awarded 2025 IDEAL Awards
Two Anthropology Department members are awarded 2025 IDEAL Awards! Professor Wade Campbell is one of two faculty recipients of the 3rd annual CAS Inclusion, Diversity, Access and Leadership (IDEAL) Award. AN undergraduate major, Ruofei Shang, was the recipient of the undergraduate award. The CAS IDEAL award honors CAS community members annually for leadership that advances the […]
READ: Prof Shipton’s co-edited book, Family Beyond Family: The Varieties of Kinship Experience
Prof Parker Shipton has a new co-edited volume (with James P. Ito-Adler) out with Berghahn Books that includes chapters not only by himself but also by several past and present members of the faculty and/or alums including Prof. Shahla Haeri, the late Prof. Charles Lindholm, the late Prof. Robert LeVine, and doctoral alumna and CGS Lecturer Chun-yi Sum; former Visiting Lecturer Mark Auslander, […]
WATCH: “Orangutan Anomalies” featuring Prof. Cheryl Knott on The Leakey Foundation
Prof. Cheryl Knott was featured on The Leakey Foundation’s YouTube channel in a new video titled “Orangutan Anomalies” as part of their “Lunch Break Science” series. Watch the video here:
Prof. Hefner travels to Jakarta, Indonesia for international conference of Muslim Scholars
During the first week of November Prof. Bob Hefner traveled to Jakarta, Indonesia for an international conference of Muslim scholars on “Nahdlatul Ulama and Humanitarian Islam.” With some 90-100 million followers in Indonesia, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) is the largest Muslim educational and welfare organization in the world, and for the past ten years the NU […]
Prof Ngom’s African Ajami Research Project Update
Prof. Fallou Ngom and Daivi Rodima-Taylor report a significant milestone in their Readers in Ajami project – their interactive multimedia website is now publicly accessible, and they have also completed the 200-page Wolof Ajami Reader, the first of the planned three Ajami Readers, which is available on the project website. New Ajami Readers and Multimedia Tools: The Readers in Ajami […]
Prof. Hefner delivers keynote address at the Indonesian Embassy’s 16th annual “Indonesian Focus Conference on Culture, Politics, and Educational Exchange”
Prof. Robert Hefner gives two prestigious talks. On October 5, 2024, Prof. Hefner was invited to give the keynote address at the Indonesian Embassy’s 16th annual “Indonesian Focus Conference on Culture, Politics, and Educational Exchange.” His keynote was entitled, “How Indonesia Created the Most Effective Democracy in the Muslim World.” His remarks explored how it […]
Prof Robert Hefner interviewed by Dr. Alice Evans for her podcast “Rocking our Priors”
Prof Robert Hefner was interviewed by Dr Alice Evans for her pod cast series “Rocking our Priors.” Evans interviews leading experts on growth, governance, & gender inequalities. She is a Senior Lecturer at King’s College London, and Faculty Associate at the Harvard Kennedy School. https://soundcloud.com/…/islam-and-citizenship-in… & https://www.ggd.world/p/islam-and-citizenship-in-indonesia?utm_campaign=email-post&r=zccyx&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3EzvBkYpwY9lX6wNQENcwhY86y9qbgMV3oP2liL3mHEv9ODuwcw1nEVrE_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw “Islam And Citizenship in Indonesia”: Robert Hefner Professor […]
READ: Prof Cheryl Knott and PhD alum Andrea DiGiorgio’s chapter in new book “How Primates Eat”
Professor Cheryl Knott and PhD alum Andrea DiGiorgio co-authored chapter 7 in a new book from the University of Chicago Press: How Primates Eat: A Synthesis of Nutritional Ecology across a Mammal Order. From DiGirogio about the book: Exciting news!! After working on a chapter with Dr. Cheryl Knott for 7 years, this book is […]