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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/

Want to Make Academic Writing More Readable? Ask a High School Student. The Demystifying Language Project works with high schoolers and undergrads to make scholarly research on language and power more accessible.

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

Current Anthropology | Vol 67, No 3 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...

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

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

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/

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/

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

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

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From the SAPIENS.org archive. A paleoanthropologist reflects on England’s oldest human cranium—and what its changing interpretations say about science. https://www.sapiens.org/biology/paleontology-swanscombe-fossil-england-politics-science/