Grant Opportunity to Fund Research on Congressional Leadership and the U.S. Congress

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Joslyn O.

The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for grants to fund research on congressional leadership and the U.S. Congress. The Center, named for the late Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen, is a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and educational organization devoted to the study of Congress and its leaders. Applications are accepted at any time, but [...]

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Alma College Adds Anthropology Major

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Joslyn O.

Alma College rung in the new year with a new major to offer students – Anthropology! Below is an excerpt from their press release. Read the entire article here. Due to strong interest from students, Alma College has added anthropology to its expanding list of majors. Mary Theresa Bonhage-Freund, associate professor of sociology and anthropology, [...]

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Teaching Materials Exchange

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Joslyn O.

Looking  for new ideas and materials for spring term? Check out AAA’s new Teaching Materials Exchange. Run a search by course, syllabus, keyword or even instructor. Or browse through the database of more than 90 syllabi and teaching tools. Don’t forget to submit your materials to share as well.

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Matto Groso and the Hoax

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Joslyn O.

In this guest post Ann Kaupp, at the Smithsonian Institute, shares with you an interesting tale of the filming of a 1931 University of Pennsylvania anthropological expedition – Matto Grosso. The Human Studies Film Archives joined the University of Pennsylvania Museum in returning to the São Lourenço Bororo people in the Brazilian village of Tadarimana [...]

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Call For Contributions to an Edited Volume Entitled Enacting Nature – Ecocritical Perspectives on Indigenous Performance

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Joslyn O.

Proposal and Call for Papers: Enacting Nature: Ecocritical Perspectives on Indigenous Performance To be edited by Prof. Dr. Birgit Däwes and Prof. Dr. Marc Maufort “Dramaturgies,” P.I.E.-Peter Lang (Brussels) Ever since the mid-1990s, ecocriticism—or “the study of the relationship between literature and the physical environment,” in Cheryll Glotfelty’s famous definition—has become an increasingly popular methodological [...]

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New Resource – AAA Teaching Materials Exchange

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Joslyn O.

The AAA Teaching Materials Exchange was paid for by the AAA Resource Development Committee, which raised funds specifically to help the Association provide more resources for students and faculty and adjuncts charged with creating new classes. Explore these vast resources by clicking here to initiate your search. Do you have materials you would like to submit? The exchange [...]

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Call for Oral statements – 50th Session of the Commission for Social Development

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Joslyn O.

NGOs in general and special ECOSOC consultative status may make oral presentations during the general debate at the Commission for Social Development. NGOs in general and special consultative status with ECOSOC interested in making oral statements are urged to do so by 30 January 2012. Please send us your oral statement by email at ngo@un.org [...]

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Launch of Online Archaeology and Anthropology Collections Database

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Joslyn O.

As the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) begins its 125th anniversary, it launches the Penn Museum online Collections Database via www.penn.museum. According to Penn News, It’s a place were scholars can go to get preliminary information on a particular artifact or set of artifacts, teachers and school children can explore [...]

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New Search Features on AAA Website

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Joslyn O.

When you head over to the AAA website, you’ll notice a few subtle changes that yield high rewards. The first is that the search feature is now powered by Google. Website visitors now can find the content they are looking for quickly and with ease. The second is the addition of a search feature that [...]

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Friday Flick Pick

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Joslyn O.

Check out the latest videos produced by the Smithsonian: Six Interesting stories about 19th century collections and collectors, told by Smithsonian anthropology staff members, in newly produced videos can be viewed on the Smithsonian’s Anthropology Department website. The subjects include the U.S. Exploring Expedition (as told by Adrienne Kaeppler); the North American Mound Explorations (Bruce [...]

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