Congratulations Dr. Alexander! On May 26, 2026, Ph.D. candidate in linguistic anthropology Bri Alexander successfully defended her dissertation titled “All Our Ren […]

Congratulations Dr. Otuonye! On May 15, 2026, Ph.D. candidate in cultural anthropology Chinonye Alma Otuonye successfully defended her dissertation titled “ […]

Commons 2.7.4I’ve just released version 2.7.4 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release is a major-update release for plugins and themes. The […]

2026 TAG Conference The Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) conference will be jointly hosted by CUNY and the Pratt Institute on Friday, May 29th. Coming […]

Finding Grants Workshop This Friday, May 15th, PhD student in cultural anthropology Cassandra Cronin will lead a workshop on using the Pivot and Grant Forward […]

Commons 2.7.3I’ve just released version 2.7.3 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes the following fixes: Fixed bug that caused […]

Major plugin and theme updates for May 26, 2026The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 2.7.4 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for May 26, 2026: Akismet […]

Celebrating Vincent Crapanzano Please join us on Friday, May 8th, as we celebrate our very own Professor Vincent Crapanzano. This special event will take place f […]

Congratulations Dr. Parme! On April 23rd 2026, Ph.D. candidate in cultural anthropology Lindsay Parme successfully defended her dissertation titled “Subjects of Res […]

Commons 2.7.2I’ve just released version 2.7.2 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release is a major-update release for plugins and themes, and also […]

Anthro Dissertation Showcase Please join us for the Dissertation Proposal Showcase on Friday, May 8, from 2:00–4:00pm in the Brockway Room (6402). The event o […]

Congratulations Dr. Amer! On April 17th 2026, Ph.D. candidate in cultural anthropology Nehal Amer successfully defended her dissertation titled “Speculative Urb […]

Colloq: Christine Webb *** EVENT CANCELLED *** Please join us this Friday, April 24  for our next colloquium! This week we will be joined by Christine We […]

Louise Lennihan: A Celebration! On May 1st, we will celebrate the retirement of Professor Louise Lennihan, whose teaching, mentorship, and scholarship have shaped g […]

Commons 2.7.1I’ve just released version 2.7.1 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes the following fixes: Fixed bug that prevented […]

Selin Levi wins 2026 Images of Research Competition Her photograph is titled “Dy(e)ing Out: The Last Dyer’s Workshop.” Levi’s dissertation is based in Izmir, Turkey, where she focus […]

Colloq: Laurian Bowles Join us this Friday, April 17, at 4:15 pm for this semester’s Leith Mullings Lecture featuring Laurian Bowles from Davidson Colleg […]

17 students get Eric Wolf Dissertation Research Grants Our Ph.D. Program in Anthropology is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Eric Wolf Dissertation Research Grants. This year, […]

Conversations on Caribbean Drama II Join Kelly Baker Josephs for the following two conversations about Caribbean  plays that are forthcoming in Manchineel + […]

CFP: 44th Annual West Indian Literature ConferenceConference Theme: Freedom, Creative Spirit, & the Poetic Imagination When: October 8-11, 2026 Where: University of Puerto Rico, Río […]