The University of Chicago Press is pleased to announce the competition for the 2013 Catharine Stimpson Prize for Outstanding Feminist Scholarship.  Named in honor of the founding editor of /Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society/, the Catharine Stimpson …

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The Association for Feminist Anthropology welcomes sessions to be considered for inclusion in AFA’s programming for the 111th AAA Annual Meeting, to be held November 14-18, 2012 in San Francisco. The AAA meeting theme this year is “Borders,” so AFA …

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I have a student who will be applying for graduate programs specializing in Feminist Anthropology.  She has done some research on which programs to apply to mostly by canvasing programs online.  She’s a remarkable student and I want her to …

Please nominate yourself or a friend to serve as an officer of the AFA. Next year we need to elect: 1. One graduate student representative (3-year term: November 2012 to 2015). 2. Two at-large Executive Board Members (3-year term: November …

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AAA Public Policy Interests and Activities Initial Survey Results

Public Policy Interests and Activities of the AFA and Other AAA Sections In 2010, the Committee on Public Policy began surveying AAA units to understand the activities they are currently undertaking in the public policy domain, as part of its …

 

CFP: AFA column in Anthropology News

We are looking for submissions for the AFA’s monthly column in the Anthropology News Section Notes. The column is an excellent opportunity to publish short research reports and announce new books. We invite submissions from graduate students, professors, and applied …

 

Review the new draft for the AAA Code of Ethics

Please help the Task Force for Comprehensive Ethics Review in announcing the need for AAA Members to review the complete draft of the Code of Ethics. Members can review the draft, compare the draft to the existing Code of Ethics …

 

Recent Publications by AFA Members

We have added a new page to the website to highlight recent publications by our members. If you have any information you would like to submit for posting, please email them to AFAWebmaster. And do check out the new page!

 

Anthropology Now

Anthropology Now – the general interest magazine for public anthropology – is excited to announce the relaunch of its website, www.anthronow.com. Visit and get sneak peaks of content appearing in the newest Atomic themed, Fall issue of Anthropology Now, as …

 

VOICES 2010

Check out the latest issues of VOICES, guest co-edited by Lea S. McChesney and Judith Singleton. This special issue focuses on anthropological contributions to our understanding of sexual violence in post-conflict Africa and child sexual abuse in the U.S.