Department of Anthropology at Rutgers is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor with a particular emphasis on the dynamic intersections of Language, Culture, and Power. Apply here: jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/260...

LISTEN: The Migrant’s Jail author @briannanofil.bsky.social spoke with @npr.org’s Throughline podcast about the history of migrant detention in the US:

Pleased Wasafiri shared an extract from
No is Not a Lonely Utterance! Whole book is out Sept 18th. Gulp. www.wasafiri.org/content/excl...

finally some published data from @pandemicjournaling.bsky.social!

NEW ARTICLE:
‘It’s not where we are, it’s who we’re near’: Crisis & caring labor in the COVID narratives of middle-class white women in the US

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And be sure to check out the work of our wonderful SIG (Special Interest Group The Disability Research Interest Group (DRIG): medanthro.net/interest-gro...

The Disability Research Interest Group of SMA is pleased to announce this year’s Disability Anthropology Essay Prize competition. Submissions are due September 1! More info here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

@appliedanthro.bsky.social @culanth.bsky.social @medanthropology.bsky.social @americananthro.bsky.social please share widely if you can!

If you wish to submit a paper for consideration, please email the paper and a cover letter of introduction to the Virchow Awards Committee at [email protected] by August 1, 2025!

The Rudolf Virchow Awards are given by the special SMA interest group Critical Anthropology for Global Health Caucus. Professional Award honors a recently published article, the Graduate and Undergraduate Student Awards honor recent student papers that have not yet benefited from editorial review.

Rudolf Virchow, a 19th century German physician, was the founder of social medicine. His contributions centered on his recognition that multiple intersecting factors - social, political, and economic – produce disease and illness.

Award season continues! Please consider submitting a laler or nominating someone for the Virchow award; deadline is Aug 1! Awards are made in the following categories: 1) Professional, 2) Graduate Student, and 3) Undergraduate Student. More info in the thread:

There is still time to apply for the SMA Dissertation Award! The deadline has been extended to July 15th. You still have time and your dissertations are great! Please apply and share widely! Here is the link with more info:

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Our "Public Anthropology" reader is out - and it has become such a beautiful book! 😍🌞 #openaccess

Deadline for nominations for the SMA Hazel Weidman Award for Exemplary Service is July 15! The award is presented to a member who has, over the course of a career, demonstrated extraordinary service to the profession.

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And don’t forget, the deadline for the SMA Travel Initiative to support underrepresented scholars is also June 15th! Here is the link to the application form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Reminder that the deadline to apply for the SMA Dissertation Award is June 15th. You still have time and your dissertations are great even if you’re a perfectionists! Here is the link:

medanthro.net/about/histor...

We are so pleased to share n important essay by @dafnushka.bsky.social regardin the Russian occupation of Ukraine in the first issue of MAQ’s online publicaetion Critical Care:

medanthro.net/critical-car... Vulnerability Is Not a Metaphor – Society for Medical Anthropology

And don’t forget, the deadline for the SMA Dissertation Award is July 15!

medanthro.net/about/histor...

Deadline for the SMA Travel Initiative to support underrepresented scholars has been extended until June 15th! Here is the link to the application form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

@americananthro.bsky.social @appliedanthro.bsky.social @culanth.bsky.social

check out the latest issue of our newsletter, SMA Bulletin (formerly Second Opinion)!

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What a week! Thank you to all those who made #SfAA2025 such a fantastic Annual Meeting. We are already looking forward to #SfAA2026 in Albuquerque, March 17-21, 2026!

#SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology

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