riceanthro.bsky.social
@riceanthro.bsky.social
Department of Anthropology at Rice University
How can we study automation as anthropologists? Where do we start? What would a CS/anthropology collaboration look like?
Our professor, Ilana Gershon, wrote a piece about it: "An Anthropologist’s Guide to Better Automation", co-authored by Caitrin Lynch, has now been published.
Our professor, Ilana Gershon, wrote a piece about it: "An Anthropologist’s Guide to Better Automation", co-authored by Caitrin Lynch, has now been published.
December 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
How can we study automation as anthropologists? Where do we start? What would a CS/anthropology collaboration look like?
Our professor, Ilana Gershon, wrote a piece about it: "An Anthropologist’s Guide to Better Automation", co-authored by Caitrin Lynch, has now been published.
Our professor, Ilana Gershon, wrote a piece about it: "An Anthropologist’s Guide to Better Automation", co-authored by Caitrin Lynch, has now been published.
Join the Rice Cinema and us for a special screening featuring work by Tish Stringer, a Rice Anthropology alum and former technical exhibition manager at Rice Cinema! Friday, December 19, 7:00 PM, Sarofim Hall, Pitman Cinema Theatre.
December 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Join the Rice Cinema and us for a special screening featuring work by Tish Stringer, a Rice Anthropology alum and former technical exhibition manager at Rice Cinema! Friday, December 19, 7:00 PM, Sarofim Hall, Pitman Cinema Theatre.
We have great classes coming up for Spring semester!
ANTH 206: Intro to Indigenous Environmental Movements
Dr. Huatse Gyal
Fridays 12-2:30pm
Reach out to our professor, Huatse Gyal, for more information. Read below for the class description.
ANTH 206: Intro to Indigenous Environmental Movements
Dr. Huatse Gyal
Fridays 12-2:30pm
Reach out to our professor, Huatse Gyal, for more information. Read below for the class description.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
We have great classes coming up for Spring semester!
ANTH 206: Intro to Indigenous Environmental Movements
Dr. Huatse Gyal
Fridays 12-2:30pm
Reach out to our professor, Huatse Gyal, for more information. Read below for the class description.
ANTH 206: Intro to Indigenous Environmental Movements
Dr. Huatse Gyal
Fridays 12-2:30pm
Reach out to our professor, Huatse Gyal, for more information. Read below for the class description.
Zahid took the cake! CONGRATS to our graduate student Zahid Ali for receiving the prestigious Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant 2025.
Read more about his amazing research on the Rice Anthropology website: profiles.rice.edu/student/zahi...
Read more about his amazing research on the Rice Anthropology website: profiles.rice.edu/student/zahi...
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Zahid took the cake! CONGRATS to our graduate student Zahid Ali for receiving the prestigious Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant 2025.
Read more about his amazing research on the Rice Anthropology website: profiles.rice.edu/student/zahi...
Read more about his amazing research on the Rice Anthropology website: profiles.rice.edu/student/zahi...
JOIN US for a Brown Bag Talk “Enterprising Spirit and Entrepreneurial Practice, Religion, and the Making of Entrepreneurs in Post-colonial Zimbabwe” with Josiah Taru, Postdoctoral Associate, Boniuk Institute, Rice University, on Friday, November 14, 12pm, Sewall 570 and Zoom.
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
JOIN US for a Brown Bag Talk “Enterprising Spirit and Entrepreneurial Practice, Religion, and the Making of Entrepreneurs in Post-colonial Zimbabwe” with Josiah Taru, Postdoctoral Associate, Boniuk Institute, Rice University, on Friday, November 14, 12pm, Sewall 570 and Zoom.
Join Rice Anthropology PhD Candidate Alejandra Osejo Varona, and Carlos Ramón, for an immersive sound walk that is part of her doctoral research, tomorrow, 5-6:30pm, Herring Hall Courtyard.
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Join Rice Anthropology PhD Candidate Alejandra Osejo Varona, and Carlos Ramón, for an immersive sound walk that is part of her doctoral research, tomorrow, 5-6:30pm, Herring Hall Courtyard.
Join us for the second Ethnographic Design Co.Lab event of the year:
Archeology and Object-Oriented Ethnography led by our esteemed professor Khadene Harris, November 7, 12-2pm, Sewall Hall 570.
Advanced registration is encouraged.
Archeology and Object-Oriented Ethnography led by our esteemed professor Khadene Harris, November 7, 12-2pm, Sewall Hall 570.
Advanced registration is encouraged.
October 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Join us for the second Ethnographic Design Co.Lab event of the year:
Archeology and Object-Oriented Ethnography led by our esteemed professor Khadene Harris, November 7, 12-2pm, Sewall Hall 570.
Advanced registration is encouraged.
Archeology and Object-Oriented Ethnography led by our esteemed professor Khadene Harris, November 7, 12-2pm, Sewall Hall 570.
Advanced registration is encouraged.
JOIN US for a Grad Admissions Info Session on Thursday, November 6, from 12-1pm (CST) via Zoom.
Prospective grad students have the opportunity to meet with faculty members Dr. Gokce Gunel, Dr. Huatse Gyal, and Dr. Cymene Howe.
Register for the meeting here: tr.ee/VJJWtV
Prospective grad students have the opportunity to meet with faculty members Dr. Gokce Gunel, Dr. Huatse Gyal, and Dr. Cymene Howe.
Register for the meeting here: tr.ee/VJJWtV
October 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
JOIN US for a Grad Admissions Info Session on Thursday, November 6, from 12-1pm (CST) via Zoom.
Prospective grad students have the opportunity to meet with faculty members Dr. Gokce Gunel, Dr. Huatse Gyal, and Dr. Cymene Howe.
Register for the meeting here: tr.ee/VJJWtV
Prospective grad students have the opportunity to meet with faculty members Dr. Gokce Gunel, Dr. Huatse Gyal, and Dr. Cymene Howe.
Register for the meeting here: tr.ee/VJJWtV
JOIN US for a Brown Bag Talk “Community Engagement and the Bolivar Archaeological Project, Texas” with Maria Franklin, Professor and Department Associate Chair, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, on Friday, October 24, at 12:00pm in Sewall 570 and Zoom.
October 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
JOIN US for a Brown Bag Talk “Community Engagement and the Bolivar Archaeological Project, Texas” with Maria Franklin, Professor and Department Associate Chair, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, on Friday, October 24, at 12:00pm in Sewall 570 and Zoom.
Join our professor, Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Anthropology, Dr. Ilana Gershon for a Scientia Lecture Series: Knowledge Under Fire, "You Say You Want a Revolution: The Appeal of the Illiberal", tomorrow, October 21, 4 pm, Kyle Morrow Room at Fondren Library.
October 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Join our professor, Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Anthropology, Dr. Ilana Gershon for a Scientia Lecture Series: Knowledge Under Fire, "You Say You Want a Revolution: The Appeal of the Illiberal", tomorrow, October 21, 4 pm, Kyle Morrow Room at Fondren Library.
JOIN US for a Brown Bag Talk “Rot and Repair: Crafting Ecological Futures in a Broken World” with Anand Pandian, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University, on Friday, October 10, at 12:00pm in Sewall 570 and on Zoom.
October 9, 2025 at 3:33 AM
JOIN US for a Brown Bag Talk “Rot and Repair: Crafting Ecological Futures in a Broken World” with Anand Pandian, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University, on Friday, October 10, at 12:00pm in Sewall 570 and on Zoom.
Read the news article and listen to Alejandra Osejo Varona share her exciting research:
"Escobar’s Hippos: How a Rice Anthropologist Is Rewriting the Story of Colombia’s Most Unlikely Ecological Problem": tr.ee/H0a2MF
"Escobar’s Hippos: How a Rice Anthropologist Is Rewriting the Story of Colombia’s Most Unlikely Ecological Problem": tr.ee/H0a2MF
October 9, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Read the news article and listen to Alejandra Osejo Varona share her exciting research:
"Escobar’s Hippos: How a Rice Anthropologist Is Rewriting the Story of Colombia’s Most Unlikely Ecological Problem": tr.ee/H0a2MF
"Escobar’s Hippos: How a Rice Anthropologist Is Rewriting the Story of Colombia’s Most Unlikely Ecological Problem": tr.ee/H0a2MF
JOIN US and the Program in STS for a Brown Bag Talk “Irreversible returns: Controversies Over Glacier Geoengineering in Chile” with Cristián Simonetti, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, on Friday, October 3, at 12:00pm on Zoom.
September 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
JOIN US and the Program in STS for a Brown Bag Talk “Irreversible returns: Controversies Over Glacier Geoengineering in Chile” with Cristián Simonetti, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, on Friday, October 3, at 12:00pm on Zoom.
Join our professor, Dr. Manuel Dominguez-Rodrigo, and the School of Social Sciences for Research Relays on Friday, October 3, 4:30 - 6:30 PM, Kraft Hall 130.
Other speakers include: Kevin Thomas (SOCI), Guillaume Pouliot (ECON), Jae-Hee Jung (POLI)
RSVP: form.asana.com?k=dAlNpxVjRK...
Other speakers include: Kevin Thomas (SOCI), Guillaume Pouliot (ECON), Jae-Hee Jung (POLI)
RSVP: form.asana.com?k=dAlNpxVjRK...
September 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Join our professor, Dr. Manuel Dominguez-Rodrigo, and the School of Social Sciences for Research Relays on Friday, October 3, 4:30 - 6:30 PM, Kraft Hall 130.
Other speakers include: Kevin Thomas (SOCI), Guillaume Pouliot (ECON), Jae-Hee Jung (POLI)
RSVP: form.asana.com?k=dAlNpxVjRK...
Other speakers include: Kevin Thomas (SOCI), Guillaume Pouliot (ECON), Jae-Hee Jung (POLI)
RSVP: form.asana.com?k=dAlNpxVjRK...
New article on NYA Sciences co-written by our professor Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo:
"Early Humans and the Balance of Power: Homo habilis as prey"
Read it online: nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
"Early Humans and the Balance of Power: Homo habilis as prey"
Read it online: nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New article on NYA Sciences co-written by our professor Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo:
"Early Humans and the Balance of Power: Homo habilis as prey"
Read it online: nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
"Early Humans and the Balance of Power: Homo habilis as prey"
Read it online: nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We are having our first Ethnographic Design CoLab meeting of the year!
Affect Theater with Cristiana Giordano, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, September 26, 12-4pm, Location TBA.
Affect Theater with Cristiana Giordano, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, September 26, 12-4pm, Location TBA.
September 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
We are having our first Ethnographic Design CoLab meeting of the year!
Affect Theater with Cristiana Giordano, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, September 26, 12-4pm, Location TBA.
Affect Theater with Cristiana Giordano, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, September 26, 12-4pm, Location TBA.
Students in Eat Me: Food & Culture in Global Contexts (ANTH 210, Fall 2025), taught by Professor Cymene Howe, spent an afternoon at Seibel Servery in conversation with Chef Joe Stayshich, Assistant Dining Director, and the dedicated servery crew.
September 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Students in Eat Me: Food & Culture in Global Contexts (ANTH 210, Fall 2025), taught by Professor Cymene Howe, spent an afternoon at Seibel Servery in conversation with Chef Joe Stayshich, Assistant Dining Director, and the dedicated servery crew.
JOIN US for a Brown Bag Talk “No Malagasy Science? Politics and Paradox of Post-Colonial Sciences in Madagascar” with Quinn Georgic, PhD Candidate, Rice University, on Friday, September 19, at 12:00pm in Sewall 570 and Zoom.
Register for the Zoom meeting: tinyurl.com/5dez6v43
Register for the Zoom meeting: tinyurl.com/5dez6v43
September 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
JOIN US for a Brown Bag Talk “No Malagasy Science? Politics and Paradox of Post-Colonial Sciences in Madagascar” with Quinn Georgic, PhD Candidate, Rice University, on Friday, September 19, at 12:00pm in Sewall 570 and Zoom.
Register for the Zoom meeting: tinyurl.com/5dez6v43
Register for the Zoom meeting: tinyurl.com/5dez6v43
JOIN US and the Center for Environmental Studies for their next lunch series on Tuesday, September 16, at 11:30 am, at the Cohen House.
Assistant Professor Huatse Gyal (Anthropology) will be one of the panelists, along with Dean Rachel Kimbro, Cassandra Diep, and Chin Jou.
Assistant Professor Huatse Gyal (Anthropology) will be one of the panelists, along with Dean Rachel Kimbro, Cassandra Diep, and Chin Jou.
September 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
JOIN US and the Center for Environmental Studies for their next lunch series on Tuesday, September 16, at 11:30 am, at the Cohen House.
Assistant Professor Huatse Gyal (Anthropology) will be one of the panelists, along with Dean Rachel Kimbro, Cassandra Diep, and Chin Jou.
Assistant Professor Huatse Gyal (Anthropology) will be one of the panelists, along with Dean Rachel Kimbro, Cassandra Diep, and Chin Jou.
JOIN US, Dr. Günel, and Friends of Fondren for an event, The Books that Shaped My World, this Wednesday, September 10, 6 p.m., Fondren Library, Kyle Morrow Room, 3rd Floor.
RSVP here: riceconnect.rice.edu/fondren/BTSM...
RSVP here: riceconnect.rice.edu/fondren/BTSM...
September 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
JOIN US, Dr. Günel, and Friends of Fondren for an event, The Books that Shaped My World, this Wednesday, September 10, 6 p.m., Fondren Library, Kyle Morrow Room, 3rd Floor.
RSVP here: riceconnect.rice.edu/fondren/BTSM...
RSVP here: riceconnect.rice.edu/fondren/BTSM...
JOIN US and the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies for a talk: "Spanish Speakers as Racialized Social Types: Hearing for Deficiency and Deception" by Jessica López-Espino.
Dr. López-Espino will be introduced by our professor Amarilys Estrella.
Scan QR for more info.
Dr. López-Espino will be introduced by our professor Amarilys Estrella.
Scan QR for more info.
September 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
JOIN US and the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies for a talk: "Spanish Speakers as Racialized Social Types: Hearing for Deficiency and Deception" by Jessica López-Espino.
Dr. López-Espino will be introduced by our professor Amarilys Estrella.
Scan QR for more info.
Dr. López-Espino will be introduced by our professor Amarilys Estrella.
Scan QR for more info.
TOMORROW! ✨
JOIN THE RICE ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT FOR A BROWN BAG LECTURE WITH MELISSA CEFKIN:
JOIN THE RICE ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT FOR A BROWN BAG LECTURE WITH MELISSA CEFKIN:
September 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
TOMORROW! ✨
JOIN THE RICE ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT FOR A BROWN BAG LECTURE WITH MELISSA CEFKIN:
JOIN THE RICE ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT FOR A BROWN BAG LECTURE WITH MELISSA CEFKIN:
JOIN US for a Brown Bag Talk “Positioning Possibilities: Anthropological Engagements Across Careers” with Melissa Cefkin, Lecturer and Senior Consultant, on Friday, September 5, at 12:00pm in Sewall 570 and Zoom.
Register to join on Zoom: tinyurl.com/38nzrjkm
Register to join on Zoom: tinyurl.com/38nzrjkm
September 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
JOIN US for a Brown Bag Talk “Positioning Possibilities: Anthropological Engagements Across Careers” with Melissa Cefkin, Lecturer and Senior Consultant, on Friday, September 5, at 12:00pm in Sewall 570 and Zoom.
Register to join on Zoom: tinyurl.com/38nzrjkm
Register to join on Zoom: tinyurl.com/38nzrjkm
This Labor Day, we are reading "More Than Pretty Boxes:
How the Rise of Professional Organizing Shows Us the Way We Work Isn’t Working" by Carrie M. Lane
Read our professor, Ilana Gershon, interviewing Carrie M. Lane about the book on SAW website: tinyurl.com/mrkuvakz
How the Rise of Professional Organizing Shows Us the Way We Work Isn’t Working" by Carrie M. Lane
Read our professor, Ilana Gershon, interviewing Carrie M. Lane about the book on SAW website: tinyurl.com/mrkuvakz
An Interview with Carrie Lane - Society for the Anthropology of Work
Ilana Gershon: How did you first get the idea for this research?
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September 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This Labor Day, we are reading "More Than Pretty Boxes:
How the Rise of Professional Organizing Shows Us the Way We Work Isn’t Working" by Carrie M. Lane
Read our professor, Ilana Gershon, interviewing Carrie M. Lane about the book on SAW website: tinyurl.com/mrkuvakz
How the Rise of Professional Organizing Shows Us the Way We Work Isn’t Working" by Carrie M. Lane
Read our professor, Ilana Gershon, interviewing Carrie M. Lane about the book on SAW website: tinyurl.com/mrkuvakz
New Year, New Members of the Anthro Department!
Welcome our new student, Sangharsh Telang!
Sangharsh's work examines the interrelationship between highly affluent neighborhoods and the politics of redistribution.
#riceanthro #newstudent #riceuniversity
Welcome our new student, Sangharsh Telang!
Sangharsh's work examines the interrelationship between highly affluent neighborhoods and the politics of redistribution.
#riceanthro #newstudent #riceuniversity
September 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
New Year, New Members of the Anthro Department!
Welcome our new student, Sangharsh Telang!
Sangharsh's work examines the interrelationship between highly affluent neighborhoods and the politics of redistribution.
#riceanthro #newstudent #riceuniversity
Welcome our new student, Sangharsh Telang!
Sangharsh's work examines the interrelationship between highly affluent neighborhoods and the politics of redistribution.
#riceanthro #newstudent #riceuniversity