Review of AFA Dissertation Awards & Interviews with Past (Two) Recipients

by AAA/AFA Summer Intern Rachel Nuzman Starting in 2011, the Association for Feminist Anthropology began awarding a $2000 scholarship to one PhD candidate each year in support of the writing phase of the dissertation. This award is given to an …

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AAA 2013 Preliminary Program is Up!

We are very excited by the AFA section sessions at the upcoming AAA 2013 meetings in Chicago. Check it out here, and we will see you there!

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Call for Blog Posts: This is What Feminist Anthropology Looks Like

AFA is excited to extend a call for blog posts on topics related to feminist anthropology. We want to know what you are working on, and what you are thinking about! Blog topics can range from 500-1000 words, and can …

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CFP Food and Work – deadline Oct 1

Food and Work: Call for Papers Special issue of Labor: Working-Class History of the Americas Susan Levine and Steve Striffler, co-editors Food studies has become an important field for research as well as for activist-oriented students and faculty.  A spate …

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TT – Reed College Sociocultural, Native North America

REED COLLEGE Department of Anthropology invites applications for a tenure-track position in sociocultural anthropology to commence August 2014. Rank is open, but a minimum of four semesters of probationary Reed teaching are required before review for tenure. The position is …

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Announcing AFA’s Summer Intern

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AFA is excited to report that Rachel Nuzman, a graduating senior at Saint Mary’s College of California, will be AFA’s AAA Summer Intern in Washington, DC. The application process was highly competitive and we are confident that Rachel will do …

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Zora Neale Hurston 2013 Travel Award

Deadline: August 1, 2013 The Association for Feminist Anthropology (AFA) announces the 2013 Zora Neale Hurston Travel Award competition, continuing our tradition since 2002 of honoring the pioneering African American anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston. Visit the Zora Neale Hurston webpage of the AFA website for further …

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SYLVIA FORMAN PRIZE FOR STUDENT PAPERS – 2013

Sylvia Forman Prize 19th Annual Competition Association for Feminist Anthropology AFA is pleased to invite graduate and undergraduate students to submit essays in feminist anthropology in competition for the Sylvia Forman Prize, named for the late Sylvia Helen Forman, one of the founders …

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AFA DISSERTATION AWARD COMPETITION

AFA 2013 Dissertation Award – Deadline April 15 $2,000 award to support the writing phase of a dissertation that makes a significant contribution to feminist anthropology APPLICATION DEADLINE: APRIL 15, 2013 To apply you must be: ¨ A doctoral candidate …

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AFA CONGRATULATES THE 2012 AFA AWARD RECIPIENTS!

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AFA DISSERTATION AWARD: The recipient is awarded $2,000 to support the writing phase of a dissertation that makes a significant contribution to feminist anthropology. Asli Zengan, University of Toronto.  Dissertation title:  “Sexual Plays of Intimate Power: The State, Violence and …

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