Where can I find a list of HRAF member institutions?
You can view our list of HRAF sponsoring, associate, and consortia members here.
Tag Archives: HRAF
How does HRAF support its activities?
To advance a mission to promote understanding of cultural diversity and commonality in the past and present, HRAF relies largely on dues paid by member institutions (primarily universities and colleges). These dues directly support the…
Featured HRAF Global Scholar: Raj Kumar Singh
HRAF Global Scholar: Raj Kumar Singh Title: Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Anthropology University Affiliation: University of Delhi, India Research Topic: Religion, Economy, Climate Change, and Indigenous Communities Raj Kumar Singh is a Ph.D. scholar in…
What is the difference between HRAF and eHRAF?
These clarifications will help you when referring to HRAF and eHRAF. Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) is the name of our non-profit organization at Yale University. eHRAF World Cultures is the name of HRAF’s online…
HRAF Academic Quarterly, Vol 2025-02
HRAF Academic Quarterly, Vol 2025-02 By Francine Barone This summary features some of the exciting research accomplished using HRAF data from the eHRAF World Cultures and eHRAF Archaeology databases as well as Explaining Human Culture…
Teaching with eHRAF Archaeology
By Matthew Longcore, Ph.D. Director of Membership and Outreach, Human Relations Area Files at Yale University Adjunct Faculty Member, Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut In addition to working for HRAF, I teach as an…
Think you know HRAF? Check out our podcast series on Choice’s ‘The Authority File’
Have you ever wondered how the Human Relations Area Files got its name? Or how we organized our ethnographic collections for members before the Internet? HRAF has partnered with Choice’s podcast The Authority File to…
Teferi Adem reflects on his experience as a Fulbright Scholar
My Fulbright Experience to Ethiopia, 2022-23 by Teferi Abate Adem, HRAF Research Anthropologist Conducting follow-up extensive ethnographic fieldwork in the Wollo area of Ethiopia has been a deeply felt dream of mine over the last…
HRAF Academic Quarterly, Vol 2025-01
HRAF Academic Quarterly, Vol 2025-01 Francine Barone This summary features some of the exciting research accomplished using HRAF data from the eHRAF World Cultures and eHRAF Archaeology databases as well as Explaining Human Culture (EHC),…
Remembering Lévi-Strauss and pre-digital HRAF: A conversation with Bernadette Bucher
Editor’s note: The following post contains contributions from Bernadette Bucher, Professor Emerita of Anthropology and Comparative Literature, Fordham University. This is a copy of an article written by Francine Barone in 2019. The early history…