The Wenner-Gren Foundation

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Web Name: The Wenner-Gren Foundation

WebSite: http://www.wennergren.org

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How to Apply for a GrantThe Foundation provides a variety of grants to support individual research, collaborative projects, conferences and training fellowships.Learn moreVisit Our GranteesWenner-Gren supports research in social/cultural anthropology, archaeology, biological/physical anthropology, linguistics, and closely related disciplines.Learn more The Wenner-Gren Foundation is committed to playing a leadership role in anthropology.   We help anthropologists advance anthropological knowledge, build sustainable careers, and amplify the impact of anthropology within the wider world. We dedicate ourselves to broadening the conversation in anthropology to reflect the full diversity of the field.Read our Mission Statement"The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences." – Ruth Benedict Webinar 1/13: Unsettling the Past: Radically Reimagining Archaeological Knowledge We are excited to announce the next webinar sponsored by the Society of Black Archaeologists, Indigenous Archaeology Collective, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies, and SAPIENS, Unsettling the Past: Radically Reimagining Archaeological Knowledge. The webinar will be held on January 13, 2021 from 4-6 pm EST and is sponsored by the Stanford Archaeology Center. You can register for the event here.  From the Margins to the Mainstream 2021 Webinar Schedule The From Margins to the Mainstream webinar series continues into 2021 with a slate of lectures kicking off on January 13th and extending into the spring. Be sure to check out the full schedule of webinars in the series on the way. Introducing the Wadsworth Institutional Grant In 2019, the Wenner-Gren Foundation piloted the Wadsworth Institutional Grant in the Department of Anthropology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, based in the National Museum of Brazil, the site of a devastating fire.  At a time when Brazil’s right-wing government has slashed budgets for academic research, this new program provides pilot funding and training in grant writing to doctoral students, who in the future will be increasingly dependent on international sources of support. Watch Now: New Webinar Series: Indigenous Peoples, Heritage and Landscape in the Asia Pacific: Knowledge Co-Production, Policy Change, and Empowerment From September to November the Wenner-Gren Foundation sponsored a new webinar series entitled, “Indigenous Peoples, Heritage and Landscape in the Asia Pacific: Knowledge Co-Production, Policy Change, and Empowerment“, co-sponsored by UCLA Asia Pacific Center, the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, The University of New England through the First Peoples Rights and Law Centre, and the National Cheng-chi University through the Center for Taiwan-Philippines Indigenous Knowledge, Local Knowledge, and Sustainable Studies (CTPILS).Watch the entire series here. Watch Now: Introducing the Series: Theory and Practice at the Edges of Academia On October 23rd the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences in partnership with the Wenner-Gren Foundation kicked off the first installment of the webinar series: “Criticism Inside, Alternatives Alongside: Organizing Otherwise to Intervene in Anthropology’s Future“. An archive of the first episode, “Introducing the Series: Theory and Practice at the Edges of Academia” can be seen here. Watch Now: What Is the Utility of Anthropology in This Moment of Emergency? On November 9th the New York Academy of Sciences hosted the lecture, “What Is the Utility of Anthropology in This Moment of Emergency?” Watch it now.

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