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Iran has dominated the U.S. news cycle throughout 2026 so far. The U.S. and Israeli war of aggression in Iran just passed its 100th day, having come on the heel... More
This is the first of a three-part miniseries covering the 2025 annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in New Orleans. Throughout this minise... More
One of my favorite courses to teach is an upper-level anthropology seminar called “Animality and the Human Question.” Part multi-species ethnography, part criti... More
This is the second episode of the two-part miniseries on linguistic anthropologists working with indigenous communities in Mexico. In this episode, Emiliana Cru... More
Cultural AnthropologyIn this issue, we present eleven original papers with ethnographic insights into topics ranging from evasion and repair to belonging across African, Asian, and European geographies.
The Gregory Bateson Book Prize is awarded by the Society for Cultural Anthropology (SCA), the largest section of the American Anthropological Association. Named... More
The Cultural Horizons Prize, awarded yearly by a jury of advanced doctoral students, honors an article appearing in Cultural Anthropology during the preceding y... More
The Society for Cultural Anthropology’s Cultural Horizons Prize for 2025 is awarded to Dr. Leniqueca Welcome, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at George Wash... More