On March 23 the Ethnography Studio and USC will be hosting, "Infrastructural Aporia", with Dr. Marcos Lopes Campos, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP), at MCB102 from 12:00 to 1:30pm. buff.ly/ICgSjZl

Q and A: Telling Anthropological Stories Beyond Print—Applying for the Fejos Postdoctoral Fellowship Join us for a conversation about the goals of the Fejos Postdoctoral Fellowship, what makes a strong application, and how this program supports ethically grounded, experimentally rich public-facing an...

Last but not least the video archive of our recent Fejos Postdoctoral Fellowship webinar is available on our site now. wennergren.org/workshop/qa-...

Q and A: Advancing Public Anthropology with Wenner-Gren’s Global Initiatives Grant Program Join us for a discussion of how this award will build on the legacy of the Foundation’s investments in public-facing scholarship.

If you didn't get a chance to attend WG's webinar about our Global Initiatives Grant program you can check out the video archive now! wennergren.org/workshop/q-a...

In case you missed it, the video archive of the Feb. 23 discussion of WG's Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship is live on our site. wennergren.org/workshop/hun...

The Signs & Society "Chronotopes of Gender" special issue that @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social and I edited is finally in print! Check out all the fantastic articles: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Ethos | AAA Sociocultural Anthropology Journal | Wiley Online Library Helping is one of the key features of human sociality. The ethnographic record is pervaded by accounts of people doing things with and for each other from an early age. Developmental psychology has s...

1/2 Children don't need to be taught to be helpful. Quite the opposite, adults tend to teach them NOT to help. Based on my research on children's cooperation in China and the UK, I show how children move from general helpfulness to culturally shaped patterns of helping.

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Take note! We have updated our eligibility requirements. You can find the updated eligibility requirements on the individual program pages on our Grants and Fellowships page. buff.ly/cxYj7tV

Grief in the Human Experience: How Loss Shapes Us Amazon.com: Grief in the Human Experience: How Loss Shapes Us eBook : Fields, Misty: Kindle Store

I'm happy to continue to offer the ebook free with Kindle Unlimited membership.

"Grief in the Human Experience" is a deeply grounded perspective on the human condition.

#Grief #LifeAfterLoss #TheBiologyofGrief #BooksAboutGrief #GriefInTheHumanExperience

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HI all! I'm happy to share with everyone my anthropology of the hometown article which is at the intersections of law, inheritance, war, kinship, migration, and colonial legacy. The full article is open access at: doi.org/10.3390/huma...

On March 11th, 9:30-11:00am, the Ethnography Studio will host a conversation with Paige West on the sustained joys and challenges of working with family. ethnographystudio.org/conversation...

Check it! Alice Villela’s film “As Far as the Eye Can See,” and Parsifal Reparato’s film, “SHE”—will be included in this year’s Jean Rouch International Film Festival, to be held in Paris, France, May 7– 4. buff.ly/RE8zT3d

Today and tomorrow, (March 6th and 7th), The Ethnography Studio will host their first Studio Days, bringing together ethnographers for a series of hands-on sessions focused on engagements with models. ethnographystudio.org/studio-days-...

Call for Applications for Residential Fellowships 2027-28 and Short-term Research Stays 2026-27 at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) in Uppsala, Sweden. www.swedishcollegium.se/fellowships/...

Monday, Mar 23 from 5:30 pm to 7 pm, NYAS, Anthropology Graduate Student Speed Networking Night. Meet fellow New York area anthropology graduate students in this fast-paced networking event! RSVP: buff.ly/hem9pal

The Medical Anthropology Student Association and Society for Medical Anthropology are collaborating with Wenner-Gren to host a Zoom webinar about applying to Wenner-Gren’s Dissertation Fieldwork Grant on Friday, March 27th, 2026 from 3-4:30pm ET. buff.ly/QlO3aQX

Tonight! WG Fejos Fellowship recipient Sophie Schrago's film, "What Comes From Sitting in Silence?" premieres at the True/False Film Festival!" truefalse.org/program/films/

The Wenner-Gren Foundation seeks proposals for its new Seminar program. Deadline for submissions is April 8, 2026. wennergren.org/article/call...

Smuggling Law | Stanford University Press The Kurdish-populated Wan/Van Province is a major smuggling hub between Turkey and Iran. Kurdish smugglers cross this 180-mile-long land border, transporting everyday consumer goods—fuel, tobacco, sug...

Now's the time to pick up a copy of, "Smuggling Law
Unsettled Sovereignties in Turkey’s Kurdish Borderlands," by WG Hunt Fellow, Fırat Bozçalı! www.sup.org/books/middle...

The Goat That Remembered: Ancient DNA and Ireland's 3,000-Year Livestock Line A single bone from a Bronze Age hillfort connects Ireland's oldest confirmed goat remains to a breed that still roams the country's margins today

Ancient DNA from a 3,000-year-old Irish hillfort connects Bronze Age goats to a breed still alive today. The Old Irish Goat carries genetic memory stretching back to the Late Bronze Age. #AncientDNA #Archaeozoology #OldIrishGoat www.anthropology.net/p/the-goat-t...

AAA OpEd Project - American Anthropological Association We're Continuing The Conversation At a moment when the world is grappling with rapid change, there has rarely been a more important time for anthropology to be visible, audible, and […]

Don't miss it! The deadline for the AAA OpEd Project is Feb. 27th. americananthro.org/news-advocac...

“Can we make the idea of using your parental leave entitlement sacred?” Dimitris Xygalatas shares why ritual makes early moments of parenthood sacred from bedtime routines to parental leave.

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Excited to share the news that WG Hunt Fellow, Samantha Maurer Fox's book, "The Afterlife of Utopia: Urban Renewal in Germany's Model Socialist City," is available now! www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Stage one decisions for the Nov 1, 2025, deadline for the Dissertation Fieldwork Grant, and Post PhD Research Grant were sent via e-mail earlier this week. If you have not received an e-mail regarding your application status, please contact the applications office at applications@wennergren.org.

Reminder! Monday, March 2nd, the New York Academy of Sciences will host, "An Archaeology of Plastics: From Small Things Forgotten to the Synthetic Revolution," presented by Pamela Geller. Zoë Crossland, will act as discussant. wennergren.org/event/nyas-l...

Island in the Net An exploration of Cuba’s emerging digital culture and Cubans’ creation of grassroots networks, digital black markets, and online spaces for public debate

Be sure to pick up a copy of, "Island in the Net: Digital Culture in Post-Castro Cuba," by WG grant recipient, Steffen Köhn. press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

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Laying Siege to Violent Narratives: Disrupting Ontostories Reveals Variability in Conflict in the Salinar (ca. 400–200/150 BCE) of the Peruvian Andes Archaeology’s tendency to rely on narrative templates, as Hannah Chazin argues, can reinforce particular narratives and foreclose other interpretive p…

Happy to share a recent Journal of Anthropological Archaeology article from WG grant recipient Jordi A. Rivera Prince! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

WAU Webinar: Anthropological Perspectives on Neo-Imperialism, Intervention, and Knowledge Production: Key Case Studies. Mar 4, 2026 9:00 AM, Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Info: drive.google.com/file/d/189ab...

As the Northeast U.S. is getting hit with a massive blizzard we thought it would be a good time share this article from the SAPIENS.org archive. www.sapiens.org/culture/clim...

Q and A: Advancing Public Anthropology with Wenner-Gren’s Global Initiatives Grant Program Join us for a discussion of how this award will build on the legacy of the Foundation’s investments in public-facing scholarship.

Hey All! On Feb. 24th WG will be hosting a webinar, "Advancing Public Anthropology with Wenner-Gren’s Global Initiatives Grant Program."

Register for 10 AM: buff.ly/SVMb2N8

Register for 8PM: buff.ly/JD3jtX3

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A very belated but much deserved congrats to Wenner-Gren grant recipient Bruce O’Neill, whose book "Underground: Dreams and Degradations in Bucharest" was awarded the 2025 Leeds Prize for Best Book in Urban Anthropology. cuaa.americananthro.org/2025-leeds-p...