News
Noah Tamarkin publishes article in Cultural Anthropology; presents at STS Conference
Assistant Professor Noah Tamarkin has just published an article "Genetic Diaspora: Producing Knowledge of Genes and Jews in Rural South Africa" published in the current issue of the journal Cultural…
Dorry Noyes publishes article in volume on cultural heritage
Professor Dorry Noyes recently published an article entitled "Heritage, Legacy, Zombie: How to Bury the Undead Past" in Cultural Heritage in Transit: Intangible Rights as Human Rights, edited by…
Dr. Katherine Borland is new CFS director
Congratulations to Dr. Katherine Borland who is the new Director of the Center for Folklore Studies!
Dorry Noyes gives Keynote Address and Finishes Fellowship
Dorry Noyes, Professor of Comparative Studies and English, gave the keynote address "Résister au blocage? Exit, Voice and Loyalty dans les républiques fatiguées" at the conference Culture(s) et…
Julia Watson Presents Invited Talk at Cultures of Privacy Conference
As an invited speaker, Professor Julia Watson, Comparative Studies, presented "Getting or Losing a Life: Privacy and Online Self-Presentation" at the Cultures of Privacy conference of the Bavarian…
Nina Berman gives talk at University of Leeds
On June 18, 2014, Nina Berman gave a talk at the University of Leeds, entitled “The Cool Empire: German Turcomania in the 17th and 18th centuries.” The lecture was followed by comments from Dr. James…
Isaac Weiner's Book Reviewed by Marginalia Book Review
Professor Issac Weiner's book Religion Out Loud (2013 NYU Press) was recently reviewed by Richard Kent Evans of Marginalia Review of Books in an article entitled "Social Power, Pluralism, and…
Prof. Julia Watson participates in Queer Places, Practices, and Lives Symposium
Julia Watson, Professor of Comparative Studies recently served as a session chair for the panel “Locating Desire: Reading Queer Identity and Resistance across Space and Time" as part of the…
Leo Coleman to publish article in American Ethnologist
Leo Coleman, Professor of Comparative Studies, will be publishing an article in the August issue of American Ethnologist. The title is “Devices, Connections, Emblems: Interpreting Infrastructure…