The Arizona State Museum has launched a new blog: Talking about Southwest Cultures. Lisa Falk, the museum’s director of education, posted her introductory message on Tuesday. The museum also features a video and audio podcast. Click here to subscribe to their RSS feed. Is there an anthropology website, blog or podcast that you enjoy? Post [...]
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Voting for the 2009 Spring Election ends at 5:00 pm ET on Friday, May 29. AAA and AAA Section ballots are online and can be accessed via the AAA website or the elections messages emailed to AAA members. Once you have opened the AAA ballot website, you will need to log in by using your [...]
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The Society for the Study of Evolution has honored physical anthropologist Eugenie Scott with its first Stephen Jay Gould Prize. Scott is executive director of the National Center for Science Education (NCSE). She is recognized for her “outstanding work in communicating the insights, applications and importance of evolutionary biology to the general public.” Scott will [...]
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Alan H. Goodman, past AAA president and current professor of biological anthropology, has been appointed interim vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty at Hampshire College. Goodman has been a member of the Hampshire College faculty since 1985 and is a former dean of the School of Natural Science. He is also on [...]
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The AAA website now features a new staff directory, with photos and more detailed information on staff responsibilities. Do you have a question for AAA staff? It is now easier to find out who you can contact for a speedy answer. Simply click on each name to view additional staff information.
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Journalist and anthropologist Gillian Tett has received a great deal of press in response to her book Fool’s Gold (from Little, Brown and Free Press). Tett has worked with the Financial Times since 1993, and was named 2009 Journalist of the Year by the British Press Awards. Responses to her book include: A review in [...]
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The deadline to submit a proposal for the upcoming Anthropology News issue on Codifying Anthropological Ethics is coming soon! Submit your brief proposal by Tuesday, May 26. The below prompts are meant to inspire and we welcome additional topics related to this general theme. What can and should a code of ethics do? What is [...]
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The Smithsonian Associates, the cultural and educational outreach organization of the Smithsonian Institution, is presenting a program featuring Harvard professor of biological anthropology Richard Wrangham. “A Revolution in Evolution.” will be held on June 11 in Washington DC at the S Dillon Ripley Center (Smithsonian Mall metro stop, blue/orange lines). The Smithsonian has extended their [...]
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The Kyoto University Museum Academic Film EXPO 2009 is now accepting entries for its Academic Film Competition. Submissions are encouraged from a wide range of genres and fields, including ethnographic film and anthropological cinema, documentaries in sociology and cultural studies, wildlife and environmental films, and more. Submitted works will be screened at the EXPO (Aug [...]
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By most estimates, at least 1.7 million Cambodians died during the four-year reign of the Khmer Rouge. The regime fell from power in 1979, but it was not until nearly 30 years later that its leaders were charged with any crimes. In 2006, the United Nations and Cambodian government jointly began formal proceedings against surviving leaders [...]
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