The CUAA Urban Dialogues Series invites you to:
Untrusting: In Pursuit of Democratic Policing in Brazil, a book discussion with author Marta-Laura Haynes and discussant Kimberley D. McKinson.
FREE ONLINE EVENT! Thursday, April 30th, 6:00-7:30pm ET
Register here: bit.ly/4aFbWC0
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Congratulations to Xinyu Guan, the winner of the City & Society "Best Paper Prize!"
Check out Xinyu's interview with C&S on his article "Eight Hours Only: Landlords, Tenants, and the Everyday Politics of Air-Conditioning in Singapore"
See the interview here: cuaa.americananthro.org/interview-wi...
Calling CUAA members!
Enjoy our latest January/February newsletter that includes how to join our URBANTH listserv, where to become a CUAA member, and other important deadlines!
Link: cuaa.americananthro.org/newsletters
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Happy New Year, CUAA members! Kick off 2026 with new articles from the most recent volume of our journal City & Society! #CUAA #Anthropology
Link: cuaa.americananthro.org/city-and-soc...
Bring your friends and see you there!!
Hear CUAA’s Distinguished Lecture, “California Forever? Speculating on ‘New Cities in the Wild Frontier,’” by Prof. Desiree Fields 11/22 @7:30 PM at the AAAs
FREE FOOD & DRINKS to follow at the reception--CUAA members AND friends welcome!! #Anthropology
Join CUAA: americananthro.org/membership
Welcome to New Orleans!!
For the #CUAA Business Meeting Agenda (November 21, 2025) at AAA New Orleans, visit our page: cuaa.americananthro.org/aaa-2025-cua...
See you all soon!
Celebrating Ida Susser and her Legacy at the AAA Annual Meeting in New Orleans
Time: 10:15-11:45AM, Saturday November 22
Place: Sheraton, Grand Ballroom D (Fifth Floor)
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Late Breaking for #CUAA members! “Special Event at AAA New Orleans: Anthropology, Academia, and Authoritarianism”. Concerned about authoritarian interventions in academia? Join the informal discussion! Time: Thursday, Nov 20, 2025 11:45 AM- 12:45 PM. Place: Marriott Studio 1
Idil Onen (CUNY Grad Ctr), Irina Shirobokova (CUNY Grad Ctr),Nehal Amer (CUNY Grad Ctr), and Jesse McLaughlin (CUNY Grad Ctr) have received #CUAA’s 2025 award for Best Panel Presented by PhD Students or Recent PhDs. The award comes with a $1,000 award. Congratulations Idil, Irina, Nehal and Jesse!
#CUAA member Junnan Mu (Harvard University) has won #CUAA 2025 Best Graduate Student Paper Award for “Story za Jaba: Ecologies of Hype Around Kenya’s Smart Cities.” Her paper comes with a $300 cash award. Congratulations, Junnan!
#CUAA member Joseph Godlewski (Architecture, Syracuse University) has received Honorable Mention for the #CUAA Anthony Leeds Award for Best Urban Anthropology Book published in 2024 for The Architecture of the Bight of Biafra: Spatial Entanglements, Routledge.Congratulations, Joseph!
Amy Zhang (Anthropology, New York University) has received Honorable Mention for the #CUAA Anthony Leeds Award for Best Urban Anthropology Book published in 2024 for Circular Ecologies: Environmentalism and Waste Politics in Urban China, Stanford University Press. Congratulations, Amy!
Bruce O’Neill (Anthropology, St. Louis University) has received the #CUAA Anthony Leeds Award for Best Urban Anthropology Book published in 2024 for Underground: Dreams and Degradations in Bucharest, University of Pennsylvania Press. Congratulations, Bruce!
Only 15 days to go!! Join CUAA today: americananthro.org/membership
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FREE MEETUP LUNCH at AAA meeting for all #CUAA members who are graduate students or precariously employed PhDs!! #CUAA invites members to join us on THURSDAY, November 20 at 12:00 PM at the AAA meeting in New Orleans. Food is on us! RSVP here by WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5: bit.ly/46XJYj3
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Save the date! Are you a CUAA member attending AAA New Orleans 2025? Join CUAA’s reception held off-site on Saturday Nov 22, 9 pm-11 pm in lovely downtown New Orleans at a location announced at CUAA’s Nov 21 Annual Business Meeting. Reception will have free food and drink for all members!
30 days to go!! Join CUAA today: americananthro.org/membership
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CUAA invites members who are currently PhD students and recent PhDs (within last 5 years) who are precariously employed to join us for a meetup lunch on Thursday, 11/20 @12PM at the AAA meeting in New Orleans.
Food is on us! RSVP BELOW by Oct 31. See you there! #Anthropology
RSVP: bit.ly/46XJYj3
Hear CUAA’s 2025 Distinguished Lecture, “California Forever? Speculating on ‘New Cities in the Wild Frontier,’” by Prof. Desiree Fields (Geography, UC Berkeley), November 22, 7:30-8:30 PM, Marriot Hotel, New Orleans. Reception for members only follows!
Join the Critical Urban Anthropology Association today! americananthro.org/membership
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What is CUAA? We are the Critical Urban Anthropology Association, a 200+ members strong section of American Anthropological Association @americananthro.bsky.social. We study city residents confronting gentrification, policing, and climate change.
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AAA 2025 COUNTDOWN: 45 days to go!! Visit our website for more information and follow us on social media today!
Become a member: americananthro.org/membership
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CUAA DEADLINE EXTENSIONS: OCTOBER 24TH!
Two of CUAA's cash prize awards will now BOTH be due October 24th, 2025.
Visit "News" on our website to learn more!
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Why join CUAA now? You hear about problems in cities all the time! Food insecurity. Racial divisions. Occupation by authoritarian forces. And more. So what’s the back story? Learn what’s going on! – Join CUAA today! americananthro.org/membership/
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Why Did You Join CUAA?
"I joined CUAA because it was one of the few anthropology associations engaged in debates about urban political economy from a critical and interdisciplinary perspective. Through CUAA, I got to visit Puerto Rico and eat pizza with David Harvey!" -Julio Gutierrez, UNC CH-Hill
Save the date! If you are a CUAA member attending AAA New Orleans 2025, join CUAA’s reception held off-site on Saturday Nov 22 9 pm-11 pm in lovely downtown New Orleans at a location TBA at CUAA’s Annual Business Meeting. Not least our Reception will have free food and drink for all CUAA members!
If you are an anthropologist interested in cities, we invite you to join CUAA now! You’ll gain access to cutting-edge urban social analysis and cultural critique and a forum for your research, in a fighting small section that cares for its members. Join us! americananthro.org/membership/
