Slavery, Colonialism, Race, Racial Capitalism
Affiliated Faculty
Core Teaching Faculty - Sociocultural
Vanessa Agard-Jones
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Research Interests
Core Teaching Faculty - Sociocultural
Naor H. Ben-Yehoyada
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Research Interests
Emeritus Faculty
Partha Chatterjee
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
Research Interests
Core Teaching Faculty - Archaeology
Zoë Crossland
Professor of Anthropology
Research Interests
Core Teaching Faculty - Archaeology
Terence N. D'Altroy
Loubat Professor of American Archaeology
Research Interests
Core Teaching Faculty - Sociocultural
Catherine Fennell
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Research Interests
Core Teaching Faculty - Archaeology
Severin Fowles
Professor of Anthropology and American Studies
Research Interests
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
LaShaya Howie
Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Anthropology
Research Interests
Core Teaching Faculty - Sociocultural
Brian Larkin
Professor, Barnard College
Research Interests
Core Teaching Faculty - Sociocultural
Mahmood Mamdani
Herbert Lehman Professor of Government
Research Interests
Core Teaching Faculty - Sociocultural
Rosalind C. Morris
Moore Collegiate Professor of Anthropology
Research Interests
Core Teaching Faculty - Sociocultural
John Pemberton
Associate Professor
Research Interests
Core Teaching Faculty - Sociocultural
Elizabeth A. Povinelli
Franz Boas Professor of Anthropology
Research Interests
Core Teaching Faculty - Sociocultural
David Scott
Ruth and William Lubic Professor
Research Interests
Core Teaching Faculty - Sociocultural
Audra Simpson
Professor of Anthropology
Research Interests
Emeritus Faculty
Michael T. Taussig
Emeritus Professor of Anthropology
Research Interests
Core Teaching Faculty - Sociocultural
Kaya Williams
Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Barnard College
Research Interests
Affiliated Graduate Students
Amani Agbaria
PhD Student
Research Interests
Empires, States, Sovereignties, Indigeneity, Diasporas, Slavery, Colonialism, Race, Racial Capitalism, Language, Social Theory, Critical Theory
Zarino Lanni
PhD Student
Research Interests
Indigeneities, Diasporas, Slavery, Colonialism, Race, Racial Capitalism, Empires, States, Sovereignties, Language, Social Theory, Critical Theory
Giorgia Mirto
PhD Student
Research Interests
Migration and Border Studies, Slavery, Colonialism, Race, Racial Capitalism, Criminalization, Policing, Law and Society, War, Nationalism, Displacement, Trauma, Anthropology of Death and Violence, Language, Social Theory, Critical Theory, Text, Translation, Writing, Aesthetics, Museums, Archives, Practices of Memory, Religion, Governance and the Political, Spirituality, Religion, Affect and EmotionsDissertation / Thesis Title
The Political Life of Border Death in South Italy
Ahmed Zakarya Mitiche
PhD Student
Research Interests
Religion, Governance and the Political, Language, Social Theory, Critical Theory, Archives, Practices of Memory, Slavery, Colonialism, Race, Racial Capitalism, War, Nationalism, Displacement, Trauma, Toxicity, Environment & Climate CrisisDissertation / Thesis Title
Formations of the Soul: Cultivation of Ethical Self and Community in Revolutionary Algeria
Elena G. Vanasse Torres
PhD Student