The National Science Foundation (NSF), in a grant to the Human Relations Area Files (HRAF), is supporting three years of Summer Institutes for Cross-Cultural Anthropological Research (BCS #2020156). These Summer Institutes will train faculty, researchers,…
HRAF Global Scholar: Dr. Loreen Maseno, PhD Title: Senior Lecturer, Department of Religion, Theology and Philosophy University Affiliation: Maseno University, Kenya Research Topic: Food in African Spirituality Loreen Maseno received her PhD from the University of…
Ian Skoggard, HRAF Research Anthropologist, has written the forward to an exciting new publication by Stephen Kidd, Senior Social Policy Specialist at Development Pathways. In Love and its Entanglements among the Enxet of Paraguay: Social…
HRAF Global Scholar: Sayema Khatun Title: Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology University Affiliation: Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh Research Topic: Policy Response to the Influx of Rohingya in Bangladesh Sayema Khatun is an Associate Professor in the Department…
HRAF Global Scholar: Ouattara Seydou Title: PhD Candidate in Sociology, Socioeconomics, Governance, and Development University Affiliation: Alassane Ouattara University, Côte d’Ivoire Research Topic: The Ivorian school: challenges and perspectives for a successful education system Ouattara…
HRAF was pleased to attend several conferences and events this Spring, beginning with our own Anthropology Day virtual festivities at the end of February, which featured the UConn Stamford Anthropology Society, eHRAF projects from UConn…
Carol R. Ember and Ian Skoggard In many societies known to anthropology, people look to their gods for help and for explanations of unfortunate and traumatic events. Anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski (1948) suggested that religion is…
HRAF is pleased to welcome two new team members, Sridhar Reddy Ravula and Aishwarya Kumar, who have joined us for our NSF-supported iKLEWS project. Sridhar, our development team leader, recently completed his Ph.D. in Data…
Summer 2021 The National Science Foundation, in a grant to the Human Relations Area Files (BCS #2020156), is supporting three years of Summer Institutes for Cross-Cultural Anthropological Research. These Summer Institutes will train faculty, researchers,…
The Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) at Yale University is pleased to announce a one-year internship in honor of Melvin Ember. Melvin Ember was President of HRAF from 1987 until his death in 2009. The…