NEW YORK, April 25 -- Current Anthropology, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features social, cultural and physical anthropology as well as ethnology and ethnohistory, archaeology and prehistory, folklore, and linguistics from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2024 edition (Vol. 65, No. 2): Articles: * Uneven Counting: The Legal Economy of Death, Sacrifice, and Compassion in Pakistan * The Material Cr  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 25 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: Dolores Albarracin, Charles L. Kane, Edward D. Mansfield, Virgil Percec, and Deborah A. Thomas are recognized for their contributions to mathematical and physical sciences and social and behavioral sciences. Five faculty affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an honorary society and independent rese  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 24 -- Santa Fe Institute issued the following news release: SFI External Professor Tim Kohler (Washington State University) will be delivering the Linda S. Cordell Lecture through the School for Advanced Research (SAR) on April 28, 2024, at the New Mexico History Museum. In his lecture, Kohler, who recently co-led an SFI working group on "Inequality over the long-term," will offer an archaeological account of wealth disparity worldwide, including the pre-Hispanic So  more

BROOKLYN, New York, April 24 -- Brooklyn Museum issued the following news release: Reinforcing its dedication to the highest standards of excellence in collections and exhibitions, the Brooklyn Museum is pleased to announce two new curatorial appointments. Pauline Vermare has been appointed Phillip and Edith Leonian Curator of Photography, and Annissa Malvoisin has been appointed Associate Curator for Arts of Africa. "We are delighted to welcome Pauline and Annissa to our esteemed curatorial t  more