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06/09/2026

From the SAPIENS.org archive. An anthropologist explains the evolutionary origins of why so many people seem practically programmed to love sugar. https://www.sapiens.org/biology/sweet-tooth-genetic-foragers/

06/08/2026

The paperback edition of "Anthropology, Nationalism and Colonialism: Mendes Correia and the Porto School of Anthropology," by Patrícia Ferraz de Matos is available now!

https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/FerrazdeMatosAnthropology

06/02/2026

From the SAPIENS.org archive. The Demystifying Language Project brings together New York City high school and college students with linguistic anthropologists to make research on language and power available for broad audiences. https://www.sapiens.org/language/demystifying-language-project-teens-linguistic-anthropology/

The Demystifying Language Project works with high schoolers and undergrads to make scholarly research on language and power more accessible.

06/01/2026

The latest issue of, "Current Anthropology" is out now!

This article addresses a long-standing blind spot in anthropology, arguing that Western Protestant kinships have been overlooked in literature on both Christianity and English kinship. It is suggested that the recent and surprising popularity of Anglican cathedral visiting in England can be illumina...

05/29/2026

Congrats to Wenner-Gren grant recipient Shruti Iyer whose dissertation has won the Law and Society Association Prize for 2026!

Law and Society Association congratulates its 2026 Annual Awards winners. LSA honors leading international scholars for their groundbreaking publications and contributions.

05/28/2026

We're excited to share the following trailer and blogpost from Yasmin Moll who in 2023 was awarded a Fejos Postdoctoral Fellowship to aid filming, " Searching for Nubia." https://wennergren.org/article/fejos-postdoctoral-fellow-yasmin-moll/

05/26/2026

From the SAPIENS.org archive. A group of anthropologists working in Indonesia explores how mistrust among on-demand drivers—toward companies and one another—can be a form of individual power. https://www.sapiens.org/culture/indonesia-on-demand-drivers-power-mistrust/

05/22/2026

https://wennergren.org/article/call-for-applications-doctoral-student-member-of-the-wenner-gren-advisory-council-5/

05/22/2026

https://wennergren.org/workshop/the-wenner-gren-foundation-and-anthropology-a-listening-session-for-independent-scholars/

05/21/2026

http://www.scielo.br/j/bgoeldi/a/scVzHsQgBTzVVDwgh3SHs4t/?lang=pt