National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
The National Association of Student Anthropologists (NASA) has extended the deadline for the Carrie Hunter-Tate Award to August 17, 2018 11:59PM EST. The award honors Carrie Hunter-Tate, a former NASA officer, by offering conference travel support to one student member…
How do you answer prospective students, and/or their parents, when they ask the rationale for studying anthropology, and applied anthropology in particular? NAPA is compiling the top 5 reasons to relate to students, and the top 5 reasons to discuss…
The Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) at Yale University is pleased to announce a competitive one-year cross-cultural research internship in Melvin Ember’s name. The selected intern will learn about cross-cultural research through hands-on experience at the historical HRAF building on…
AnthroTalks wants to hear from you for our new episode about “Waiting in Line.” Here’s the idea: we all do it without too much thought… and that got us curious at AnthroTalks. What makes us wait? Who makes us wait?…
EthnoBorrel, a networking group for professional ethnographers, will be launched on Thursday, 7 December, 2017. The launch will take place in the Netherlands during the group’s first meetup. An initiative of Erin Taylor and Gawain Lynch of Canela Consulting, EthnoBorrel aims to strengthen…
The School for Advanced Research is currently accepting proposals for Advanced, Research Team and Short Seminars. The deadline for submissions is February 1, 2018. Seminars at the School for Advanced Research (SAR) promote communication among scholars and/or practitioners who are…
The Society for Applied Anthropology considers nominations each year for the Malinowski Award. This Award is presented to a senior social scientist in recognition of a career dedicated to understanding and serving the needs of the world’s societies. The…
OSEA celebrates 15 years of innovative trans-cultural exchange, community outreach, language immersion, service learning, and interdisciplinary field study in the Maya Community of Pisté, Yucatán, México *Open School of Ethnography and Anthropology Founded in 2003, OSEA provides US…
Are you an applied researcher who has utilized ethnography or adopted an anthropological perspective to gain insights on a research project? Are you an employer, client, or member of a cross-disciplinary team that has hired or worked closely with an…
A new website, arriving in part as an element of the Business Anthropology Matters! initiative planned for the 2017 annual AAA meeting, is now online. Go to to learn about the initiative and to connect to the initiative’s social media.…
The deadline for the 2017 NAPA Student Achievement Award has been extended until August 15, 2017. Up to three cash prizes may be awarded: $500, 1st Place $300, 1st Runner Up $200, 2nd Runner Up Applications will be accepted from current…
NAPA is happy to announce the launch of a new, occasional post on these pages, anthro According to the author, Marion Tanis, anthro/studio is going to be a space for anthropologists to explore impending futures in a rapidly changing world.…