CUAA
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Critical Urban Anthropology Association. Section of the American Anthropological Association. A place for urban anthropologists and their allies and interlocutors. #CUAA
Celebrating Ida Susser and her Legacy at the AAA Annual Meeting in New Orleans
Time: 10:15-11:45AM, Saturday November 22
Place: Sheraton, Grand Ballroom D (Fifth Floor)
#Anthropology
Time: 10:15-11:45AM, Saturday November 22
Place: Sheraton, Grand Ballroom D (Fifth Floor)
#Anthropology
November 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Celebrating Ida Susser and her Legacy at the AAA Annual Meeting in New Orleans
Time: 10:15-11:45AM, Saturday November 22
Place: Sheraton, Grand Ballroom D (Fifth Floor)
#Anthropology
Time: 10:15-11:45AM, Saturday November 22
Place: Sheraton, Grand Ballroom D (Fifth Floor)
#Anthropology
Late Breaking for #CUAA members! “Special Event at AAA New Orleans: Anthropology, Academia, and Authoritarianism”. Concerned about authoritarian interventions in academia? Join the informal discussion! Time: Thursday, Nov 20, 2025 11:45 AM- 12:45 PM. Place: Marriott Studio 1
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Late Breaking for #CUAA members! “Special Event at AAA New Orleans: Anthropology, Academia, and Authoritarianism”. Concerned about authoritarian interventions in academia? Join the informal discussion! Time: Thursday, Nov 20, 2025 11:45 AM- 12:45 PM. Place: Marriott Studio 1
Idil Onen (CUNY Grad Ctr), Irina Shirobokova (CUNY Grad Ctr),Nehal Amer (CUNY Grad Ctr), and Jesse McLaughlin (CUNY Grad Ctr) have received #CUAA’s 2025 award for Best Panel Presented by PhD Students or Recent PhDs. The award comes with a $1,000 award. Congratulations Idil, Irina, Nehal and Jesse!
November 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Idil Onen (CUNY Grad Ctr), Irina Shirobokova (CUNY Grad Ctr),Nehal Amer (CUNY Grad Ctr), and Jesse McLaughlin (CUNY Grad Ctr) have received #CUAA’s 2025 award for Best Panel Presented by PhD Students or Recent PhDs. The award comes with a $1,000 award. Congratulations Idil, Irina, Nehal and Jesse!
#CUAA member Joseph Godlewski (Architecture, Syracuse University) has received Honorable Mention for the #CUAA Anthony Leeds Award for Best Urban Anthropology Book published in 2024 for The Architecture of the Bight of Biafra: Spatial Entanglements, Routledge.Congratulations, Joseph!
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Amy Zhang (Anthropology, New York University) has received Honorable Mention for the #CUAA Anthony Leeds Award for Best Urban Anthropology Book published in 2024 for Circular Ecologies: Environmentalism and Waste Politics in Urban China, Stanford University Press. Congratulations, Amy!
November 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Amy Zhang (Anthropology, New York University) has received Honorable Mention for the #CUAA Anthony Leeds Award for Best Urban Anthropology Book published in 2024 for Circular Ecologies: Environmentalism and Waste Politics in Urban China, Stanford University Press. Congratulations, Amy!
Bruce O’Neill (Anthropology, St. Louis University) has received the #CUAA Anthony Leeds Award for Best Urban Anthropology Book published in 2024 for Underground: Dreams and Degradations in Bucharest, University of Pennsylvania Press. Congratulations, Bruce!
November 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Bruce O’Neill (Anthropology, St. Louis University) has received the #CUAA Anthony Leeds Award for Best Urban Anthropology Book published in 2024 for Underground: Dreams and Degradations in Bucharest, University of Pennsylvania Press. Congratulations, Bruce!
November 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
FREE MEETUP LUNCH at AAA meeting for all #CUAA members who are graduate students or precariously employed PhDs!! #CUAA invites members to join us on THURSDAY, November 20 at 12:00 PM at the AAA meeting in New Orleans. Food is on us! RSVP here by WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5: bit.ly/46XJYj3
#Anthropology
#Anthropology
November 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
FREE MEETUP LUNCH at AAA meeting for all #CUAA members who are graduate students or precariously employed PhDs!! #CUAA invites members to join us on THURSDAY, November 20 at 12:00 PM at the AAA meeting in New Orleans. Food is on us! RSVP here by WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5: bit.ly/46XJYj3
#Anthropology
#Anthropology
Save the date! Are you a CUAA member attending AAA New Orleans 2025? Join CUAA’s reception held off-site on Saturday Nov 22, 9 pm-11 pm in lovely downtown New Orleans at a location announced at CUAA’s Nov 21 Annual Business Meeting. Reception will have free food and drink for all members!
October 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Save the date! Are you a CUAA member attending AAA New Orleans 2025? Join CUAA’s reception held off-site on Saturday Nov 22, 9 pm-11 pm in lovely downtown New Orleans at a location announced at CUAA’s Nov 21 Annual Business Meeting. Reception will have free food and drink for all members!
October 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
CUAA invites members who are currently PhD students and recent PhDs (within last 5 years) who are precariously employed to join us for a meetup lunch on Thursday, 11/20 @12PM at the AAA meeting in New Orleans.
Food is on us! RSVP BELOW by Oct 31. See you there! #Anthropology
RSVP: bit.ly/46XJYj3
Food is on us! RSVP BELOW by Oct 31. See you there! #Anthropology
RSVP: bit.ly/46XJYj3
October 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
CUAA invites members who are currently PhD students and recent PhDs (within last 5 years) who are precariously employed to join us for a meetup lunch on Thursday, 11/20 @12PM at the AAA meeting in New Orleans.
Food is on us! RSVP BELOW by Oct 31. See you there! #Anthropology
RSVP: bit.ly/46XJYj3
Food is on us! RSVP BELOW by Oct 31. See you there! #Anthropology
RSVP: bit.ly/46XJYj3
Hear CUAA’s 2025 Distinguished Lecture, “California Forever? Speculating on ‘New Cities in the Wild Frontier,’” by Prof. Desiree Fields (Geography, UC Berkeley), November 22, 7:30-8:30 PM, Marriot Hotel, New Orleans. Reception for members only follows!
October 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Hear CUAA’s 2025 Distinguished Lecture, “California Forever? Speculating on ‘New Cities in the Wild Frontier,’” by Prof. Desiree Fields (Geography, UC Berkeley), November 22, 7:30-8:30 PM, Marriot Hotel, New Orleans. Reception for members only follows!
October 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
What is CUAA? We are the Critical Urban Anthropology Association, a 200+ members strong section of American Anthropological Association @americananthro.bsky.social. We study city residents confronting gentrification, policing, and climate change.
Join us! americananthro.org/membership/
Join us! americananthro.org/membership/
October 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
What is CUAA? We are the Critical Urban Anthropology Association, a 200+ members strong section of American Anthropological Association @americananthro.bsky.social. We study city residents confronting gentrification, policing, and climate change.
Join us! americananthro.org/membership/
Join us! americananthro.org/membership/
AAA 2025 COUNTDOWN: 45 days to go!! Visit our website for more information and follow us on social media today!
Become a member: americananthro.org/membership
#Anthropology
Become a member: americananthro.org/membership
#Anthropology
October 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
AAA 2025 COUNTDOWN: 45 days to go!! Visit our website for more information and follow us on social media today!
Become a member: americananthro.org/membership
#Anthropology
Become a member: americananthro.org/membership
#Anthropology
CUAA DEADLINE EXTENSIONS: OCTOBER 24TH!
Two of CUAA's cash prize awards will now BOTH be due October 24th, 2025.
Visit "News" on our website to learn more!
cuaa.americananthro.org
Two of CUAA's cash prize awards will now BOTH be due October 24th, 2025.
Visit "News" on our website to learn more!
cuaa.americananthro.org
October 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
CUAA DEADLINE EXTENSIONS: OCTOBER 24TH!
Two of CUAA's cash prize awards will now BOTH be due October 24th, 2025.
Visit "News" on our website to learn more!
cuaa.americananthro.org
Two of CUAA's cash prize awards will now BOTH be due October 24th, 2025.
Visit "News" on our website to learn more!
cuaa.americananthro.org
Why join CUAA now? You hear about problems in cities all the time! Food insecurity. Racial divisions. Occupation by authoritarian forces. And more. So what’s the back story? Learn what’s going on! – Join CUAA today! americananthro.org/membership/
September 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Why join CUAA now? You hear about problems in cities all the time! Food insecurity. Racial divisions. Occupation by authoritarian forces. And more. So what’s the back story? Learn what’s going on! – Join CUAA today! americananthro.org/membership/
Join CUAA Today! americananthro.org/membership/
September 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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September 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Why Did You Join CUAA?
"I joined CUAA because it was one of the few anthropology associations engaged in debates about urban political economy from a critical and interdisciplinary perspective. Through CUAA, I got to visit Puerto Rico and eat pizza with David Harvey!" -Julio Gutierrez, UNC CH-Hill
"I joined CUAA because it was one of the few anthropology associations engaged in debates about urban political economy from a critical and interdisciplinary perspective. Through CUAA, I got to visit Puerto Rico and eat pizza with David Harvey!" -Julio Gutierrez, UNC CH-Hill
September 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Why Did You Join CUAA?
"I joined CUAA because it was one of the few anthropology associations engaged in debates about urban political economy from a critical and interdisciplinary perspective. Through CUAA, I got to visit Puerto Rico and eat pizza with David Harvey!" -Julio Gutierrez, UNC CH-Hill
"I joined CUAA because it was one of the few anthropology associations engaged in debates about urban political economy from a critical and interdisciplinary perspective. Through CUAA, I got to visit Puerto Rico and eat pizza with David Harvey!" -Julio Gutierrez, UNC CH-Hill
Save the date! If you are a CUAA member attending AAA New Orleans 2025, join CUAA’s reception held off-site on Saturday Nov 22 9 pm-11 pm in lovely downtown New Orleans at a location TBA at CUAA’s Annual Business Meeting. Not least our Reception will have free food and drink for all CUAA members!
September 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Save the date! If you are a CUAA member attending AAA New Orleans 2025, join CUAA’s reception held off-site on Saturday Nov 22 9 pm-11 pm in lovely downtown New Orleans at a location TBA at CUAA’s Annual Business Meeting. Not least our Reception will have free food and drink for all CUAA members!
If you are an anthropologist interested in cities, we invite you to join CUAA now! You’ll gain access to cutting-edge urban social analysis and cultural critique and a forum for your research, in a fighting small section that cares for its members. Join us! americananthro.org/membership/
September 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If you are an anthropologist interested in cities, we invite you to join CUAA now! You’ll gain access to cutting-edge urban social analysis and cultural critique and a forum for your research, in a fighting small section that cares for its members. Join us! americananthro.org/membership/
What is CUAA? CUAA is the largest association of urban anthropologists in the US. More than 200 strong, we do cutting-edge ethnographic and historical research on the big issues of living in cities in the US and around the world. Join us: americananthro.org/membership/
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September 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
What is CUAA? CUAA is the largest association of urban anthropologists in the US. More than 200 strong, we do cutting-edge ethnographic and historical research on the big issues of living in cities in the US and around the world. Join us: americananthro.org/membership/
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September 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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