Faculty Distinction 2019/20

Anthropology

Faculty Distinction 2019/20

Lila Abu-Lughod

Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science

Residency, Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France

New York University Liberal Studies Annual Global Lecture Ganguli Annual Lecture, Center for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, India

Inaugural Lecture in Anthropology, University of Kansas Leuven

Lila Abu-Lughod

Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science

Residency, Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France

New York University Liberal Studies Annual Global Lecture Ganguli Annual Lecture, Center for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, India

Inaugural Lecture in Anthropology, University of Kansas Leuven

Lila Abu-Lughod
Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science

Residency, Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France

New York University Liberal Studies Annual Global Lecture Ganguli Annual Lecture, Center for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, India

Inaugural Lecture in Anthropology, University of Kansas Leuven

Vanessa Agard-Jones

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award

Provost’s Grant for Faculty Who Contribute to the Diversity Goals of the University

Vanessa Agard-Jones

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award

Provost’s Grant for Faculty Who Contribute to the Diversity Goals of the University

Vanessa Agard-Jones
Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award

Provost’s Grant for Faculty Who Contribute to the Diversity Goals of the University

Maria Jose De Abreu

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

FAPESP Fellowship Award- Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil

Maria Jose De Abreu

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

FAPESP Fellowship Award- Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil

Maria Jose De Abreu
Assistant Professor of Anthropology

FAPESP Fellowship Award- Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil

Claudio Lomnitz

Campbell Family Professor of Anthropology

Distinguished Alumnus Award, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City

Antonio Garcla Cubas Prize

CANIERM Prize

Claudio Lomnitz

Campbell Family Professor of Anthropology

Distinguished Alumnus Award, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City

Antonio Garcla Cubas Prize

CANIERM Prize

Claudio Lomnitz
Campbell Family Professor of Anthropology

Distinguished Alumnus Award, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City

Antonio Garcla Cubas Prize

CANIERM Prize

Mahmood Mamdani

Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and Professor of Anthropology

Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy

Advisory Board Member, United Nations Democracy Fund, UNDEF

Mahmood Mamdani

Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and Professor of Anthropology

Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy

Advisory Board Member, United Nations Democracy Fund, UNDEF

Mahmood Mamdani
Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and Professor of Anthropology

Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy

Advisory Board Member, United Nations Democracy Fund, UNDEF

Rosalind Morris

Professor of Anthropology

Honorary Visiting Researcher, Witwatersrand Institute for Social and Economic Research

Rosalind Morris

Professor of Anthropology

Honorary Visiting Researcher, Witwatersrand Institute for Social and Economic Research

Rosalind Morris
Professor of Anthropology

Honorary Visiting Researcher, Witwatersrand Institute for Social and Economic Research

Elizabeth Povinelli

Franz Boas Professor of Anthropology

Distinguished International Visitor, Department of Geography, Durham University

Theorist-in-Residence, California Institute of the Arts International Film Festival Rotterdam, Frameworks Commission

Retrospective, Karrabing Film Collective, Arsenal-Berlin and MoMA-PS1

Elizabeth Povinelli

Franz Boas Professor of Anthropology

Distinguished International Visitor, Department of Geography, Durham University

Theorist-in-Residence, California Institute of the Arts International Film Festival Rotterdam, Frameworks Commission

Retrospective, Karrabing Film Collective, Arsenal-Berlin and MoMA-PS1

Elizabeth Povinelli
Franz Boas Professor of Anthropology

Distinguished International Visitor, Department of Geography, Durham University

Theorist-in-Residence, California Institute of the Arts International Film Festival Rotterdam, Frameworks Commission

Retrospective, Karrabing Film Collective, Arsenal-Berlin and MoMA-PS1

Audra Simpson

Professor of Anthropology

General Anthropology Division Distinguished Lecture

Audra Simpson

Professor of Anthropology

General Anthropology Division Distinguished Lecture

Audra Simpson
Professor of Anthropology

General Anthropology Division Distinguished Lecture

Michael Taussig

Class of 1933 Professor of Anthropology

Clifford Geertz Annual Memorial Lecture, Princeton University

Michael Taussig

Class of 1933 Professor of Anthropology

Clifford Geertz Annual Memorial Lecture, Princeton University

Michael Taussig
Class of 1933 Professor of Anthropology

Clifford Geertz Annual Memorial Lecture, Princeton University

The Faculty Distinction awards are compiled annually by the offices of the Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences in coordination with the Arts and Sciences Departments. The information displayed is archival in nature and reflects distinctions of the previous academic year - 2020 is a collection of awards an honors from the 2019-2020 academic year.

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