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Professor Sherry B. Ortner FBA

Social and cultural theory; historical anthropology; gender and feminist theory; anthropology of late capitalism/neoliberalism; film, media, and the culture industries; political activism. Sherpas of Nepal and anthropology of the Himalayas
Headshot of Professor Sherry Beth Ortner FBA (credit Timothy D. Taylor)
Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2023
Subjects
Anthropology, Social Sciences
Sections
Anthropology and Geography
Website
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/anthro/faculty/ortner/

Current post

University of California Distinguished Professor Emerita of Anthropology

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Professor William Cronon FBA

Environmental history and historical geography, focusing principally on human interactions with the landscapes and ecosystems of North America

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Professor Meric Gertler FBA

Urban and regional economic change, North America, Europe; innovation theory, policy and geography; institutions, industrial practices, national and regional modes of governance; creativity, cities and economic dynamism; universities and cities

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Professor Dawn Chatty FBA

Middle Eastern ethnography particularly prolonged forced migration, and forced settlement of mobile indigenous peoples as well as biodiversity conservation, sustainable development, and the politics of pastoral livelihoods

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