Jok discusses South Sudan's COVID-19 response in Daily Nation
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Castro named McClure Professor of Teaching Excellence
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Maxwell faculty and students honored with 2020 One University awards
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Jok discusses Africa's health systems, coronavirus in Daily Nation
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Jok discusses Africa's low COVID-19 case numbers in Daily Nation
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Jok weighs in on the AU's Silencing the Guns agenda in Daily Nation
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Jok discusses South Sudan's latest peace deal with Al Jazeera
"This government will be a mere postponement of conflict if it gives a blind eye to the corruption and grand theft that has created a ghastly and deadly form of inequality in South Sudan since 2005," writes Jok Madut Jok, professor of anthropology.
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Jok op-ed on Sudan's former dictator published in Daily Nation
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Hromadžić wins Title VIII grant for research in Bosnia-Herzegovina
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Jok discusses the link between violence and corruption in the Citizen
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Armstrong speaks to the Hill about new Harriet Tubman film
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Bhan weighs in on call for Israel model in Kashmir in Al Jazeera
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Armstrong and collaborators author paper, win grant for excavation
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Armstrong, Singleton cited in Science article on Caribbean excavation
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Burdick discusses rise of Pentecostalism in Amazonia in the National Catholic Register
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Maxwell announces new faculty members, department chair
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Bhan discusses the conflict in Kashmir with Al Jazeera, BBC News
Mona Bhan, associate professor of anthropology and Ford-Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies, says that the resistance to India's revocation of Articles 370 and 35A "depends of course on this massive military influx of the Indian forces into Kashmir territory and how that's going to pen out, how people are going to be able to navigate this new terrain of intense militarization."
Slow Archaeology
Theoretical Archaeology Group, an annual conference, held its event at Syracuse University, drawing double the expected attendance and an array of artists who responded to the conference's call for artwork. The theme of this year's TAG was "Slow Archaeology," which highlights the importance of long-term commitments to projects, relationships with descendants and other stakeholders, and collaboration.
Public Affairs and the Multifront Attack on Climate Change
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