An interview with Todd Kesselman, managing editor of Political Concepts and NSSR grad student. I: What do you want to achieve with Political Concepts? What do you feel differentiates it from other academic journals and what does it contribute to the conversation? Anything you want to expand on from your editorial statement on the website? T: Everything about the project [...]
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Failures: an anthro-studio
Failures: an anthro-studio, a conference organized by the graduate students in anthropology at The New School for Social Research (NSSR), will be held in New York City on April 12, 2013. Please circulate the information below amongst your colleagues near and far. For more information see attached flyer and http://failuresconference.wordpress.com. We are looking forward to an exciting event – [...]
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Failures: 2013 Graduate Anthropology Conference CFP
Call for Participants (Deadline extended – 2/26/13) Call for Participants The New School for Social Research 2013 Graduate Anthropology Conference: “Failures” Friday, April 12, 2013 The Theme: “Failures” Whether imagined, lived or witnessed, most if not all of us know something of what it is to fail. Our machines and tools wear out, becoming trash and [...]
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Insectopedia wins Fleck Prize
Congratulations to Professor of Anthropology Hugh Raffles for winning the prestigious Ludwik Fleck prize for his book Insectopedia, Insectopedia, which was also A New York Times notable book and the winner of the Orion book prize, is an ethnographic, historical, and philosophical exploration of connections between people and insects. The Ludwik Fleck Prize is awarded annually. It is named in honor of biologist and physician [...]
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Neuroscientists, Philosophers, and Out-of-brain Experiences
Professor Nicolas Langlitz will be presenting a talk at the upcoming American Anthropological Association’s annual meeting November 14th through 18th in San Francisco. Entitled The Dream Catcher: Neuroscientists, Philosophers, and Out-of-brain Experiences. Langlitz’s abstract runs: “Originally a Native American charm to protect sleeping children from nightmares, the notion of the dream catcher has recently been appropriated in the borderland between brain [...]
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NSSR’s Miriam Ticktin, winner of the 2012 Douglas Award
In the byzantine world of European immigration, illness can be salutary and misfortune can open doors. Miriam Ticktin, New School for Social Research associate professor of anthropology, explores the unintended consequences of compassion on migration in her book Casualties of Care: Immigration and the Politics of Humanitarianism in France, which has just been awarded the 2012 William [...]
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Rethinking Inheritance
Dear Friends and Colleagues, Please save the date for the upcoming Rethinking Inheritance conference on April 28 from 1pm-5pm, sponsored by the Department of Anthropology at the New School for Social Research. We have two excellent speakers who will open and close the conference and a fantastic group of interdisciplinary scholars, both graduate students and [...]
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