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WATCH | “Subjects of the Sun”: Rethinking solar justice with Myles Lennon During an October 18 book talk, Assistant Professor Myles Lennon challenged audiences to see solar energy as not only a climate solution, but a reflection of deeper social and economic inequities.

WATCH | “Subjects of the Sun”: Rethinking solar justice with Myles Lennon. During an October 18 book talk hosted by @brown-ibes.bsky.social, Assistant Prof Myles Lennon challenged audiences to see solar energy as not only a climate solution, but a reflection of deeper social and economic inequities.

Student Spotlight: America Marin In this spotlight, the department spoke with America Marin '26 about her decision to concentrate in Linguistic Anthropology and Computer Science.

Student Spotlight: America Marin ‘26 — In this piece, the department sits down with America to learn more about her decision to concentrate in Linguistic Anthropology and Computer Science.

Paola Ramos — Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America Join us for a conversation with Paola Ramos, author of “Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America.” She will di...

Today, 11/18 at 4PM — "Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America." A discussion with author Paola Ramos and Professor of Anthropology @ievajusionyte.bsky.social. Sponsored by @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social and the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies.

50+ Environmental Anthropologists Convene at Brown for Two Days of Dialogue and Exchange The conference brought together leading and emerging scholars in a warm, collegial setting to reflect on the future of environmental anthropology.

In September, @brown.edu hosted “Environmental Anthropology: Praxis,” a two-day conference led by Prof. Myles Lennon that brought together over 50 environmental anthropologists and scholars to explore how their work can more directly engage today’s urgent ecological challenges in a warming world.

OPPORTUNITY: Led by Paja Faudree, @pembrokecenter.bsky.social will award residential Postdoctoral Research Associate positions to scholars from any field whose research relates to the theme, "The Meanings of Merit: Labor, Categories of Difference, and the Creation of Knowledge." Learn more & apply:

Today, 11/14 at 12PM — "Crafting Home in Hostile Spaces: Materiality and the Politics of Belonging on a Chesapeake Plantation." Ph.D. Student Macie Clerkley will present at this virtual event hosted by the Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS). Learn more and tune in:

Congratulations to the 2025-26 Pembroke Center graduate student research grant award recipients: Maria Arievitch, Sociology Elizabeth Berman, MCM and German Aidea Downie, Public Health Courtney Fitzpatrick, History Joyce Fu, Integrative Studies Zhujun Ma, Religious Studies Joaquín Marreros Núñez, History Luvuyo Nyawose, MCM Isabella Schultz, Anthropology Yilmaz Yeniler, Archaeology Amelle Zeroug, History

Congratulations to the graduate student recipients of the 2025-26 Pembroke Center student research grants! Read about their projects here: pembroke.brown.edu/news/2025-11... @brownpublichealth.bky.social

Sydney Giacalone Awarded the Society for the Anthropology of North America’s St. Clair Drake Travel Award — The grant supports students traveling to the @americananthro.bsky.social 2025 Annual Meeting in late-November and is awarded on a competitive basis. Congratulations, Sydney! bit.ly/4nTY0r1

Largest ancient Maya site may represent the universe | The Jerusalem Post The site's layout follows the solar movement and “is comparable to, or even greater than, those of later Mesoamerican cities.”

Researchers think the largest and oldest monumental Maya site is a map of the universe — In this piece from @thejerusalempost.bsky.social, Stephen Houston and Andrew Scherer provide commentary on new research findings about the design of the ancient Mayan architectural site known as Aguada Fénix.

ANTHROPOLOGY COLLOQUIUM — ‘A Conspiracy of Industry and Violence’: Caribbean Plantations and the (Un)making of the Plantationocene This event is part of the Department of Anthropology’s Fall 2025 Colloquium Series This talk considers the theoretical potential of the plant...

Save the Date! 11/11 at 12PM — ‘A Conspiracy of Industry and Violence’: Caribbean Plantations and the (Un)making of the Plantationocene. Presented by Khadene Harris, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Rice University. Part of Brown Anthropology's Fall 2025 Colloquium Series. Learn more:

Mussolini decides: Determining racial identity under Italy’s racial laws A new paper co-authored by David Kertzer examines how Italy’s Fascist regime enforced its 1938 racial laws and the contradictions within its own ideology.

Mussolini decides: Determining racial identity under Italy’s racial laws — A new paper co-authored by David Kertzer examines how Italy’s Fascist regime enforced its 1938 racial laws and the contradictions within its own ideology.

WATCH | “Subjects of the Sun”: Rethinking solar justice with Myles Lennon During an October 18 book talk, Assistant Professor Myles Lennon challenged audiences to see solar energy not just as a climate solution, but as a reflection of deeper social and economic inequities.

Despite its benefits, “renewable energy can simultaneously redress & re-entrench unjust fossil-fueled structures of power,” Asst Prof Myles Lennon told audience members during his Family Weekend book talk. Bathsheba Demuth Brown Anthropology Brown History Department

Learn more + view a recording ⤵️

Archaeologist and art historian Lothar von Falkenhausen (UCLA) explores Chinese material heritage in the talk “Actively Living in the Past: Traces of the Behavior of Chinese Antiquarians” Thursday, Nov. 6, 4–5:30 pm, on campus. buff.ly/OZtX0pD

This Sunday, 11/2 at 5:30PM: Halloween is on everyone’s mind, but just around the corner is our favorite day of remembrance, Día de Muertos. Join the Brown and greater PVD community at North Burial Ground to celebrate and partake in a short candle-lighting ceremony. Learn more:

Anthropology dept. showcases documentaries, art, project at fall research symposium On Friday, the Anthropology department held their annual fall research symposium.

Anthropology dept. showcases documentaries, art, project at fall research symposium — A recent piece from the Brown Daily Herald (BDH) highlights Anthropology's Fall 2025 Symposium, held last month in Pembroke Hall.

U-M SEAS Detroit Sustainability Clinic announces Fall 2025 Urban Sustainability & Justice Faculty Fellow The University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) Detroit Sustainability Clinic announces its Fall 2025

Congratulations to IBES and @brownanthro.bsky.social Assistant Prof Myles Lennon, who has been named the Fall 2025 Urban Sustainability & Justice Faculty Fellow at @umich.edu's School for Environment and Sustainability Detroit Sustainability Clinic!

ANTHROPOLOGY COLLOQUIUM — The Corporate Alibi: Capitalism and the Cultural Politics of U.S. Investments in Africa This event is part of the Department of Anthropology’s Fall 2025 Colloquium Series This talk examines how U.S. corporate executives and phila...

Tomorrow, 10/21 at 12PM: "The Corporate Alibi: Capitalism and the Cultural Politics of U.S. Investments in Africa." Part of Anthropology's Fall 2025 Colloquium Series. Presented by Amy Stambach, @uwmadison.bsky.social. Co-sponsored by the Africa Initiative at @brown.edu.

IBES Book Talk | Professor Myles Lennon on Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism With Myles Lennon, Dean’s Assistant Professor of Environment and Society & Anthropology Moderated by Bathsheba Demuth, Dean’s Associate...

Tomorrow, 10/18 at 10AM: Join the Brown community on Family Weekend for a book talk with Myles Lennon featuring his latest publication, "Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism." Sponsored by @brown-ibes.bsky.social. A livestream of this event will be available.

50+ Environmental Anthropologists Convene at Brown for Two Days of Dialogue and Exchange The conference brought together leading and emerging scholars in a warm, collegial setting to reflect on the future of environmental anthropology.

Last month, @brown.edu hosted “Environmental Anthropology: Praxis,” a two-day conference led by Prof. Myles Lennon that brought together over 50 environmental anthropologists and scholars to explore how their work can more directly engage today’s urgent ecological challenges in a warming world.

Brown University anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte awarded MacArthur ‘genius grant’ Jusionyte, a cultural and legal anthropologist who leads the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at Brown’s Watson School of International and Public Affairs, won an $800,000 grant to adv...

Brown University anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte awarded MacArthur ‘genius grant’ — @ievajusionyte.bsky.social, a cultural and legal anthropologist who leads the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social won an $800,000 grant to advance her work.

2026-27 Postdoctoral Research Fellowships at the Pembroke Center. Applications Now Open. Applications due Monday Nov 24 2025. Complete applications must include curriculum vitae, cover letter, writing sample.

Applications open for 26-27 postdocs. Welcoming apps from any field that relates to the theme of the Seminar, "The Meanings of Merit: Labor, Categories of Difference, and the Creation of Knowledge." See: pembroke.brown.edu/funding-oppo.... Due 11/24. @pajaf.bsky.social @brownanthro.bsky.social

Student Spotlight: America Marin In this spotlight, the department spoke with America Marin '26 about her decision to concentrate in Linguistic Anthropology and Computer Science.

Student Spotlight: America Marin ‘26 — In this piece, the department sits down with America to learn more about her decision to concentrate in Linguistic Anthropology and Computer Science.

IBES Book Talk | Professor Myles Lennon on Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism With Myles Lennon, Dean’s Assistant Professor of Environment and Society & Anthropology Moderated by Bathsheba Demuth, Dean’s Associate...

Saturday, 10/18 at 10AM: Join the Brown community on Family Weekend for a book talk with Myles Lennon featuring his latest publication, "Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism." Sponsored by @brown-ibes.bsky.social. A livestream of this event will be available.

Brown Bag Series in Archaeology | Rachel Thimmig Rachel Thimmig, a doctoral student in Brown University’s Department of Anthropology, will present her research in an informal lecture: “Damming...

This Week — Thursday, 10/2 at 12PM: Rachel Thimmig, a doctoral student in Anthropology, will present her research in an informal lecture entitled, “Damming the Reservation: Hidden Histories of Salvage Archaeology and Domestic Life on the Great Plains.” Sponsored by @brownarchaeology.bsky.social.

2026-27 Postdoctoral Research Fellowships at the Pembroke Center. Applications Now Open. Applications due Monday Nov 24 2025. Complete applications must include curriculum vitae, cover letter, writing sample.

Applications open for 26-27 postdocs. Welcoming apps from any field that relates to the theme of the Seminar, "The Meanings of Merit: Labor, Categories of Difference, and the Creation of Knowledge." See: pembroke.brown.edu/funding-oppo.... Due 11/24. @pajaf.bsky.social @brownanthro.bsky.social

Brown Bag Series in Archaeology | Rachel Thimmig Rachel Thimmig, a doctoral student in Brown University’s Department of Anthropology, will present her research in an informal lecture: “Damming...

Thursday, 10/2 at 12PM: Rachel Thimmig, a doctoral student in Anthropology, will present her research in an informal lecture entitled, “Damming the Reservation: Hidden Histories of Salvage Archaeology and Domestic Life on the Great Plains.” Sponsored by @brownarchaeology.bsky.social.

Join IBES for a Family Weekend book talk! Asst Prof Myles Lennon will discuss his new book, Subjects of the Sun, in a conversation moderated by Assoc Prof @brdemuth.bsky.social.

Oct 18, 10-11am, 85 Waterman St & online
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On September 12, the Department of Anthropology hosted its annual Fall Symposium. Anthropologists from across Brown shared their research — with some even participating in a brand new pocket poster session from 12-1pm. Check it out and be sure to join us next year!

This Thursday, 9/18 at 5:30PM: Catch the launch of Myles Lennon's new book, Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism (Duke University Press, 2025) at Riffraff Bookstore and Bar in Providence, RI. Additional details below ⬇️

Happening now! Our fourth annual Fall Symposium is underway at 172 Meeting Street (Pembroke Hall), Room 305. Stop by to hear the latest research from students and scholars in the Department of Anthropology at Brown. events.brown.edu/anthropology/event/314298-anthropology-fall-2025-symposium