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May
Question for the College #ClassOf2024: Is Grad School for You?
Some helpful tips for prospective graduate students.
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May
Q&A with David Gilbert, author of Countering Dispossession, Reclaiming Land
Two decades ago, a group of Indonesian agricultural workers began occupying the agribusiness plantation near their homes. In the years since, members of this remarkable movement have reclaimed collective control of their …
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May
Inside a thought-provoking ethnography of a southern US District Attorney’s Office
Gun Present takes us inside the everyday operations of the law at a courthouse in the Deep South. Illuminating the challenges accompanying the prosecution of criminal cases involving guns, the three coauthors—an anthropologist, …
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May
Understanding Christianity Through Magical Objects
Ritual Boundaries is part of the Christianity in Late Antiquity Series. By Joseph E. Sanzo, author of Ritual Boundaries: Magic and Differentiation in Late Antique Christianity What do you do when you …
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May
Q&A with Ned Randolph, author of Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta
Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta uses the story of mud to answer a deceptively simple question: How can a place uniquely vulnerable to sea level rise be one of the …
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May
Q&A with Amanda Moniz, guest editor of The Public Historian‘s special issue, “Material Culture as a Methodology for the History of Philanthropy”
How can material objects help us better understand the complex, contested, and sometimes contradictory history of philanthropy? This question guides the new special issue of The Public Historian, “Material Culture as a …
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May
Q&A with Rubén G. Rumbaut, author of Immigrant America
This interview was originally published by the UCI School of Social Sciences, and is reposted here with permission. In their newly released edition of Immigrant America: A Portrait (University of California Press), UCI Distinguished …
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May
Why We Curate Feminist Film Archives: A Q&A with Feminist Media Histories Guest Editors Maggie Hennefeld and Laura Horak
“What do we, as feminists, need right now—from cinema, from archives, from our communities? How can filmmaking, film festivals, and social movements of the past inspire or befuddle us today? And what is …
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May
Will the Return to Work Mean a Return to the Open Office?
The rise of the knowledge economy was one of the key developments of the 20th century. Buildings for white-collar work have transformed the heart of every major city—and their role continues to …
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May
Climate-Smart Intervention Takes Top 2023 Case Studies in the Environment Prize
The winning case study from the 2023 competition, “Building Resilience in Jamaica’s Farming Communities: Insights From a Climate-Smart Intervention,” from The University of the West Indies’ Donovan Campbell and Shaneica Lester, demonstrates that while climate change poses immense threats to the environment and to human livelihoods, adaptation also provides opportunities to strengthen a community.
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