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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Exciting news from our graduate students featured by the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality! ✨ 🏆 Hongyun Yu received the Seth Balkishan Das Singhal Award for his paper "Uterotopic Fantasies and Far-Right Gender Imaginaries among Chinese Working-Class Male Migrants in Africa."

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Alejandra Osejo-Varona has been named as one of the outstanding PhD candidates for this year’s Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellows for her project, "Hippos in the Afterlives of the Drug Trafficking in Colombia: Enduring Marks on the Magdalena River."

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Professor and Associate Chair Cymene Howe has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of Oxford Bibliographies in Anthropology, effective Spring 2026. She said, “I’m excited to begin engaging with each of the contributing authors and my excellent team of Area Editors at Oxford Bibliographies!”

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Congratulations to all our graduates! 🎓✨ Special congrats to doctoral graduates Kristin Gupta and Melanie Ford, and to Veronica Solis Mora on completing her Master's degree. We are proud of all our undergraduate & graduate students and excited to see what's next.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

🎉 Congratulations to our amazing staff, Shawna Forney, for receiving the Staff Service Award! Come and celebrate at the @ricesocsci.bsky.social End of Year Faculty & Staff Reception on May 6, 3:30pm - 5:00pm, Kraft Hall 130. Light bites and beverages will be provided.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The Department of Anthropology is proud to announce that Ihsan Arsalan has been awarded a 2026Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship. (@acls1919.bsky.social)

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

New publication! Our assistant professor, Huatse Gyal, has published an article, "Politics of deflection, climate change, and contested narratives of land degradation in eastern Tibet," in EPE: Nature and Space. Read the article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

JOIN US and the Department of Religion & Program in STS for a Brown Bag Talk “From Talking Tools to Metahumans: Social Interaction, Semiotic Skill, and the Authority of AI Chatbots” with Webb Keane, George Herbert Mead Distinguished University Professor [...]

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

JOIN US for a Brown Bag Talk “An Archaeology of Civil Rights in the 20th Century: The Visionary Pragmatism of Race Women” with Anna Agbe-Davies, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on Friday, April 17, at 12:00pm in Sewall 570 & Zoom.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

JOIN US and the Program in Science and Technology Studies for a Brown Bag Talk “Disability Worlds in the Shadow of Ableism” with Faye Ginsburg, Kriser Professor of Anthropology at New York University, on Friday, April 10, at 12:00pm in Sewall 570 and Zoom.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Our Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Anthropology, Dr. Ilana Gershon, co-authored with Amy J. Cohen "Living Under Contract: An LPE Analysis of American Democracy," published in The University of Chicago Law Review (Vol. 93, Issue 2). Read the article here: lawreview.uchicago.edu/print-archiv...

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

In our graduate course, "Anthropological Directions: from the Second World War to the Present," taught by Professor Cymene Howe, we had an outdoor class to discuss Tim Ingold's book chapter "To journey along a way of life: Maps, wayfinding and navigation."

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

We had a fun and inspiring Ethnographic Design Co.Lab workshop with our professors, Cymene Howe and Vivian Lu, where we got hands-on crafting collages. Thanks to everyone who joined us for the EDC workshop.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Our professors Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer joined the panel "Storytelling in a Time of Transition" at this year's South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

JOIN US for the last two Ethnographic Co.Lab workshops of the semester. The first event is a collage workshop co-led by our own Professor Vivian Lu and Cymene Howe. Register via QR code.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Our undergraduate student Max Scholl is featured in Rice News for building a space for critical thinking beyond the classroom. As co-founder of the Rice Critical Humanities Collective (RCHC), he brings students together across disciplines to engage questions of culture, politics, and knowledge.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Yesterday, we hosted our annual Mutant Anthropologies workshop with Professor Deepa Das Acevedo, Editor-in-Chief of PoLAR (Political and Legal Anthropology Review).

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Published! Our graduate student, Quinn Georgic, published "Disrupting the Whitened Lemur: Reading Black Trans* Considerations in Feminist Primatology" in Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience (Vol. 12, No. 1). Read the full article: catalystjournal.org/index.php/ca...

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

JOIN US in celebrating Associate Professor Gökçe Günel's new book, Floating Power: Energy, Infrastructure, and South-South Relations (Duke University Press, 2026), on April 27 at 12 pm at the Welcome Center.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

We had a wonderful Ethnographic Design CoLab workshop with filmmaker Kevin Everson, where we learned about the process and craft of filmmaking.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

In our graduate course, "Anthropological Directions: from the Second World War to the Present," taught by Professor Cymene Howe, we hosted anthropologist Nomi Stone (Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Dallas)

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

JOIN US for the first Ethnographic Design Co.Lab workshop of the semester with filmmaker Kevin Everson: "Filmmaking and the Practice of Daily Life," Feb 27, 12-2pm, Sewall Hall 570. Everson is the Commonwealth and Ruffin Foundation Distinguished Professor of Art at the University of Virginia.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Published! Our Assistant Professor, Dr. Victoria Massie, has published "Sensing Bimbia: Ancestry Reconnection in an Anti-Crisis Atmosphere" in Cultural Anthropology (Vol. 41, Issue 1). Read the full article here: journal.culanth.org/index.php/ca...

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

JOIN US and the Program in STS for a Brown Bag Talk “Becoming “Disease-Agnostic”: Translational Science, Biomedical Innovation, and the Valorization of Universal Utility in the Sciences”

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

JOIN US and the Program in STS for a Brown Bag Talk “Becoming “Disease-Agnostic”: Translational Science, Biomedical Innovation, and the Valorization of Universal Utility in the Sciences”

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

In our Anthropology Department's Eat Me: Food & Culture Globally course with Professor Cymene Howe, we had the privilege of hosting a live session for the Cultures of Energy podcast. Our students, after reading Nicole Negowetti’s Feeding the Future, engaged with her in a lively Q&A.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Join our Assistant Teaching Professor, Molly Morgan, and the Center for Teaching Excellence for Pedagogical Sciences in Practice (PSP) Showcase on Wednesday, February 18, 12:00 - 1:00 PM, Herring Hall 129.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Our Professor, Cymene Howe, co-authored a new publication, "Melting glaciers as symbols of tourism paradoxes," in Nature Climate Change.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Anthropologist Christien Tompkins is giving a talk at Rice tomorrow at 4 pm in Anderson Hall 117, as part of the Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS) Speaker Series. More information on the poster.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Last Thursday, our department gathered with Associate Professor Gökçe Günel and other members of the Limn editorial collective (@limnpress.bsky.social), Jerry Zee, Jason Cons, and Townsend Middleton, for a Limn party at the Transart Foundation.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

🎉 The Rice Undergraduate Archaeological Society had its first meetup! For updates on events, meetings, and activities, scan the QR code in the image to join their Groupme.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

JOIN US and the Program in STS for a Brown Bag Talk “Quinine’s Remains: Empire’s Medicine and the Life Thereafter” with Townsend Middleton, Associate Professor of Anthropology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on Friday, February 6, at 12:00pm in Sewall 570 and Zoom.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

New book from @universitypress.cambridge.org co-edited by our professor Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo: Traces of the Distant Human Past: Understanding the Archaeology of our Origins (2026) 🔗 Link to the book: www.cambridge.org/fr/universit...

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Join our professor, Dr. Vivian Lu, and the School of Social Sciences (SoSS) for Research Relays on Wednesday, February 4, 12:00-1:00 PM, Kraft Hall 130. RSVP link: form.asana.com?k=NkMaKTYIGz...

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

JOIN US for a Brown Bag Talk “The Crisis of Necro-Sociality in Japan: Caring for the Dead Otherwise” with Anne Allison, Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University, on Friday, January 23, at 12:00 pm in Sewall 570 and on Zoom.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Have you watched this episode of Freakonomics yet? Our professor, Gökçe Günel @drgokcegunel.bsky.social, is the guest of episode 643, "Why Do Candles Still Exist?", and she discusses obsolescence, commodities, and energy. Listen to her here: freakonomics.com/podcast/why-...

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

How can we study automation as anthropologists? Where do we start? What would a CS/anthropology collaboration look like? Our professor, Ilana Gershon, wrote a piece about it: "An Anthropologist’s Guide to Better Automation", co-authored by Caitrin Lynch, has now been published.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Join the Rice Cinema and us for a special screening featuring work by Tish Stringer, a Rice Anthropology alum and former technical exhibition manager at Rice Cinema! Friday, December 19, 7:00 PM, Sarofim Hall, Pitman Cinema Theatre.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

We have great classes coming up for Spring semester! ANTH 206: Intro to Indigenous Environmental Movements Dr. Huatse Gyal Fridays 12-2:30pm Reach out to our professor, Huatse Gyal, for more information. Read below for the class description.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Zahid took the cake! CONGRATS to our graduate student Zahid Ali for receiving the prestigious Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant 2025. Read more about his amazing research on the Rice Anthropology website: profiles.rice.edu/student/zahi...

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

JOIN US for a Brown Bag Talk “Enterprising Spirit and Entrepreneurial Practice, Religion, and the Making of Entrepreneurs in Post-colonial Zimbabwe” with Josiah Taru, Postdoctoral Associate, Boniuk Institute, Rice University, on Friday, November 14, 12pm, Sewall 570 and Zoom.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Join Rice Anthropology PhD Candidate Alejandra Osejo Varona, and Carlos Ramón, for an immersive sound walk that is part of her doctoral research, tomorrow, 5-6:30pm, Herring Hall Courtyard.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Join us for the second Ethnographic Design Co.Lab event of the year: Archeology and Object-Oriented Ethnography led by our esteemed professor Khadene Harris, November 7, 12-2pm, Sewall Hall 570. Advanced registration is encouraged.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

JOIN US for a Grad Admissions Info Session on Thursday, November 6, from 12-1pm (CST) via Zoom. Prospective grad students have the opportunity to meet with faculty members Dr. Gokce Gunel, Dr. Huatse Gyal, and Dr. Cymene Howe. Register for the meeting here: tr.ee/VJJWtV

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

JOIN US for a Brown Bag Talk “Community Engagement and the Bolivar Archaeological Project, Texas” with Maria Franklin, Professor and Department Associate Chair, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, on Friday, October 24, at 12:00pm in Sewall 570 and Zoom.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Join our professor, Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Anthropology, Dr. Ilana Gershon for a Scientia Lecture Series: Knowledge Under Fire, "You Say You Want a Revolution: The Appeal of the Illiberal", tomorrow, October 21, 4 pm, Kyle Morrow Room at Fondren Library.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

JOIN US for a Brown Bag Talk “Rot and Repair: Crafting Ecological Futures in a Broken World” with Anand Pandian, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University, on Friday, October 10, at 12:00pm in Sewall 570 and on Zoom.

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Read the news article and listen to Alejandra Osejo Varona share her exciting research: "Escobar’s Hippos: How a Rice Anthropologist Is Rewriting the Story of Colombia’s Most Unlikely Ecological Problem": tr.ee/H0a2MF

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riceanthro.bsky.social @riceanthro.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

JOIN US and the Program in STS for a Brown Bag Talk “Irreversible returns: Controversies Over Glacier Geoengineering in Chile” with Cristián Simonetti, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, on Friday, October 3, at 12:00pm on Zoom.

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