Professor Agustín Fuentes published an article in Big Think, "Humans are not 'tribal.'" In his article, Fuentes writes about human nature and how we are great at classifying each other into types and groups. Fuentes states, "From politics to culture, we blame “tribalism” for humanity’s problems. Human intergroup conflicts and how they…

Warm congratulations to Didier Fassin, James D. Wolfensohn Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study and Visiting Professor in our Department, on his appointment to the prestigious Collège de France, where he will hold the

Junior Genrietta Churbanova recently wrote an article on the STEM-humanities divide at Princeton in The Daily Princetonian. As an Anthropology major, Churbanova defends her major and asks a few good questions. Read the full article here…

João Biehl and Miqueias Mugge have published their new book Escritos Perdidos: Vida e obra de um imigrante insurgente (Lost Writings: Life and Work of an Insurgent Immigrant) in a bilingual…

The projects Conservation Frontiers and Engaging Indigenous Ecologies of Knowledges, led by João Biehl (Susan Dod Brown Professor and Chair of Anthropology and Director of the Brazil LAB), Agustín Fuentes (Professor of Anthropology), and Carlos Fausto (PIIRS Global Scholar and Professor at Brazil’s Museu…

Princeton University has named João Biehl, the Susan Dod Brown Professor of Anthropology and an award-winning author and teacher, as the next chair of the Department of Anthropology. Biehl takes over from Carolyn Rouse, the

João Biehl published an article in Folha de S.Paulo, “Political Savagery and Forced Disappearance in the Amazon.” In the article, Biehl frames the disappearance of his colleague, Dom Phillips against skyrocketing deforestation and violence against Indigenous people in the Amazonia and how these crimes are throwing our planet alarmingly…

Congratulations to Hanna Garth, recipient of a Flash Grant from the Princeton University Humanities Council. Garth received the grant for her project, "Documentary Scene in a Puerto Rican Fishing Village."

This documentary/ethnographic film will tell the story of Puerto Rican fisherpeople and the changing conditions of near-shore…

Congratulations to Jeffrey Himpele, Director of VizE Lab for Ethnographic Data Visualization, recipient of a research partnership grant from The Center for Digital Humanities. Himpele will collaborate with CDH staff on his project, "Visualizing Lenapehoking History…

Congratulations to all our seniors for their hard work and great accomplishments! Below is a list of interdisciplinary prizes and awards given to Anthropology seniors. Well done class of 2022!

Senior Thesis Prize in Anthropology:
The prize determination process began with nominations by thesis advisors and second…