Need something to read this winter? Looking for a way to spend an Amazon gift card or Audible credit? I've got you covered with a few suggestions for popular science type books from top academics in ...

João Biehl, professor of anthropology, has received the Diana Forsythe Prize for his book "Will to Live: AIDS Therapies and the Politics of Survival." Biehl received the prize Nov. 22 at the annual ...

The holidays are approaching: gatherings with in-laws, crowded shopping malls, snow and ice, hampered travel. But for many, there is an elixir that makes it all bearable—wine. Robert Ulin, professor ...

UB cultural anthropologist Phillips Stevens Jr. says that while magic and witchcraft are both thoroughly researched topics across various academic disciplines, a new effort is needed if we’re to fully ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Anthropology is broadly defined as the scientific study of ...

Does anthropology suffer from a fear of the visual? While exploring this question, Sasanka Perera’s book takes upon itself the herculean task of historically analysing the intellectual rupture between ...