The Hughes Prize recognizes the best paper written by a graduate student in this or the preceding academic year and carries a $250 cash award. The journal Medical Anthropology Quarterly (MAQ) will have the right of first refusal on winning manuscripts. Winners serve on the judging committee in the following year’s competition. Send nominations materials to Diane Weiner (deweiner@bu.edu or diane.weiner@bmc.org), Hughes Prize Committee Chair, Masters Program in Medical Anthropology and…

The Anthropology Department at Montclair State University is in the process of developing a Master's in Applied Anthropology and we would like to get input from local practitioners. If you would be interested in speaking to us about what kinds of work practicing anthropologists are involved in and how you would recommend that we train our students, please contact me, Fran Rothstein, a rothsteinf@mail.montclair.edu

The Political Ecology Society (PESO) announces the 2013 Eric Wolf Prize for thebest article-length paper.  We seek papers based in substantive field research that make an innovative contribution to Political Ecology.  To be eligible for the competition, scholars must be ABD or have received their Ph.D. within the three years prior to publication of this announcement.  A cash prize of $500 accompanies the award, which will be…

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The International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture http://www.religionandnature.com/society/ (ISSRNC) is pleased to announce its…

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