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UPenn Anthropology@UPennAnth
3 Mar 2021
⚡️ “Faculty Spotlights” x.com/i/moments/136719823973…

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Penn Anthropology's own Mallika Sarma is featured in the most recent issue of Penn Today! The article dives into her fascinating research on extreme environments. You can find the link to the article below: penntoday.upenn.edu/news/sas…

Rethinking extreme environments, from human spaceflight to heat in Philadelphia | Penn Today

Anthropology professor Mallika Sarma of the School of Arts & Sciences is challenging what we think of as an extreme environment—beyond settings like low temperature or high altitude—and who gets...

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PhD Student Anna Luurtsema just presented her work at the Society of American Archaeology meetings in Denver, with a poster co-authored with mentor Katherine Moore. "Beyond the Butcher's Block: Culinary Choices and Animal Utility in a Late 19th-Century Philadelphia Residence."
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CASI seeks a scholar who focuses on one or more of the following areas: environment-society relations, cities & urbanization, & climate change. We are open to applicants from a range of disciplinary traditions, particularly anthropology, architecture, geography, & planning
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The Climate Postdoc job listing- Interfolio: apply.interfolio.com/166048 CASI site: casi.sas.upenn.edu/postdocto…
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Our most recent graduates of the MD-PhD/Anthropology program are taking their next steps as physician-anthropologists:
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Dr. Ben Sieff will be a Psychiatry Resident in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas, Austin.
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Dr. Alex Chen will soon begin his combined Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency here at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.  Warmest congratulations to both!
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Anthropology PhD candidate Rebecca Winkler got a shoutout in the most recent SAS newsletter for her work documenting the lives of Elephants and the Indigenous people who co-exist with them in Thailand! See below: view.connect.upenn.edu/?qs=f…

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Anthropology PHD student Chryslin Laurore was recently interviewed for Omnia, the Penn alumni magazine! omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/pe…

Perspectives on Heritage

Chrislyn Laurie Laurore, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology, is studying the public memory and history of slavery, particularly its curation in museums, monuments, memorials, and...

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Our very own Lynn Meskell chaired the World Monument Fund's panel that decided the 25 World Monuments to Watch in 2025! Find out more here: penn.museum/blog/world-monum…
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Congratulations to our very own Dr. Kathy Morrison for being named one of this year's Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholars! pbk.org/visitingscholars

Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program

The Phi Beta Kappa Society's Visiting Scholar program, including the full list of scholars and their upcoming lectures.

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Congrats to Prof. Adriana Petryna, whose book "Horizon Work: At the Edges of Knowledge in an Age of Runaway Climate Change" is joint winner of the 2024 Senior Book Prize of the American Ethnological Society! Read the prize committee citation here: americanethnologist.org/awar…
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Professor Lynn Meskell will speak at the UNESCO 70th Anniversary! May 13-15, 2024: Peace Palace & World Forum The Hague, the Kingdom of the Netherlands. She will be speaking in the plenary panel, Protecting Cultural property: A Humanitarian Imperative. youtube.com/watch?v=TGoGrwAo…

“Cultural Heritage and Peace: Building on 70 years of The Hague...

In 2024, UNESCO marks the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the C...

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MD-PhD Student Nipun Kottage is a recipient of the 2024 Penn Prize for Excellence in Graduate Teaching. Congratulations Nipun!! penntoday.upenn.edu/news/202…

2024 Penn Prize for Excellence in Graduate Teaching celebrated | Penn Today

Ten winners received the Prize, which takes nominations from undergraduates and recognizes master's students and Ph.D. candidates.

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Please join us in congratulating Dr. Deborah Thomas, who has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2024! This is a great and richly well-deserved honor. Congratulations, Deb! gf.org/announcements/
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Congrats to our Lynn Meskell for being named a trustee at @WHUSA1965 !
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Happy #AnthroDay from UPenn!
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15 Feb 2024
"We can reproduce within our own minds the way that the world is put together for other people. This is the extraordinary privilege and adventure of anthropology." - Marshall Sahlins American anthropologist Happy #AnthroDay!
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Announcing the complete schedule for our Penn Anthropology Spring 2024 Colloquium series! More information on our website: anthropology.sas.upenn.edu/c…
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TODAY 12-1:30pm
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Monday, November 13th 12pm-1:30pm Coren Apicella (University of Pennsylvania)
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