We’re hiring in anthropology at Johns Hopkins University: two open-rank tenure-line positions, on Political & Economic Anthropology, and on Inter-Asian Movements. Applications due on December 12th. Please share widely, thank […]
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Faculty Focus: Naveeda Khan
Three questions with Associate Professor Naveeda Khan about her research, teaching, and hobbies.
Prof. Haeri Wins Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Constructive-Reflective Studies
Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Constructive-Reflective Studies Niloofar Haeri Johns Hopkins University Say What Your Longing Heart Desires: Women, Prayer, and Poetry in Iran (Stanford University Press) […]
Congratulations to Research Grant and Trouillot Essay Prize Winners
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 […]
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.
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, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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, […]
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 […]