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Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · Aug 18

we are less than 1 mo to the deadline for this year's CA visual media competition!

Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · Jul 15

PLEASE SHARE!

Current Anthropology's annual competition is open! Deadline 15 Sept for 1-3 visual pieces plus extended caption in any of the 4 fields (soc/cult anth, arch, bio anth, ling anth). The winners will be published in 2026 Curr Anth AND be the issue covers!

Current Anthropology: Visual anthropology competition

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Carly Schuster @carlyschuster.bsky.social · Aug 15

Looking forward to continuing the conversation in December!! Yay!! 🙌

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Bronwyn Isaacs @find-bronwyn.bsky.social · Aug 14

Are you an anthropologist interested in extractivism at the margins? Vast concentration of wealth enabled by novel monopolistic and interventionist economies? See the CFP for "New Fascist Economies" panel at the Anthropology Conference in Aotearoa @carlyschuster.bsky.social www.asaanz.org/conference

ASAA/NZ Annual Conference — Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa New Zealand

ASAA/NZ ANNUAL CONFERENCE

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Carly Schuster @carlyschuster.bsky.social · Aug 15

Hey team! Join us in Aotearoa New Zealand in December for an awesome panel on “New Fascist Economies” - we are looking to build a shared agenda around the socioeconomic of political chaos. See you there! And ping for more info if you’re keen 🙂

Bronwyn Isaacs @find-bronwyn.bsky.social · Aug 14

Are you an anthropologist interested in extractivism at the margins? Vast concentration of wealth enabled by novel monopolistic and interventionist economies? See the CFP for "New Fascist Economies" panel at the Anthropology Conference in Aotearoa @carlyschuster.bsky.social www.asaanz.org/conference

ASAA/NZ Annual Conference — Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa New Zealand

ASAA/NZ ANNUAL CONFERENCE

www.asaanz.org

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Carly Schuster @carlyschuster.bsky.social · Aug 9

Here it goes! Incubating since 2018, with a big boost from the Wenner-Gren Symposium on “The Price of Wealth” (2022) - full special issue below 👇

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... Politics of Pools : Wealth and Insurance under the Doctrine of Actuarial Fairness | Current Anthropology

Politics of Pools : Wealth and Insurance under the Doctrine of Actuarial Fairness | Current Anthropology: Vol 66, No S27

Anthropology has long considered the social institutions that pool and redistribute wealth through various forms of reciprocity. In Paraguay, state-sponsored life insurance for poor communities on the...

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AusSTS @aussts.bsky.social · Jan 24

📣Save-the-date for #AusSTS2025! This year's theme is ⚡SIGNALS AND NOISES⚡

9 - 11 July, 2025
Melbourne/Naarm

Hosted by @deakinssn.bsky.social and @sthv.bsky.social

Ful CFP coming soon!

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Carly Schuster @carlyschuster.bsky.social · Nov 20

Our department at Australian National University is hiring in medical #anthropology. It’s Level B (continuing), equivalent to Assistant Professor. PhD must be in hand (not abd unfortunately). Closing end of Jan. Please spread the word! jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/lecture...

Lecturer in Medical Anthropology - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia

Classification: Academic Level BSalary package: $112,916 - $128,026 per annum plus 17% superannuation Term: Full time, Continuing Location: Canberra / ACT The opportunity to work within a colla...

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Carly Schuster @carlyschuster.bsky.social · Jan 8

Definitely will!

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Carly Schuster @carlyschuster.bsky.social · Jan 8

This looks like a fabulous special issue!!

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Philipp Golka @pgolka.bsky.social · Jan 8

📣 DEADLINE NEXT WEEK

Are you studying questions of loss and decline in the #climate crisis and would enjoy a paid trip to Cologne to discuss these issues over tiny Cologne beers?

Then apply for our @mpifg.bsky.social paper-development workshop for our SER SI!

Call for Papers: The socio-economics of loss and decline in the climate crisis

Special issue for Socio-Economic Review Guest Editors: Valentina Ausserladscheider, University of Vienna, ([email protected]), Timur Er

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Carly Schuster @carlyschuster.bsky.social · Jan 8

Thanks! 🤩

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Carly Schuster @carlyschuster.bsky.social · Jan 8

Happy new year, and this week I’m officially on the masthead of Current Anthropology with my fab colleague @cjfrieman.bsky.social as joint Editors in Chief. We are the first arch/anth EIC duo - so if you’re in Bian, Arch, SocioCultural, or LingAnth, hit us up! We are happy to field questions!

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Mark Grabowski @markgrabowski.bsky.social · Dec 26

Resignation of the Journal of Human Evolution Editorial Board: We are saddened to announce the resignations of The Joint Editors-in-Chief, all Emeritus Editors retired or active in the field, and all but one Associate Editor. Press release below.

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Carly Schuster @carlyschuster.bsky.social · Dec 1

OMG I want one!!!!

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Carly Schuster @carlyschuster.bsky.social · Nov 20

Our department at Australian National University is hiring in medical #anthropology. It’s Level B (continuing), equivalent to Assistant Professor. PhD must be in hand (not abd unfortunately). Closing end of Jan. Please spread the word! jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/lecture...

Lecturer in Medical Anthropology - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia

Classification: Academic Level BSalary package: $112,916 - $128,026 per annum plus 17% superannuation Term: Full time, Continuing Location: Canberra / ACT The opportunity to work within a colla...

jobs.anu.edu.au

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Carly Schuster @carlyschuster.bsky.social · Nov 20

It’s framed in my office 🔥

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Dr. Clare Sammells @csammells.bsky.social · Nov 17

Are you an anthropologist working in Latin American or the Caribbean? Or maybe you just want to know more about the region? Here's a starter pack of some of the members of SLACA (The Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology): go.bsky.app/LGV4jHn

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Carly Schuster @carlyschuster.bsky.social · Nov 19

Amazing thanks Bridget!!! And YAY for #paraguay studies!

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Carly Schuster @carlyschuster.bsky.social · Nov 18

Book launches in #anthropology should have more merch! Advantages of collaborating with illustrators and designers #graphicethnography #ethnoGRAPHIC

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Carly Schuster @carlyschuster.bsky.social · Nov 18

And @acsargent.bsky.social too!

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Carly Schuster @carlyschuster.bsky.social · Nov 18

Thanks for making the list! Could you please add me too?

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Charlotte Abney @abney.bsky.social · Nov 18

Applications are now open for 2025-26 fellowships at @scihistoryorg.bsky.social!

We offer postdoc, dissertation, distinguished & short-term fellowships for researchers from anywhere in any fields w/ projects that can make use of our collections.

Questions? Ask here!

Science History Institute Fellowships

The Institute is home to the largest private fellowship program in the historical study of science, medicine, and technology in the United States.

www.sciencehistory.org

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Onur Özgöde @ummodern.bsky.social · Nov 18

Just created this starter pack. Let me know if you would like me to add you!

go.bsky.app/ptifSR

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Carly Schuster @carlyschuster.bsky.social · Nov 18

Thanks Onur! Please add me too! Looking forward to rebuilding connections over here…

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