Diane E. Weiner, 53, Assistant Professor of Medical Anthropology at Boston University School of Medicine passed away on June 14, 2013, after suffering a stroke. Diane received her BA in anthropology at Boston University and went on to earn an MA at Stanford, and her PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles (1993). Diane … Read More
Month: June 2013
Tarragona event: Round table “Politics of Publishing”, Thursday, June 13, at 18.30h, Aula Magna
Dear colleagues, In times of increased competition for job positions the pressure to publish or perish is building up. Where to publish is often a dilemma: how do scholars, especially those without a permanent academic position, resolve the paradox between the job market increasingly driven by various indexes and a less capitalistic understanding of intellectual … Read More
2013 ADTSG Graduate Student Paper Prize
The Alcohol, Drug, and Tobacco Study Group (ADTSG) of the Society for Medical Anthropology requests submissions for the best graduate student paper in the anthropology of alcohol, drugs, pharmaceuticals, tobacco or similar substances. Qualifying submissions will be judged by a committee of ADTSG members. The author of the winning paper will receive a cash award … Read More