"The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences." – Ruth Benedict
The Wenner-Gren Foundation is now hiring for the position of Executive Assistant/Office Manager. For more information about this position please click here.
Are you interested in building a career in public media and science communication? The Wenner-Gren Foundation invites applications for the first year of its SAPIENS Public Fellowship program. The program will place one recent PhD, in anthropology or a closely aligned discipline, in a two-year term fellowship at SAPIENS, the Foundation’s online magazine. The Fellow will gain experience in the work of the magazine, expand their professional networks, and receive professional mentoring. The Fellowship comes with a stipend of $50,000 per year. The Fellow will choose between telecommuting or working at the Foundation’s headquarters in New York City. The Foundation cannot sponsor a U.S. visa, but the successful applicant may be a non-U.S. citizen and undertake their fellowship outside the U.S.
For information on how to apply: http://www.wennergren.org/news/announcing-sapiens-public-fellowship-program
It is with great sorrow that we wish to announce the passing of one of the Wenner-Gren Foundation’s greatest leaders and closest friends. Sydel Silverman was the president of Wenner-Gren from 1987 to 1999. She guided the Foundation through a critical phase in its history. She preserved the small grants program, which provides a crucial source of support for doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers. She held symposia that set new directions for the field. She was instrumental in expanding the international community of anthropologists, fostering the creation new professional associations and new conversations that cut across countries and traditions of work. We still strive to live by the values she cherished and to pursue the priorities she set. She will be sorely missed. Read Sydel Silverman’s obituary.
In 2017 Dr. Martha-Cecilia Dietrich received a Fejos Postdoctoral Fellowship that gave her the opportunity to make, Horror in the Andes, a documentary film that in her words focused on “a two-year long investigation into the local horror film production in the Peruvian highlands and the films’ rising popularity among local audiences”. We are proud to share the following trailer and blog post.
