Anthropology and Social Change
@anthciis.bsky.social
Ⓐctivist Ⓐnthropology MAs + PhDs
🌍 Journal: https://jwsr.pitt.edu/
📕 Books: https://blog.pmpress.org/kairos/
🏴☠️ Lectures: https://www.ciis.edu/news/david-graeber-memorial-lectures
🌍 Journal: https://jwsr.pitt.edu/
📕 Books: https://blog.pmpress.org/kairos/
🏴☠️ Lectures: https://www.ciis.edu/news/david-graeber-memorial-lectures
The 5th annual David Graeber Memorial Lecture! Pre-register for the event, here: ciis.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 4, 2026 at 6:07 PM
The 5th annual David Graeber Memorial Lecture! Pre-register for the event, here: ciis.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Set reminders to tune in live: m.youtube.com/@anthciis/st...
1/4 The Building Blocks of a New World
“Öcalan expresses a series of concepts that in the 21st century are increasingly becoming the building blocks for the political construction of a new world.” —Antonio Negri
1/4 The Building Blocks of a New World
“Öcalan expresses a series of concepts that in the 21st century are increasingly becoming the building blocks for the political construction of a new world.” —Antonio Negri
January 27, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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1/4 The Building Blocks of a New World
“Öcalan expresses a series of concepts that in the 21st century are increasingly becoming the building blocks for the political construction of a new world.” —Antonio Negri
1/4 The Building Blocks of a New World
“Öcalan expresses a series of concepts that in the 21st century are increasingly becoming the building blocks for the political construction of a new world.” —Antonio Negri
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Andrej Grubačić, founding Chair of the Department of Anthropology and Social Change at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco and founding member of the Academy of Social Science, issued a statement and video message in solidarity with Rojava.
January 26, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Andrej Grubačić, founding Chair of the Department of Anthropology and Social Change at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco and founding member of the Academy of Social Science, issued a statement and video message in solidarity with Rojava.
1/4 “We are indeed in the midst of a systemic transition. The world of endless accumulation—the civilization we call capitalism—is approaching its demise. We are inching toward a tributary system defined by political accumulation and blunt force…
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Attack on Rojava is an attack on hope
As a result of various international agreements and directives behind the scenes, the Syrian transitional government of Ahmed al-Sharaa and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have declared war on the Democ...
english.anf-news.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:36 PM
1/4 “We are indeed in the midst of a systemic transition. The world of endless accumulation—the civilization we call capitalism—is approaching its demise. We are inching toward a tributary system defined by political accumulation and blunt force…
english.anf-news.com/news/attack-...
english.anf-news.com/news/attack-...
Curious about our MA+PhD in activist anthropology? Sign up for the Tuesday 5pm Info Session, here: www.ciis.edu/events/anthr...
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📹Prof. Targol Mesbah for the inauguration of Academy of Social Science
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📹Prof. Targol Mesbah for the inauguration of Academy of Social Science
January 13, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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📹Prof. Targol Mesbah for the inauguration of Academy of Social Science
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📹Prof. Targol Mesbah for the inauguration of Academy of Social Science
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I was invited to deliver the keynote speech for a three-day conference on Michael Burawoy.
Another verse of a long goodbye to my dearest colleague, friend, and comrade…
Thanks to Portuguese sociologists for organizing this conference.
Details of the conference 🧵
Another verse of a long goodbye to my dearest colleague, friend, and comrade…
Thanks to Portuguese sociologists for organizing this conference.
Details of the conference 🧵
October 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I was invited to deliver the keynote speech for a three-day conference on Michael Burawoy.
Another verse of a long goodbye to my dearest colleague, friend, and comrade…
Thanks to Portuguese sociologists for organizing this conference.
Details of the conference 🧵
Another verse of a long goodbye to my dearest colleague, friend, and comrade…
Thanks to Portuguese sociologists for organizing this conference.
Details of the conference 🧵
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CFP: "The Greyzone of the Green Transition – Environmental Inequalities in Central and Eastern Europe." International conference in Romania, May 2026. Keynotes by Stefania Barca, Erik Swyngedouw, and Andrej Grubačić.
#envhist #envhum
#envhist #envhum
Call for Papers: The Greyzone of the Green Transition - Environmental Inequalities in Central and Eastern Europe - ecoJust home
The Greyzone of the Green Transition is a conference dedicated to advancing conversations on environmental justice in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). It brings together senior , doctoral, and postdo...
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September 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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“Contradicting this idea that feminism is no longer relevant, gendered rhetoric is now a primary mode of bolstering state power. Insidiously, feminist language is being reappropriated to justify the erasure of feminist ideas and feminist history.”
The History of Women’s Studies Is a History of Conflict
Women’s studies programs in the United States are threatened by authoritarian pressure. For example, the Ohio legislature restricts how marriage and abortion can be presented in the college ...
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September 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
“Contradicting this idea that feminism is no longer relevant, gendered rhetoric is now a primary mode of bolstering state power. Insidiously, feminist language is being reappropriated to justify the erasure of feminist ideas and feminist history.”
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“Gaitán’s murder is the climax of the book, a death foretold, an event so compressed with hope that its explosion sent historical shrapnel in all directions.”
In a new interview at PB, Greg Grandin discusses the execution of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán.
www.publicbooks.org/a-second-enl...
In a new interview at PB, Greg Grandin discusses the execution of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán.
www.publicbooks.org/a-second-enl...
“A Second Enlightenment”: Greg Grandin on Latin America, the United States, and the Creation of Social-Democratic Modernity
“My books try to explain a tension.”
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September 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“Gaitán’s murder is the climax of the book, a death foretold, an event so compressed with hope that its explosion sent historical shrapnel in all directions.”
In a new interview at PB, Greg Grandin discusses the execution of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán.
www.publicbooks.org/a-second-enl...
In a new interview at PB, Greg Grandin discusses the execution of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán.
www.publicbooks.org/a-second-enl...
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To understand the uprising and crisis in Indonesia, here is our selection of articles from ALR: labourreview.org/indonesias-u...
The Anatomy of Indonesia’s Uprising
Since late August 2025, Indonesia has been gripped by a wave of spontaneous and violent protests that shook the foundations of the new Prabowo-Gibran administration. What began as online discontent sp...
labourreview.org
September 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
To understand the uprising and crisis in Indonesia, here is our selection of articles from ALR: labourreview.org/indonesias-u...
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Carolyn Lesjak reviews Fredric Jameson in NLR 154:
‘In contrast to “the private lives of currently fashionable autofiction”, the works discussed here “try to write the collective, or at least register the crisis of the individual attempting to do so.”’
newleftreview.org/issues/ii154...
‘In contrast to “the private lives of currently fashionable autofiction”, the works discussed here “try to write the collective, or at least register the crisis of the individual attempting to do so.”’
newleftreview.org/issues/ii154...
September 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Carolyn Lesjak reviews Fredric Jameson in NLR 154:
‘In contrast to “the private lives of currently fashionable autofiction”, the works discussed here “try to write the collective, or at least register the crisis of the individual attempting to do so.”’
newleftreview.org/issues/ii154...
‘In contrast to “the private lives of currently fashionable autofiction”, the works discussed here “try to write the collective, or at least register the crisis of the individual attempting to do so.”’
newleftreview.org/issues/ii154...
Curious about mostly online our activist Anthropology MAs+PhDs?
Sign up for the Sept 5, 4pm Pacific Time Info Session with our founding department chair, Andrej Grubačić: www.ciis.edu/events/anthr...
Train in Anthropology informed by methodologies from Anarchism to Marxism.
Sign up for the Sept 5, 4pm Pacific Time Info Session with our founding department chair, Andrej Grubačić: www.ciis.edu/events/anthr...
Train in Anthropology informed by methodologies from Anarchism to Marxism.
August 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Curious about mostly online our activist Anthropology MAs+PhDs?
Sign up for the Sept 5, 4pm Pacific Time Info Session with our founding department chair, Andrej Grubačić: www.ciis.edu/events/anthr...
Train in Anthropology informed by methodologies from Anarchism to Marxism.
Sign up for the Sept 5, 4pm Pacific Time Info Session with our founding department chair, Andrej Grubačić: www.ciis.edu/events/anthr...
Train in Anthropology informed by methodologies from Anarchism to Marxism.
Brands Me and my
marketing to gay friends:
gays:
marketing to gay friends:
gays:
June 23, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Brands Me and my
marketing to gay friends:
gays:
marketing to gay friends:
gays:
Refusal of business as usual saves lives.
April 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Refusal of business as usual saves lives.
Rest in Power, David Graeber
April 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Rest in Power, David Graeber
If “end-stage capitalism” were a single picture.
April 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If “end-stage capitalism” were a single picture.
In our Societies Against the State course this Spring, we are studying the Kurdish Freedom Movement all semester!
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Curious about our low-residency MA+PhD in activist anthropology? Sign up today to join the April 15, 5:30pm Pacific Info Session: www.ciis.edu/events/anthr...
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Curious about our low-residency MA+PhD in activist anthropology? Sign up today to join the April 15, 5:30pm Pacific Info Session: www.ciis.edu/events/anthr...
March 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
In our Societies Against the State course this Spring, we are studying the Kurdish Freedom Movement all semester!
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Curious about our low-residency MA+PhD in activist anthropology? Sign up today to join the April 15, 5:30pm Pacific Info Session: www.ciis.edu/events/anthr...
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Curious about our low-residency MA+PhD in activist anthropology? Sign up today to join the April 15, 5:30pm Pacific Info Session: www.ciis.edu/events/anthr...
📹Subcomandante Marcos removes his mask!
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Interested in our low-residency MA+PhD in activist anthropology, including research in solidarity with populations in struggle? Sign up for the April 15, 5:30pm Pacific Info Session: www.ciis.edu/events/anthr...
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Interested in our low-residency MA+PhD in activist anthropology, including research in solidarity with populations in struggle? Sign up for the April 15, 5:30pm Pacific Info Session: www.ciis.edu/events/anthr...
March 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
📹Subcomandante Marcos removes his mask!
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Interested in our low-residency MA+PhD in activist anthropology, including research in solidarity with populations in struggle? Sign up for the April 15, 5:30pm Pacific Info Session: www.ciis.edu/events/anthr...
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Interested in our low-residency MA+PhD in activist anthropology, including research in solidarity with populations in struggle? Sign up for the April 15, 5:30pm Pacific Info Session: www.ciis.edu/events/anthr...
Interested in our low-residency MA+PhD in activist anthropology? Sign up here for the April 15, 5:30pm Pacific Time online Info Session: www.ciis.edu/events/anthr...
📹Department friend @davidgraeber (RIP🖤) from davidgraeber.org on the Paradox of Sovereignty
📹Department friend @davidgraeber (RIP🖤) from davidgraeber.org on the Paradox of Sovereignty
March 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Interested in our low-residency MA+PhD in activist anthropology? Sign up here for the April 15, 5:30pm Pacific Time online Info Session: www.ciis.edu/events/anthr...
📹Department friend @davidgraeber (RIP🖤) from davidgraeber.org on the Paradox of Sovereignty
📹Department friend @davidgraeber (RIP🖤) from davidgraeber.org on the Paradox of Sovereignty
Eyal Weizman 4th Annual David Graeber Memorial Lecture+the Q+A, up now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfD1...
Eyal Weizman "Conditions of Life Calculated..." on the Gaza Genocide -David Graeber Memorial Lecture
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February 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Eyal Weizman 4th Annual David Graeber Memorial Lecture+the Q+A, up now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfD1...
New Degree option just dropped! Looking to finish a BA? Maybe get an accelerated MA with us in Activist Anthropology? See link below for info on CIIS accelerated degree programs!
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February 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
New Degree option just dropped! Looking to finish a BA? Maybe get an accelerated MA with us in Activist Anthropology? See link below for info on CIIS accelerated degree programs!
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Wednesday! ciis.zoom.us/j/98062486957
Celebrate David Graeber’s birthday with us! 4th Annual David Graeber Memorial Lecture with Eyal Weizman. Bookmark the above Zoom link.
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“Conditions of Life Calculated...” on the Gaza Genocide 1/10
Celebrate David Graeber’s birthday with us! 4th Annual David Graeber Memorial Lecture with Eyal Weizman. Bookmark the above Zoom link.
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“Conditions of Life Calculated...” on the Gaza Genocide 1/10
February 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Wednesday! ciis.zoom.us/j/98062486957
Celebrate David Graeber’s birthday with us! 4th Annual David Graeber Memorial Lecture with Eyal Weizman. Bookmark the above Zoom link.
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“Conditions of Life Calculated...” on the Gaza Genocide 1/10
Celebrate David Graeber’s birthday with us! 4th Annual David Graeber Memorial Lecture with Eyal Weizman. Bookmark the above Zoom link.
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“Conditions of Life Calculated...” on the Gaza Genocide 1/10
IWW Bay Area newest shop, APTP Workers are facing union busting tactics from management and could use your support! ❤️🐈⬛
APTP Worker response to management. Those local to Oakland are encouraged to come to the APTP MLK Day event on Monday. There is no call for a boycott!
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January 20, 2025 at 7:55 AM
IWW Bay Area newest shop, APTP Workers are facing union busting tactics from management and could use your support! ❤️🐈⬛
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APTP Workers encourage your support by attending the MLK event. Support the cause, support the workers! There’s no call for a boycott!
January 20, 2025 at 7:24 AM
APTP Workers encourage your support by attending the MLK event. Support the cause, support the workers! There’s no call for a boycott!