In The Vulnerable Observer, anthropologist Ruth Behar notes “anthropology that doesn't break your heart just isn't worth doing anymore.” The theoretical nuances and narrative flourishes achieved by this level [...]
The AES awarded two Senior Book Prizes and an honorable mention at the 2024 AAA meetings in Tampa, Florida on November 21. The two co-winners were Suzana Sawyer for The Small [...]
The 2024 AES Senior Book Prize celebrates outstanding ethnographic works that address contemporary social issues with relevance beyond the academy. This year’s winners exemplify the innovation, depth, and impact [...]
AES is delighted to announce this year’s Senior Book Prize joint winners, Adriana Petryna and Suzana Sawyer, and honorable mention, Gilberto Rosas. 2024 Prize Committee: Daromir Rudnyckyj (University of [...]
We are looking for ethnographically-driven commentaries, research articles, and other formats, addressing international issues relating to sexual and reproductive rights and contemporary legal regimes (currently in place or under debate). Submissions can [...]
Anthropology is a discipline that has staked its whole methodological approach on the possibility of mistake and failure. When Jean Briggs was ostracized by the Inuit community she was [...]
The American Ethnological Society is delighted to announce the appointment of Gina Athena Ulysse as the section’s first Artist-In-Residence. Professor Ulysse is a Haitian American feminist artist-anthropologist and self-described PostZoraInterventionist who earned her Ph.D. from the [...]
What is the point of social-cultural anthropology? Why create ethnography? How is it a meaningful part of contemporary social and political life? In 2024 American Ethnologist will be celebrating its [...]
The AES small grants competition, now in its fifth year, received many excellent proposals, and the committee was challenged to select 13 grant recipients from a pool of worthy projects. [...]
The American Ethnological Society invites you to apply for the Elsie Clews Parsons Prize. Please click here for more details and guidelines for submission. Applications are due Friday, October 14th, 2022 at 5pm [...]
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AES, a section of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), publishes the journal American Ethnologist, which can be found in AnthroSource.
