Assist Prof Wade Campbell featured in BU Arts & Sciences article
The BU Arts & Sciences Magazine has written an article on Assistant Professor Wade Campbell called “Reclaiming Their Voice: Navajo archaeology and anthropology professor Wade Campbell examines his tribe’s history of sheepherding”. Read it here: https://www.bu.edu/…/fall-2022/reclaiming-their-voice/
Q&A with Prof. Merry “Corky” White
Professor White (“Corky”) recently received a travel grant for her research on Japanese whisky. She sat down with us to chat about all things whisky, value, and fieldwork.
READ: Prof. Smith-Hefner’s co-edited volume, WAITHOOD, newly available in paperback
Newly Available in Paperback! WAITHOOD: GENDER, EDUCATION, AND GLOBAL DELAYS IN MARRIAGE AND CHILDBEARINGEDITED BY MARCIA C. INHORN AND NANCY J. SMITH-HEFNER DESCRIPTION The concept of “Waithood” was developed by political scientist Diane Singerman to describe the expanding period of time between adolescence and full adulthood as young people wait to secure steady employment and […]
READ: Alize Arican’s new article, “Counterfactual future-thinking”
You can read her article here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02637758231158376 Abstract: In this article, I follow two urban experts, a Turkish construction site manager and a Kurdish foreman, working in Taksim 360, one of Istanbul’s first state-led urban transformation projects still in construction since 2006. Homing in on the protracted landscape of construction, I am concerned with how […]
READ: Spring 2023 Department Newsletter
We just published our Spring 2023 Newsletter which is the 13th edition of our department newsletter! Catch up on department news, alumni and faculty profiles, and upcoming events! If you have any news you would like to see in our next newsletter pleases send it here. In our next newsletter we would like to highlight […]
Prof. John “Mac” Marston promoted to Full Professor
Congratulations to Professor John “Mac” Marston on his promotion to Full Professor! Professor Marston, recently interviewed for the Anthropology Newsletter, just celebrated a 10 year milestone with BU Anthropology and Archaeology. Congratulations!
Prof. Shahla Haeri invited to serve as Sheikholeslami-Batmanghelidj Visiting Scholar at Georgetown University
Professor Shahla Haeri has been invited to serve as this year’s Sheikholeslami-Batmanghelidj Visiting Scholar at Georgetown University. The position includes a one-week residency and a public lecture engagement in the Spring semester for researchers in Iranian politics and modern history. Congratulations to Professor Haeri!
Capillary Livelihoods; Q&A about New CFD Grant for Four BU Anthropologists
Ayşe Parla is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and serves as the Provost’s Faculty Fellow for Graduate Academic Programs and Policies . Her primary research is on migration, dispossession, and the afterlives of the Armenian genocide. Caterina Scaramelli is a Research Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Earth & Environments. Her research focuses on the intersection […]
Q&A with Prof. John “Mac” Marston
We sat down with Professor Marston to talk about all things research, recent publications, and intersectional teaching.
Prof. Mac Marston reaches 10 year milestone at BU
Congratulations to Mac Marston who has reached a 10 year milestone at BU!