We invite proposals from members or prospective members of the Society for Humanistic Anthropology (SHA) to serve as Poetry Editor for Anthropology & Humanism. Applications should be sent to Katrina Daly Thompson, Editor-in-Chief of Anthropology & Humanism (katrina.daly.thompson@wisc.edu). The position will remain open until filled, but we will begin reviewing applications on 15 July 2021.
Access detailed Call for Applications here.
Anthropology & Humanism invites proposals for thematic special sections to appear in or after the December 2022 issue. Proposals should include a description of the thematic section; an explanation for why it is a good fit for Anthropology & Humanism; and a collection of the titles, abstracts, and authors intended to be in the special section (approximately five full-length articles or up to eight shorter ones, plus an introduction by the editor(s) of the special section). Send full proposals and/or queries to Editor-in-Chief Katrina Daly Thompson, katrina.daly.thompson@wisc.edu.
(*reposted)
Our Editors-in-Chief, David Syring and Jeffrey Ehrenreich, ended their term with our December 2020 issue. We would like to thank them for their service. ◊
On October 2020, our newly selected incoming editorial team of Katrina Daly Thompson and Neni Pangouria took over editorship as EICs of the journal. Julia Offen continued as Ethnographic Fiction and Creative Nonfiction editor, Leah Zani continued as Poetry editor, and Adriana Garriga-López began as Book Review editor. ◊
In June 2021, we were saddened to report that Neni Pangouria, Leah Zani, and Adriana Garriga-López resigned their positions with Anthropology & Humanism. We value the work they did during the time they served the journal, and wish them the best in the future.
As board members of the Society for Humanistic Anthropology and stewards of its journal, we have the pleasure and responsibility of encouraging the development of humanistic anthropology, publishing and rewarding outstanding scholarship in humanistic anthropology, and serving our colleagues who are similarly committed to humanistic anthropology.
This journal would not be possible without the work of its editors – our goal is to ensure that future editors find working with Anthropology & Humanism and the Society for Humanistic Anthropology to be a productive, positive experience. Moving forward, we are committed to learning from these events as we collectively engage with the journal’s central question: what does it mean to be human?
We know that the journal will remain in good hands with Katrina Daly Thompson as our Editor-in-Chief.
Our more detailed response letter may be accessed here.
See our Call for Submissions. Deadline is June 10, 2021
Anthropology & Humanism invites essays, articles, creative prose, and poetry from anthropologists and other ethnographers on the theme of “Writing Ethnographically During a Pandemic.” How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted your ethnographic research and writing? Our normal word limit is 8000 words, but for this call we seek shorter pieces, up to 2000 words. For creative prose, in particular, we encourage stories that allow us to wallow in the senses, and even shorter word lengths (10-2000 words). All submissions will go through the normal peer review process. Depending on the number of submissions accepted, these will appear in a special section in our December 2021 and/or June 2022 issues.
The Society for Humanistic Anthropology (SHA) invites submissions to our competitions for student writing: the 2021 SHA Presidents Award for Graduate Student Writing, and the 2021 SHA Presidents Award for Undergraduate Student Writing. More information may be found here. Submission deadline is 15 June, 2021.
The Society for Humanistic Anthropology is pleased to announce that the 2021 Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing, and (for eligible first books) the 2021 Edie Turner First Book Prize in Ethnographic Writing, competitions are now open. Submission deadline is April 1, 2021. More information can be found on our Turner Awards Call for Submissions page.
The Society for Humanistic Anthropology is excited to announce the opening of our annual Creative Ethnographic Prose writing competition. Our 2021 deadline is June 1. All details can be found here. We look forward to reading your work!
The Society for Humanistic Anthropology will hold a virtual award ceremony Sunday November 8, 2020 at 16:00-18:00 EST (4pm-6pm Eastern) as part of the AAA’s Raising Our Voices online meeting. There is no conference fee to attend our award ceremony (and you need not be registered for the AAA conference). We are delighted to be able to present our writing awards then, and have our winners give short readings from their work.
Contact a SHA Board Member –or send a query to our shavictorturner (at) gmail.com account– for the Zoom link to attend.
We are excited to announce the winners of the 2020 SHA Ethnographic Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Competition, from our largest pool of entries ever received.
1st Prize went to Kyrstin Mallon Andrews for “Ay Vieja”
2nd Prize went to Olivia Guntarik for “Michael Jackson in Borneo”
3rd Prize went to Maureen Pritchard for “Whatever Happened to Shaman Sasha?”
Judges were: Sowparnika Balaswaminathan, Julia Offen, Katrina Daly Thompson, and John Wood
