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2018 Victor Turner Prize Competition: Deadline May 1

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Nicole Peterson

2018 Call for Submissions: Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing The Society for Humanistic Anthropology (SHA) announces the annual juried competition for the Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing. The late Victor Turner devoted his career to seeking an accessible … Continue reading →

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Join us at the SHA Hospitality Suite at AAA

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Nicole Peterson

The room # is pending, but please join us for any of the following events while attending the AAA meeting in DC this week! Thursday (11/30) 10-11am: Available for meetings with publishers 2:30-4:30: “Professionalization” (informal workshop for students) 8-9:30: Drop-in, … Continue reading →

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SHA at AAA 2017

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Nicole Peterson

Please join us for the fantastic SHA sessions below, and our Member’s Meeting and Awards Ceremony (Saturday Dec 2, 7:45 PM – 9:00 PM in Marriott, Balcony A) Wednesday, November 29 12:00 PM – 1:45 PM  –  “Past, Present, and Future Possibilities” – Marriott, Thurgood Marshall … Continue reading →

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Congrats to the 2017 winners of the SHA Ethnographic Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Contest

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Nicole Peterson

SHA Ethnographic Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Contest Winners 1st Place Elisabeth Yarbakhsh Call 2nd Place Caitrin Lynch A Portrait of Judy Garrity 3rd Place Brynn Champney On a Hill With No Name Honorable Mention Kristen Ghodsee Market Economics

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Announcing the Winners of the 2017 Victor Turner Prize for Ethnographic Writing

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Nicole Peterson

The Society for Humanistic Anthropology is delighted to announce the winners of the Victor Turner Prize for Ethnographic Writing. We are grateful to the work and commitment of the book prize committee: Karen Richman, chair, and members Abigail Adams, Cristiana … Continue reading →

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2017 SHA Ethnographic Poetry Competition Call for Submissions – Oct 15 deadline

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Nicole Peterson

The Society for Humanistic Anthropology announces our annual poetry competition as a means to encourage scholars to use alternative literary genres to explore anthropological concerns. These concerns may be any of those associated with any of the five fields of anthropology: Archaeological, Biological, … Continue reading →

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2017 Victor Turner Prize Competition – Deadline May 5

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Nicole Peterson

This is for the 2017 competition – please see the 2018 information here The Society for Humanistic Anthropology (SHA) announces the 25th annual juried competition for the Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing. The late Victor Turner devoted his career … Continue reading →

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Society for Humanistic Anthropology – CFP for Washington, DC 2017

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Nicole Peterson

SHA welcomes a variety of individual paper and session proposals for consideration at this year’s Annual Meeting in Washington, DC (November 29 – Sunday, December 3, 2017). The theme for the meeting is “Anthropology Matters!,” which provides a rich context for … Continue reading →

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Society for Humanistic Anthropology – CFP for Minneapolis 2016

Posted on March 20, 2016 by kghodsee

SHA welcomes a variety of individual paper and session proposals for consideration at this year’s Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN (November 16-20, 2016). The theme for the meeting is “Evidence, Accident, Discovery,” which provides a rich context for exploring the innovative … Continue reading →

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2016 SHA Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Competition

Posted on March 8, 2016 by kghodsee

The Society for Humanistic Anthropology announces that we are opening our annual writing contest which celebrates and encourages the use of creative literary genres to explore anthropological concerns associated with any field of anthropology. This year we are expanding our … Continue reading →

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