Todd Disotell was featured in the fall 2014 issue of NYU Quarterly. Disotell discusses his latest work on the hit TV series 10 Million Dollar Bigfoot Bounty, specifically a new environmentally conscious DNA sampling technique he developed for the show. Be sure to read the article, and check out 10 Million Dollar Bigfoot Bounty on Spike!
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Alumna Anya Bernstein Receives Literary Award
Alumna Anya Bernstein, an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University, has received the 2014 Award for Excellence from the American Academy of Religion for her book Religious Bodies Politic: Ritual and Sovereignty in Buryat Buddhism (University of Chicago Press, 2013). Congratulations, Anya!
You can read more about her book here.
Find out more about Anya’s current research and interests here.
Colloquia: Animating the City: Safavid Soundscapes in Socialist Tbilisi
Join the Anthropology Department for its first colloquia lecture of the Fall 2014 semester. Paul Manning, of Trent University, will be speaking at 5pm on September 11th, in the Kimball Lounge, located on the first floor of 246 Greene Street. Presented in collaboration with NYU Steinhardt’s Department of Media, Culture, and Communication. Space is limited, so please do not arrive late. Photo ID required to enter the building.
Volunteer Opportunity with Beyond Z!
Beyond Z is an early-stage, national organization on a mission to ensure that the next generation of leaders emerges from everywhere. We discover, develop, and connect diverse young talent to networks and opportunities they deserve. In the long term, we aspire to be the nation’s leading accelerator of diverse talent, creating a visible and diverse pipeline from school to profession.
We seek volunteers (called Leadership Coaches) interested in making a commitment to coach a cohort of 4-6 public school 7th graders in Brooklyn. We’ll support you with high quality resources and trainings, as well as a community of staff and volunteers, so you can focus on building a collaborative culture and their collective leadership. The commitment is from October 2014 through May 2015, and requires approximately 4-5 hours weekly (excluding travel time) and 4 weekends.
Please sign up on our site here to learn more and start your application today!
Christian McIntire * Program Manager, Beyond Z * 646-570-2659 * christian.mcintire@beyondz.org
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Welcome!
To our returning students, welcome back! We hope you had a relaxing and productive summer. To our new and transfer students, welcome to NYU and the Anthropology Department! The 2014-2015 academic year will be an exciting time for all of you. As the school year starts, we as a department want to remind you of resources and people that are here for you if you have any questions about academic requirements, need help navigating NYU class bureaucracy, or require academic assistance.
We have an awesome team of administrators who are hear to answer your questions related to classes, registration, and other Anthropology-related academic inquiries. Please check out their contact information, here.
There are many student academic resources here at NYU that are invaluable as you continue down your undergraduate or graduate path. See below for a few of them, and be sure to check out an exhaustive list of student resources, here.
–The Writing Center: Want one-on-one, peer assistance with a writing project? Then check out the writing center, where other NYU students assist each other with writing style and technicalities.
–University Learning Center: Any student at NYU is eligible to receive academic assistance through the ULC. To find out more about their peer tutoring opportunities in all academic areas of study at NYU, check out their website.
We all hope you have a great start to Fall semester! Be sure to keep up with the Anthropology Fall 2014 list of events by stopping by the department, checking out our colloquia, and joining the NYU Anthropology events email list.
CRM and CMCH Fall 2014 Calendar of Events
We are pleased to present the Fall 2014 calendar of events for the Center for Religion and Media, and the Center for Media, Culture, and History. This semester’s upcoming itinerary includes film screenings, lectures on drone warfare and race and public policy in contemporary US culture, as well as the 2nd Annual George Stonney Memorial Lecture. As a reminder, all events are free and open to the public, but seating is limited and is allotted on a first come, first served basis. We look forward to seeing you all at many of these events!
You can download the calendar of events, here.
Visit the Center for Media, Culture, and History’s website, here.
Visit the Center for Religion and Media’s website, here.
“Living Quechua” referenced in New York Times article
Christine Mladic Janney’s documentary short entitled “Living Quechua” was featured in a New York Times piece from August 15, 2014 about a new Kichwa language radio program that is being broadcast weekly from the Bronx. The NYT article discusses Segundo J. Angamarca’s work creating and launching Kichwa Hatari, a radio broadcast dedicated to discussing Kichwa, a variety of Quechua, a language spoken by many in the Andean Highlands in Ecuador and Peru.
Read the New York Times article here.
Learn more about Christine’s documentary on her Kickstarter profile.
Follow updates from Kichwa Hatari, and find out information about how to listen to the broadcasts on their Facebook profile.
Profesor Susan Antón Talks about Human Evolution on NTN24
Professor Susan Antón spoke to NTN24 (Nuestra Tele Noticias) on 24 July 2014 about human evolution and her recent publication on the program Ciencia Salud y Tecnología. Antón recently collaborated on a paper, published in the most current issue of Science, which details early humans’ adaptability to changing environment and offers new insights into human evolution.
You can watch her segment on NTN24 here.
You can read the full article here.