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The Stanford Department of Anthropology is distinguished by its innovative approach to the discipline, and Department faculty are at the forefront of exciting new developments in the field. We believe that anthropology should be engaged with recent developments in the world at large, and we seek to bring anthropological perspectives to bear on the problems of a modern, global society. This attention to real-world problems and issues takes us far from the pursuit of the exotic that some still associate with the discipline of anthropology. It leads us, rather, to an intellectually rigorous and socially responsible pursuit of answers to questions that urgently matter in the contemporary world. Read more...
Recent Books
When God Talks Back. Understand-
ing the American Evangelical Rela-
tionship with God
Tanya Luhrmann
Melancholia of Freedom: Social Life in an Indian Township in South Africa
Thomas Hansen
The Enculturated Gene: Sickle Cell Health Politics and Biological Differ-
ence in West Africa
Duana Fullwiley
ANTHROPOLOGY NEWS
Luhrmann's new book asks how God becomes real to people
In the April 12, 2012 issue of Stanford News, Brooke Donald talks to Anthropology professor Tanya Luhrmann about her new book When God Talks Back, in which she seeks to find out how God becomes real to people. Read Article.
Who majors in Anthropology?
In this Youtube video, Anthropology department chair and professor Jim Ferguson talks about the Anthropology program and who should major in Anthropology. He discusses the interest among students of Anthropology in wanting to improve and make a difference in the world, and that Anthropology provides the skills to make it possible for students to take a number of pathways into different kinds of careers to do that, be it public health, public policy, business, law, medicine, etc. Go to video.
