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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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 […]
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.
Undergraduate Amanda Yuen awarded PURA for 2020-2021
We are proud to share that Amanda Yuen, an extraordinary undergraduate double majoring in Anthropology and International Studies, was awarded by the Hopkins Office for Undergraduate Research (HOUR) a PURA […]
PhD Candidate Recipient of Johns Hopkins 20th Century Cities Initiatives’ 2020 Doctoral Research on Urban Issues Award
Nat Adams, a PhD candidate in the department of Anthropology, is among a handful of recipients of the Johns Hopkins 20th Century Cities Initiatives 2020 Doctoral Research on Urban Issues […]
The American Council of Learned Societies names Mariam Banahi one of 22 Mellon/ACLS Fellows
Anthropology MA recipient Megha Majumdar’s recently published book reviewed in New Yorker
In Megha Majumdar’s “A Burning,” a terrorist event transforms three lives—and the elements of a thriller are transmuted into prismatic portraiture. “The book’s surface realism—that great boon to writers—is abundant […]