In his essay, Sanaullah Khan takes us into Lahore, one of the most polluted cities in the world. Breathing here turns into a deliberative act, as class position determines how much polluted air does a person breathe. Read the new Critical Care piece here: medanthro.net/critical-car...

Deadline to apply for the SMA Mentoring Inititative is May 1! Grad students, postdocs, and mid-career scholars, find more information here: medanthro.net/reminder-sma...

A reminder that the Translational Research Writing Workshop is today, Apr 8 at 12pm EST!

We are delighted to share the latest issue of Critical Care! The series focuses on East Asian Medical Anthropology for a Transformative Time, with an Introduction by Bo Kyeong Seo, and four essays by Kwanwook Kim, Minsu Yoo, Makoto Nishi, and Shao-hua Liu

Join MASA, SMA, and the Wenner-Gren foundation for a webinar on applying for the Wenner-Gren Dissertarion Grant! Dr Danilyn Rutherford will guide us through the process on Friday, April 3, 3-4:30pm ET. Register at this link: tinyurl.com/MASA-WGFunding

I describe it as such as a historian of disability because I want to remind scientists and the world that the history of science IS the history of eugenics, scientific racism and medical racism, and more. I’m not comforting them with the idea that it was a ‘pseudoscience.’ This is your history.

thank you @appliedanthro.bsky.social for continuously organizing amazing annual meetings!

The AFA Program Committee is thrilled to announce a virtual spring job market workshop on March 27 at 12pm EST. The workshop will be facilitated by Drs. Julia Kowalski, Hemangini Gupta, and Tatiana Sánchez Parra and moderated by Dr. Dinah Hannaford. Please see the below for RSVP information! #AFA

We are happy to announce the Translational Research Writing workshop led by @aninditamanthro! On Apr 8, 12pm EST, we will discuss how MAQ publications can speak to broader audiences ans experiment with writing styles beyond conventional academic formats!

Take a look at this great interview between Julián Ginzo and Emily Mendenhall: theysaidso.org/emily-menden...

We’re happy to share a fantastic new Critical Care essay on medical debt by van Eijk, Behrens, Sabaruddin, Sapp, and Urvarter - Patients Are Not Financially Illiterate: US Hospitals Systemically Fail to Help Them Avoid Medical Debt. Find it here: medanthro.net/critical-car...

#cfp We are seeking papers for both a pre-conference workshop for New England-based anthropology PhD Students and early career faculty (March 27) and paper proposals for two panels (all ranks) (March 28). Due by 02.23.2026. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

reminder that the deadline for Executive Board nominations is tomorrow 02/10!

join us in Albuquerque!

Join our community and nominate yourself for the Executive Board positions! More info here: medanthro.net/2026-sma-exe... #anthropology #MedicalAnthropology #SocietyForMedicalAnthropology #SMA

This is a long episode (normal by Death Panel standards) but I hope everyone takes the time to at least listen to @reallandsend.bsky.social’s opening monologue about ICE showing up to intimidate us and why the community response here made it impossible for them to do so

It seems clear Alex Pretti, a healthcare worker, was murdered for engaging in the exact kind of community care we hope all care workers to embody: the kind that doesn’t stop at the threshold of the hospital, the clinic, but that aims to care for and support the community where and how they can

We are proud to announce the SMA Mentoring Initiative! The program aims to support grad students and postdocs and mid-career scholars by connecting them with experienced anthropologists. Deadline: May 1, 2026.

“Abolish ICE” isn’t radical, it doesn’t go far enough. Latest in @theguardian.com written with my friend @victorerikray.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We are happy to share the new issue of Critical Care, a MAQ online publicarion, Flashes of Responsibility: Craft, Ethics, and Impact in Global Health Ethnography medanthro.net/critical-car...

Happy New Year everyone! May you enjoy 2026 like we enjoyed our awards ceremony at the #AAA2025! #anthropology #MedicalAnthropology #SMA #ethnography

“The only reason I don’t have this funding is because my last name is Rodriguez.” MOSAIC checked many of the boxes of the administration — but that didn't matter. It was terminated, and left grantees scrambling Next installment of American Science, Shattered: www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/t...

the entire interview between @thrasherxy.bsky.social and Alice Wong from 2020 is here! Multiple formats available in the thread.

CfA for 15th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists!

The brilliant Alice Wong! Rest in peace.

An important discussion, organized by #APLA and #ASAP, will be held tomorrow, Nov 22, 6:30-9pm at Ashé Cultural Arts center! #AAA2025 #Anthropology

Congrats to Gabriela Morales for the New Millenium Book Award honorable mention for her book ‘Decolonizing Medicine: Indigenous Politics and the Practice of Care in Bolivia!’ #anthropology #MedicalAnthropology #AAA25

Angela Garcia wins the New Millenium Book Award for her book ‘The Way That Leads Among the Lost: Life, Death, and Hope in Mexico City’s Anexos.’ Congratulations!

The Eileen Basker Memorial Prize honorable mention went to Jaya Keaney for her book ‘Making Gaybies: Queer Reproduction and Multiracial Feeling!’ #anthropology #MedicalAnthropology #AAA25

Huge congrats to @eyatesd.bsky.social for winning the Eileen Basker Memorial Prize for her book ‘Mal-Nutrition: Maternal Health Science and the Reproduction of Harm!’ #anthropology #MedicalAnthropology #AAA25

reminder that tomorrow is the last day for applications!

Today we are starting our weekly prompt - a future tradition we are hoping you’ll like! Share books and/or articles you have read last week that have sparked your interest 🥸 #MedicalAnthropology #anthropology #ethnography #SocialScience #nonfiction

CfA: MAQ is seeking a new Book Reviews Editor! All information is available on our website: medanthro.net/call-for-app...

job alert!

Long Covid Is Real — And It’s Changing an Entire Generation Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Department of Anthropology at Rutgers is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor with a particular emphasis on the dynamic intersections of Language, Culture, and Power. Apply here: jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/260...

LISTEN: The Migrant’s Jail author @briannanofil.bsky.social spoke with @npr.org’s Throughline podcast about the history of migrant detention in the US:

Pleased Wasafiri shared an extract from No is Not a Lonely Utterance! Whole book is out Sept 18th. Gulp. www.wasafiri.org/content/excl...

finally some published data from @pandemicjournaling.bsky.social!

NEW ARTICLE: ‘It’s not where we are, it’s who we’re near’: Crisis & caring labor in the COVID narratives of middle-class white women in the US rb.gy/ilaa6d @americananthro.bsky.social @socmedanthro.bsky.social sky.social @uconninchip.bsky.social nchip.bsky.social @uconnhumanities.bsky.social

The Disability Research Interest Group of SMA is pleased to announce this year’s Disability Anthropology Essay Prize competition. Submissions are due September 1! More info here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Award season continues! Please consider submitting a laler or nominating someone for the Virchow award; deadline is Aug 1! Awards are made in the following categories: 1) Professional, 2) Graduate Student, and 3) Undergraduate Student. More info in the thread:

There is still time to apply for the SMA Dissertation Award! The deadline has been extended to July 15th. You still have time and your dissertations are great! Please apply and share widely! Here is the link with more info: medanthro.net/about/histor...

Our "Public Anthropology" reader is out - and it has become such a beautiful book! 😍🌞 #openaccess

Deadline for nominations for the SMA Hazel Weidman Award for Exemplary Service is July 15! The award is presented to a member who has, over the course of a career, demonstrated extraordinary service to the profession. medanthro.net/hazel-weidma...

And don’t forget, the deadline for the SMA Travel Initiative to support underrepresented scholars is also June 15th! Here is the link to the application form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Reminder that the deadline to apply for the SMA Dissertation Award is June 15th. You still have time and your dissertations are great even if you’re a perfectionists! Here is the link: medanthro.net/about/histor...

We are so pleased to share n important essay by @dafnushka.bsky.social regardin the Russian occupation of Ukraine in the first issue of MAQ’s online publicaetion Critical Care: medanthro.net/critical-car... Vulnerability Is Not a Metaphor – Society for Medical Anthropology

And don’t forget, the deadline for the SMA Dissertation Award is July 15! medanthro.net/about/histor...