University of Delaware

Peter Benson

Peter Benson, Ph.D., is a cultural anthropologist who teaches courses on culture, film, capitalism, social theory, and ethnography. He received a Ph.D. in social anthropology from Harvard University ...
Medicine Buffalo

Anthropology and Law MA

The MA in Anthropology and Law program advances knowledge of human thought, behavior, and social activity across cultures by focusing on the interconnections of anthropology and law. The program is ...
Psychology Today

Robert LeVine: A Founder of Psychological Anthropology

Robert Alan LeVine (1932–2023) was one of the founders or an early advocate of psychological anthropology, a social science discipline at the intersection of socio-cultural anthropology, psychology, ...
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Anthropologist Donald L. Brenneis Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

UC Santa Cruz Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology Donald L. Brenneis was recently selected among the roughly 250 new members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Founded in 1780, ...
Princeton University

Hildred Geertz, ‘incredibly accomplished scholar’ in cultural anthropology and ‘beloved founding figure’ as Princeton’s first female department chair, dies at 95

Hildred Storey Geertz, professor of anthropology, emeritus, died peacefully at home in Princeton on Sept. 30. She was 95. Geertz, who specialized in the study of social organization in relation to ...
Princeton University

Gananath Obeyesekere, an anthropologist of religion and ‘intellectual giant,’ dies at 95

Gananath “Obey” Obeyesekere, professor of anthropology, emeritus, died at his home in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on March 25. He was 95. An ethnographer of religion whose scholarship bridged the disciplines ...