Anand Pandian

Teaching and Organizing for Environmental Justice in Baltimore Baltimore’s residents of color are twice as likely as white residents to develop cancer from toxic exposure, and suffer some of the highest asthm...

Our latest Teaching Tools reflects on a collaboration between an anthropologist (@anandian.bsky.social) and a community organizer (Shashawnda Campbell of the South Baltimore Community Land Trust) on teaching and activism beyond the classroom: www.culanth.org/fieldsights/...

Announcing the 2026 Zócalo Book Prize Finalists | Zócalo Public Square Congratulations to 2026 Zócalo Book Prize Finalists: Congratulations to Authors Marie Gottschalk, Anand Pandian, Carter Sherman, and Brando Simeo Starkey

So very grateful for this news, for the support from the amazing Zócalo Public Square initiative, and for the company of these other wonderful writers.

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Teaching and Organizing for Environmental Justice in Baltimore Baltimore’s residents of color are twice as likely as white residents to develop cancer from toxic exposure, and suffer some of the highest asthm...

I'm so glad to share this conversation about how academics and activists can learn to work together in the classroom and beyond, a dialogue I had with Shashawnda Campbell of the South Baltimore Community Land Trust about our collaborations.

www.culanth.org/fieldsights/...

Ep 28: The Call Is Coming From Inside the Gated Community with Anand Pandian Podcast Episode · In the Meanwhile · 12/05/2025 · 1h 7m

Nora & I swap Thanksgiving horror stories before talking with Anand Pandian about why America lives like a permanent bunker. From gated communities to monster trucks to COVID denial, it’s part political exorcism, part reality check, and a case for choosing each other over fear.

Ep 28: The Call Is Coming From Inside the Gated Community with Anand Pandian Podcast Episode · In the Meanwhile · 12/05/2025 · 1h 7m

This week: The call is coming from inside the gated community! We chat with anthropologist @anandian.bsky.social about his 🔥🔥 new book, Something Between Us. Why does America live like it’s in a permanent bunker, and how could more interdependence save us all?
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This evening in Baltimore!

Blue background, congratulations to Chloe Ahmann, book cover center titled futures after progress, 2025 bateson prize honorable mention

Congratulations to Futures After Progress by Chloe Ahmann on receiving an honorable mention for the 2025 Bateson Prize! Explore a powerful ethnographic study of South Baltimore and celebrate this well-deserved recognition by securing your copy here: bit.ly/UCPEXAAA

So excited to partner with Garden District Books and many wonderful writers on this book release ritual and pop-up bookshop in New Orleans this Friday 11/21 evening. We'll walk to the Mississippi for a ritual acknowledging the spirits that have accompanied the writing of these books. Join us!

Anthropologists! If you're attending the American Anthropological Association meetings in New Orleans this week, please join us for an offsite reception at Merchant House on Thursday 11/20 evening, hosted by SCA (@culanth.bsky.social), SVA, and AES.

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Our scholars programs were thrilled to host @anandian.bsky.social for our very first Profs & Pizza. Great conversation about his new book and what connects/divides us. Looking forward to hosting more of these events in the future.

The role of U.S. institutions in overcoming political division Hopkins anthropologist and author of "Something Between Us" discusses how institutions and policymakers can help rebuild collective life.

I’m grateful to the JHU Bloomberg Center for this chance to reflect on how everyday architectures — from built environments to digital infrastructures — shape social distance, and why revitalized public institutions are essential to collective life.
Full Q&A: washingtondc.jhu.edu/news/anand-p...

The Integrative Conservation Conference (ICC) will be February 27-28, 2026 at UGA in Athens, GA. The theme is 'Centering Community' and we're excited to be hosting @anandian.bsky.social as our Keynote Speaker! Abstract submissions are currently open! #conservation #interdisciplinary #conference

Humanities on the Hill: Anand Pandian & Hahrie Han | Humanities Institute The Alexander Grass Humanities Institute and East City Bookshop Present Humanities on the Hill: Anand Pandian & Hahrie Han. Register here in advance! AGHI’s Humanities on the Hill welcomes Krieger-Eis...

Honored to join political thinker, writer, and JHU colleague Hahrie Han for a "Humanities on the Hill" conversation in Washington DC on Monday 11/17 evening, reflecting on the everyday architectures that distance us and strategies to sustain community.
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The role of U.S. institutions in overcoming political division - United States News Beep A Q&A with Anand Pandian, author of the new book Something Between Us, on the physical barriers driving ideological divides and how institutions can help

The role of U.S. institutions in overcoming political division

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A Q&A with Anand Pandian, author of the new book Something Between Us, on the physical barriers driving…

New online event!

Join us on Wed 12 Nov, 4pm GMT / 11am ET, for a book talk on ‘Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life, and How to Take Them Down’ with author Prof. Anand Pandian (Johns Hopkins University).
Moderated by Shivangi Kaushik (ODID)

Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

“In a time of deep divisiveness, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan offers an elegant and compelling meditation on an idea more essential than ever, the very notion of a collective we.”

@anandian.bsky.social on 'What is We?' by Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan - out now!

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Sign up to online book talk hosted by ODID_QEH discussing Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life, and How to Take Them Down by ethnographer @anandian.bsky.social on 12th November from 4pm GMT
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Book Talk: Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life, and How to Take Them Down About the book: In 2016, Anand Pandian was alarmed by Donald Trump's harsh attacks on immigrants to the United States, the appeal of that politics of anger and fear. In the years that followed, he cri...

I'm looking forward to joining this wonderful panel of social scientists to talk about my new book, Something Between Us, at the Oxford Department of International Development. If you'd like to join us online on Wed, 11/12, register at the link below.
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Holding Space for Democracy: A Conversation with Professor Anand Pandian | Johns Hopkins Events

I'm grateful to Hopkins at Home and the SNF Agora Institute for hosting this virtual event on my new book, Something Between Us, on Tuesday, 11/4 at 12pm ET. I'll be talking about common spaces and the common sense we need. Open to all, join online via the link below.

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Folks in New York, please join me at the New York Academy of Sciences on Monday 11/3 at 4:30pm. I'll be talking with the wonderful writer Bob Desjarlais about the challenge of opening our minds to the lives of others, drawing on my new book, Something Between Us.

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Promoting Your Scholarship: Strategies for Wider Impact - American Anthropological Association Join acclaimed anthropologists Anand Pandian, Barbara King, and Tracie Canada for an inspiring conversation on bringing scholarship to the public. Drawing from their own successes—featured in outlets ...

A 10/29 AAA panel on public engagement with anthropology, “strategies for connecting with audiences beyond academia, from museum exhibitions to national media.” I’ll be there with the terrific scholars Barbara King and Tracie Canada. Join us!

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Promoting Your Scholarship: Strategies for Wider Impact - American Anthropological Association Join acclaimed anthropologists Anand Pandian, Barbara King, and Tracie Canada for an inspiring conversation on bringing scholarship to the public. Drawing from their own successes—featured in outlets ...

Join Profs. @traciecanada.bsky.social @anandian.bsky.social and me Wed. 10/29 at 3:30 Eastern, for a webinar on promoting our scholarship for a wider impact. Free for @americananthro.bsky.social members, small fee for non-members. Click link to register. #anthropology #publicanthropology #writing

Building Community Through Literacy- "Something Between Us" by Anand Pandian Join us for a community book discussion of Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life, and How to Take Them Down with author and cultural anthropologist, Anand...

In my new book, Something Between Us, I write about lessons from clean water advocacy in the Hudson River Valley. I'm honored to talk about the book in Newburgh, NY on Tuesday 10/28 with community leader Gabrielle Hill. Please join us if you're in the area!

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Grateful for this chance to talk at my alma mater Amherst College about my new book, Something Between Us, this Monday 10/27 evening. If any of you alums or others out there are in central Massachusetts, please drop in!

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To understand how the U.S. became so polarized, an anthropologist looked to the concept of walls In the midst of working on his latest project, about the concept of walls, cultural anthropologist Anand Pandian found himself volunteering with a group called Tucson Samaritans — a humanitarian organ...

In the midst of working on his latest project, about the concept of walls, cultural anthropologist Anand Pandian found himself volunteering with a group called Tucson Samaritans — a humanitarian organization that leaves water and food for migrants in the desert.

Folks in Ohio, join me at Clintonville Books in Columbus on Tues, 10/14 4pm. I'll be talking about Something Between Us, my new book on the US, together with OSU professor Nick Kawa. A chapter is set in Columbus - I'm excited to talk here about the book. Register:

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A handmade version of the book cover from Denton, Texas! I'm really grateful for this chance to talk about my new book in one of the key places in the story, with people who taught me some essential lessons on working for justice over generations.

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Friends in Philadelphia, please join me at Head House Books on Tuesday, September 30th at 6:30pm. I’ll be talking about my new book on the United States, Something Between Us, together with urban anthropologist and physician Michelle Munyikwa. Register here:

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