Tag Archives: Yale University

HRAF Celebrates Archaeology Day 2025

On Thursday, October 16, the Human Relations Area Files at Yale University hosted an event in celebration of International Archaeology Day. Each October, the Archaeological Institute of America and organizations around the world present archaeological…

HRAF to host Archaeology Day 2025 celebration

On Thursday, October 16, the Human Relations Area Files at Yale University will host an event in celebration of International Archaeology Day. Each October, the Archaeological Institute of America and organizations around the world present…

Featured HRAF Global Scholar: Dr. Jorge E. Miceli

HRAF Global Scholar: Dr. Jorge E. Miceli Title: Adjunct Professor  University Affiliation: Universidad de Buenos Aires Research Topic: Dietary Patterns of Indigenous Peoples in Northern Canada Dr. Jorge E. Miceli is a researcher at Universidad…

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…

HRAF to offer Advanced Open-Access Course in Cross-Cultural Research Methods

  With the support of the National Science Foundation (BCS #2020156), HRAF held three years of Summer Institutes for Cross-Cultural Anthropological Research from 2021-2023. In total, these Summer Institutes trained 44 faculty, researchers, and advanced…

Featured HRAF Global Scholar: Dr. Abdul Razaque Channa

HRAF Global Scholar: Dr. Abdul Razaque Channa Title: Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology University Affiliation: University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan Research Topic: Gender, Education, Subaltern Societies and Indigenous Communities HRAF Global…

Featured HRAF Global Scholar: Melkamu Amsalu Workneh

HRAF Global Scholar: Melkamu Amsalu Workneh Title: Ph.D. candidate, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology University Affiliation: University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa Research Topic: Land Scarcity and Marriage in Northwestern Ethiopia HRAF Global Scholar…

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…

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. The early history of the Human Relations Area Files from 1949 in North America is public…