May 11, 2022
Call for Papers Crises We Live By: a Metaphorical Approach to the Crisis Transdisciplinary Conference at the University of Potsdam, Germany 30-31 March 2023 Confirmed Speakers: Prof. Maurizio Bettini (Università di…
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la version française suit The Canadian Anthropology Society is seeking submissions for the Labrecque-Lee Book Prize. Established in 2018, the Labrecque-Lee Book Prize recognizes outstanding anthropological publications…
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CASCA is delighted to announce the 2022 recipients of the CASCA Awards for Teaching Excellence. Congratulations! Dr. Megan Graham, CATE Instructor Winner, 2022 Dr. Mélissa Gauthier, CATE Faculty Winner, 2022 CATE –…
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Congratulations to Brian Thom, CASCA member and associate Professor at the dep. of anthropology of University of Victoria, on Provost’s Award in Engaged Scholarship. The Provost’s Award in Engaged Scholarship (PAES)…
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Congratulations to our member William Campbell (PhD candidate at the University of Victoria) on receiving the 2021 Gordon and Gary Shepherd Graduate Student Paper Award on on his paper titled “There are never too many…
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Contemporary Indigenous Cosmologies and Pragmatics Edited by Françoise Dussart and Sylvie Poirier, 2021, University of Alberta Press…
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Cree and Christian: Encounters and Transformations By Clinton N. Westman, 2022, University of Nebraska Press https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496211842/?fbclid=IwAR36taHyrhhy19lXJuOco8BmTiAir5FIYCH4kkS19mc2…
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La version française suit Culture is CASCA’s bi-annual and bilingual electronic newsletter. Our next call for submissions of articles and discussion pieces, news items, event announcements, and book notes will be…
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The Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA) announces complete and free Open Access to its newly digitized journal CULTURE. This bilingual publication ran from 1981 to 1997, before merging with our current Open Access…
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It is our privilege to announce that we will be presenting Dr. Jasim Habib from the University of Waterloo with the Weaver-Tremblay Award during the CASCA 2022 annual meeting at the University of Regina. This award in…
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Editors’ comment, Spring 2022 issue/ Mot des éditrices, numéro du printemps 2022 By Maggie Cummings, Anglophone Member-at-Large and Olivia Roy-Malo, Membre actif francophone Welcome to the Spring 2022 Issue of Culture,…
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In Memoriam: Carole Marie Farber (1944-2022) Carole Marie Farber was born in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, USA and died in London, Ontario, Canada. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ruth Jane Haensel Farber and…
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In Memoriam – Éric Schwimmer (1923-2022) Éric Schwimmer, membre honoré de la CASCA en 2015, nous a quitté le 8 avril 2022. Il a été professeur d’anthropologie à l’Université de Toronto ainsi qu’à l’Université Laval de…
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The Salisbury Award, given in memory of Dr. Richard Frank Salisbury, recognizes an exceptional anthropology PhD candidate at a Canadian university. CASCA is delighted to announce that the winner of the 2022 Salisbury…
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Learning about Clandestine Migration through Art and Anthropology By Mélissa Gauthier, University of Victoria, Winner of the 2022 CASCA Award for Teaching Excellence (Faculty) UVic Anthropology faculty member Mélissa…
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Merchant Kings: Corporate Governmentality in the Dutch Colonial Empire, 1815-1870 By Albert Schrauwers, 2021, Berghahn Books https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/SchrauwersMerchant In the nineteenth century, the…
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NEW FEATURE: Congratulations on your successful thesis defence!/Soutenance de thèse réussie – félicitations! Félicitations à Marie-Michèle Grenon qui a brillamment soutenu sa thèse de doctorat aujourd’hui ! Sa thèse a…
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The UofT Department of Anthropology has launched an Instagram campaign to inform students about different aspects of student life: tips, event, careers. An interesting tool for all anthropology students! Just follow the…
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Walter Callaghan, a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto, talks about what motivates people to be foreign fighters in armed conflicts : Ashley Stewart, 31 mars 2022 “Untrained foreign fighters urged to steer clear…
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The UAB has awarded Monica Heller, professor emerita at the University of Toronto, an honourary doctorate at the suggestion of the Faculty of Philosophy of Arts considering “she is one of the most outstanding current…
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Sonorous Worlds: Musical Enchantment in Venezuela Yana Stainova, 2021, University of Michigan Press https://www.press.umich.edu/11698102/sonorous_worlds El Sistema is a nationwide, state-funded music education program…
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Teaching Across Disciplinary and Experiential Borders Megan Graham, PhD 2022 CATE Instructor Recipient As anthropologists, we are accustomed to immersing ourselves in intellectually and experientially rich milieus for…
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la version française suit The Labrecque-Lee Book Prize was established in 2018, and named in honour of two outstanding Canadian anthropologists. Marie-France Labrecque, Emeritus Professor at the Université Laval…
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The Right to Be Rural Edited by Karen R. Foster and Jennifer Jarman, 2022, University of Alberta Press https://www.uap.ualberta.ca/titles/1019-9781772125832-right-to-be-rural In this collection, researchers analyze…
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Mary-Lee Mulholland (Mount Royal University) The Utopia of Peer Evaluations of Teaching – A Cautionary Tale In The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy David Graeber (2015)…
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Trouillot Remixed: The Michel-Rolph Trouillot Reader, 2021, Duke University Press Edited by Yarimar Bonilla, Greg Beckett, and Mayanthi L. Fernando https://www.dukeupress.edu/trouillot-remixed Throughout his career, the…
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