Anthropology

Faculty Distinction 2021/22

Lila Abu-Lughod

Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science

Exemplary Cross-Field Scholarship Award, General Anthropology Division of the American Anthropological Association

Lila Abu-Lughod

Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science

Exemplary Cross-Field Scholarship Award, General Anthropology Division of the American Anthropological Association

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

Exemplary Cross-Field Scholarship Award, General Anthropology Division of the American Anthropological Association

Vanessa Agard-Jones

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

New York Academy of Sciences Distinguished Lecture

Vanessa Agard-Jones

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

New York Academy of Sciences Distinguished Lecture

Vanessa Agard-Jones
Assistant Professor of Anthropology

New York Academy of Sciences Distinguished Lecture

Partha Chatterjee

Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies

Distinguished Book Award, Columbia University Press

Partha Chatterjee

Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies

Distinguished Book Award, Columbia University Press

Partha Chatterjee
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies

Distinguished Book Award, Columbia University Press

Myron Cohen

Professor of Anthropology

Li Yih-yuan Memorial Lecture, Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Myron Cohen

Professor of Anthropology

Li Yih-yuan Memorial Lecture, Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Myron Cohen
Professor of Anthropology

Li Yih-yuan Memorial Lecture, Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Zoë Crossland

Professor of Anthropology

Society for American Archaeology’s Outstanding Public Archaeology Initiative Award

Zoë Crossland

Professor of Anthropology

Society for American Archaeology’s Outstanding Public Archaeology Initiative Award

Zoë Crossland
Professor of Anthropology

Society for American Archaeology’s Outstanding Public Archaeology Initiative Award

Claudio Lomnitz

Campbell Family Professor of Anthropology

Ato Quayson Lecture, University of Toronto

Claudio Lomnitz

Campbell Family Professor of Anthropology

Ato Quayson Lecture, University of Toronto

Claudio Lomnitz
Campbell Family Professor of Anthropology

Ato Quayson Lecture, University of Toronto

Mahmood Mamdani

Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and Professor of Anthropology

The World’s Top 50 Thinkers, 2021, Prospect Magazine, UK

Mahmood Mamdani

Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and Professor of Anthropology

The World’s Top 50 Thinkers, 2021, Prospect Magazine, UK

Mahmood Mamdani
Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and Professor of Anthropology

The World’s Top 50 Thinkers, 2021, Prospect Magazine, UK

Brinkley Messick

Professor of Anthropology and of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies; Director, Middle East Institute

Distinguished Visiting Professorship, American University in Cairo

Bayard Dodge Distinguished Visiting Professorship, American University in Bayard Dodge

Brinkley Messick

Professor of Anthropology and of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies; Director, Middle East Institute

Distinguished Visiting Professorship, American University in Cairo

Bayard Dodge Distinguished Visiting Professorship, American University in Bayard Dodge

Brinkley Messick
Professor of Anthropology and of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies; Director, Middle East Institute

Distinguished Visiting Professorship, American University in Cairo

Bayard Dodge Distinguished Visiting Professorship, American University in Bayard Dodge

Rosalind Morris

Professor of Anthropology

Best Feature Documentary, Copenhagen Film Festival

Guggenheim Fellowship

Rosalind Morris

Professor of Anthropology

Best Feature Documentary, Copenhagen Film Festival

Guggenheim Fellowship

Rosalind Morris
Professor of Anthropology

Best Feature Documentary, Copenhagen Film Festival

Guggenheim Fellowship

Elizabeth Povinelli

Franz Boas Professor of Anthropology

Visiting Professor, Institute of Advanced Studies, Durham University, UK

AFIELD Fellowship, Art Residency for Ancestors, Council Arts

Eye-Prize, Karrabing Film Collective

Karrabing Film Collective, ArtReview Top 100 Powerful Artists

Elizabeth Povinelli

Franz Boas Professor of Anthropology

Visiting Professor, Institute of Advanced Studies, Durham University, UK

AFIELD Fellowship, Art Residency for Ancestors, Council Arts

Eye-Prize, Karrabing Film Collective

Karrabing Film Collective, ArtReview Top 100 Powerful Artists

Elizabeth Povinelli
Franz Boas Professor of Anthropology

Visiting Professor, Institute of Advanced Studies, Durham University, UK

AFIELD Fellowship, Art Residency for Ancestors, Council Arts

Eye-Prize, Karrabing Film Collective

Karrabing Film Collective, ArtReview Top 100 Powerful Artists

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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