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2016 Ethnographic Poetry Writing Contest Winners

Posted on August 30, 2016 by kghodsee

The Society for Humanistic Anthropology is pleased to announce the 2016 Ethnographic Poetry Writing Contest Winners: First Prize: Eleanor Stanford, (3 Poems) “Afterbirth,” “Dona França,” “Dona Bela, Midwife of Lençóis” Second Prize: Abigail Carl-Klassen, “Mennonite border crossing” Third Prize: Francesca Mezzenzana, “Sacha … Continue reading →

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2016 Ethnographic Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Writing Contest Winners

Posted on August 30, 2016 by kghodsee

The Society for Humanistic Anthropology is pleased to announce the 2016 Ethnographic Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Writing Contest Winners: First Prize: Katrina Daly Thompson, “Secrets of a Swahili Marriage” Second Prize: Alexandra Vieux Frankel, “Waiting for Firat” Third Prize: Xenia A. … Continue reading →

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2016 Victor Turner Book Prizes in Ethnographic Writing

Posted on August 30, 2016 by kghodsee

The Society for Humanistic Anthropology is thrilled to announce its 2016 Victor Turner Prize Winners: First Prize: Anna Tsing, The Mushroom at the End of the World, Princeton University Press, 2015 Second Prize: Cristiana Giordano, Migrants in Translation: Caring and … 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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2016 SHA Ethnographic Poetry Competition

Posted on March 8, 2016 by kghodsee

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 … Continue reading →

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Society for Humanistic Anthropology – CFP for Denver 2015

Posted on March 25, 2015 by kghodsee

SHA welcomes a variety of individual paper and session proposals for consideration at this year’s Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado (November 18-22, 2015). The theme for the meeting is “Familiar Strange,” which provides a rich context for exploring the innovative … Continue reading →

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Call for MANAGING EDITOR

Posted on February 8, 2015 by kghodsee

ANTHROPOLOGY AND HUMANISM The Executive Board of the Society for Humanistic Anthropology (SHA) is now inviting applications for Managing Editor of its peer-reviewed journal, Anthropology and Humanism (AH). AH welcomes a broad spectrum of contributions from those who see the … Continue reading →

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2015 SHA Fiction Competition

Posted on January 28, 2015 by kghodsee

The Society for Humanistic Anthropology announces our annual ethnographic fiction competition to encourage anthropologists to use alternative literary genres to explore anthropological concerns associated with the four fields of anthropology. Stories should not exceed 20 pages typed double-spaced. There is a limit … Continue reading →

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AAA 2015 Meeting Information

Posted on January 28, 2015 by kghodsee

Dear SHA members: Please see the important links below regarding this year’s annual convention in Denver, Colorado. Meeting Central with short version of theme: http://www.aaanet.org/meetings/ Submission Categories and Deadines: http://www.aaanet.org/meetings/Call-for-Papers.cfm Anthropology News Links Call for Papers: http://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/2014/11/03/114th-aaa-annual-meeting-call-for-papers/ Session Types and … Continue reading →

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