The results of the 2021 competition for the Anthropology Summer Research Grant and the Trouillot Essay Prize are in. Read the undergraduate awards page to learn about the sparky undergraduates who […]
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Words of Faith
Niloofar Haeri, professor of anthropology and chair of the Program in Islamic Studies, discussed her recent book, Say What Your Longing Heart Desires: Women, Prayer & Poetry in Iran, in the Spring 2021 issue of Arts & Sciences Magazine.
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Palestine is Burning, an Emergency Debriefing
On Wednesday, May 19th, the Department of Anthropology sponsored a teach-in session on current conditions on the ground in Palestine and Israel, moderated by recent JHU anthropology PhD Arpan Roy, […]
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2021 American Institute of Indian Studies Awards Joseph W. Elder Prize in Indian Social Sciences to JHU PhD Vaibhav Saria
Vaibhav Saria has been awarded one of two 2021 AIIS Book Prizes, the Joseph W. Elder Prize in the Indian Social Sciences, for Hijras, Lovers, Brothers: Surviving Sex and Poverty […]
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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ecological Justice and Design
The Department of Anthropology in the Krieger School of Arts & Sciences seeks applicants for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in ecological justice and design, to begin on July 1, 2021. […]
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Alliance for a Healthier World Grant
Assistant research professor Dr. Nicole Labruto is Principal Investigator for a new grant awarded by the Alliance for a Healthier World at Johns Hopkins University in the amount of $100,000. […]
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Niloofar Haeri Publishes “Say What Your Longing Heart Desires: Women, Prayer, and Poetry in Iran”

Following the 1979 revolution, the Iranian government set out to Islamize society. Muslim piety had to be visible, in personal appearance and in action. Iranians were told to pray, fast, […]
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Niloofar Haeri Interviewed on WYPR All Things Considered
Niloofar Haeri, Professor of Anthropology and Islamic Studies, was interviewed on All Things Considered about her new book on women, prayer, and poetry in Iran. In the interview, she discusses […]
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Talia Katz Fieldwork Essay a Winner in American Ethnologist Society Small Grants Competition
PhD candidate Talia Katz’s essay, “Healing Without Monsters: On Psychodrama and Therapeutic Experimentation in Israel,” the recipient of the Small Grants Competition by the American Ethnological Society.
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Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow Program
The department of anthropology encourages current and recent doctoral students to apply for the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow Program at Johns Hopkins University. These fellowships “seek to locate, promote, and nurture […]