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Berghahn Books: winner of The AAA Executive Director's Award of Excellence for Publishing in Anthropology. Presented to Marion Berghahn "for her decades of courageous, risk-taking publishing work, remaining independent and without a safety net at a time of upheaval and consolidation in the publishing world. Small presses like Berghahn Books are absolutely essential to scholarly communication in the field of Anthropology."

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Patrons of Women
April 2023

Patrons of Women

Literacy Projects and Gender Development in Rural Nepal

Hertzog, E.
The Best We Share
April 2023

The Best We Share

Nation, Culture and World-Making in the UNESCO World Heritage Arena

Brumann, C.
An American Icon in Puerto Rico
June 2023

An American Icon in Puerto Rico

Barbie, Girlhood, and Colonialism at Play

Aguiló-Pérez, E. R.
After Corporate Paternalism
May 2023

After Corporate Paternalism

Material Renovation and Social Change in Times of Ruination

Straube, C.
Explorations in Economic Anthropology
June 2023

Explorations in Economic Anthropology

Key Issues and Critical Reflections

Kaneff, D. & Endres, K. W. (eds)
Delta Life
May 2023

Delta Life

Exploring Dynamic Environments where Rivers Meet the Sea

Krause, F. & Harris, M. (eds)
Ethnographies of Power
June 2023

Ethnographies of Power

A Political Anthropology of Energy

Loloum, T., Abram, S., & Ortar, N. (eds)
Ecological Nostalgias
May 2023

Ecological Nostalgias

Memory, Affect and Creativity in Times of Ecological Upheavals

Angé, O. & Berliner, D. (eds)
Preventing Dementia?
June 2023

Preventing Dementia?

Critical Perspectives on a New Paradigm of Preparing for Old Age

Leibing, A. & Schicktanz, S. (eds)
Financialization
June 2023

Financialization

Relational Approaches

Hann, C. & Kalb, D. (eds)
The Sound of Silence
April 2023

The Sound of Silence

Indigenous Perspectives on the Historical Archaeology of Colonialism

Äikäs, T. & Salmi, A.-K. (eds)
Travelling towards Home
April 2023

Travelling towards Home

Mobilities and Homemaking

Frost, N. & Selwyn, T. (eds)
Cash Transfers in Context
May 2023

Cash Transfers in Context

An Anthropological Perspective

Olivier de Sardan, J.-P. & Piccoli, E. (eds)
An Australian Indigenous Diaspora
April 2023

An Australian Indigenous Diaspora

Warlpiri Matriarchs and the Refashioning of Tradition

Burke, P.
Basic and Applied Research
June 2023

Basic and Applied Research

The Language of Science Policy in the Twentieth Century

Kaldewey, D. & Schauz, D. (eds)
Moral Engines
April 2023

Moral Engines

Exploring the Ethical Drives in Human Life

Mattingly, C., Dyring, R., Louw, M., & Schwarz Wentzer, T. (eds)
Contesting Moralities
April 2023

Contesting Moralities

Roma Identities, State and Kinship

Sarafian, I.
The Power of the Story
April 2023

The Power of the Story

Writing Disasters in Haiti and the Circum-Caribbean

Joos, V., Munro, M. & Ribó, J. (eds)
Working the Fabric
April 2023

Working the Fabric

Resourcefulness, Belonging and Island Life in Scotland’s Harris Tweed Industry

Nascimento, J.
The Girl in the Pandemic
April 2023

The Girl in the Pandemic

Transnational Perspectives

Mitchell, C. & Smith, A. (eds)
Of Jaguars and Butterflies
April 2023

Of Jaguars and Butterflies

Metalogues on Issues in Anthropology and Philosophy

Lloyd, G. & Vilaça, A.
Things of the House
April 2023

Things of the House

Material Culture and Migration from Post-Colonial Mozambique to Portugal

Rosales, M. V.
Integrating Strangers
April 2023

Integrating Strangers

Sherbro Identity and The Politics of Reciprocity along the Sierra Leonean Coast

Ménard, A.
Advocacy and Archaeology
April 2023

Advocacy and Archaeology

Urban Intersections

Britt, K. M. & George, D. F. (eds)
Heirs of the Greek Catastrophe
May 2023

Heirs of the Greek Catastrophe

The Social Life of Asia Minor Refugees in Piraeus

Hirschon, R.
Chicanery
May 2023

Chicanery

Senior Academic Appointments in Antipodean Anthropology, 1920–1960

Gray, G., Munro, D. & Winter, C.
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Paradoxes of State Capitalism
May 2023

Corporate Social Responsibility and the Paradoxes of State Capitalism

Ethnographies of Norwegian Energy and Extraction Businesses Abroad

Knudsen, S. (ed)
Exchange and Markets in Early Economic Development
May 2023

Exchange and Markets in Early Economic Development

Informal Economy in the Three New Guineas

Conroy, J. D.
Creation and Creativity in Indigenous Lowland South America
June 2023

Creation and Creativity in Indigenous Lowland South America

Anthropological Perspectives

Halbmayer, E. & Goletz, A. (eds)
Against Better Judgment
June 2023

Against Better Judgment

Akrasia in Anthropological Perspectives

McKearney, P. & Evans, N. H. A. (eds)
White Eagle, Black Eagle
June 2023

White Eagle, Black Eagle

Ethnic Relations in the German-Polish Borderlands

Parkin, R.
From Village Commons to Public Goods
June 2023

From Village Commons to Public Goods

Graduated Provision in Urbanizing China

Trémon, A.-C.
Theorizing Entrepreneurship for the Future
June 2023

Theorizing Entrepreneurship for the Future

Stories from Global Frontiers

Beuving, J.
Obstetric Violence and Systemic Disparities
June 2023

Obstetric Violence and Systemic Disparities

Can Obstetrics Be Humanized and Decolonized?

Davis-Floyd, R. & Premkumar, A. (eds)
Obstetricians Speak
June 2023

Obstetricians Speak

On Training, Practice, Fear, and Transformation

Floyd-Davis, R. & Premkumar, A. (eds)
Cognition, Risk, and Responsibility in Obstetrics
June 2023

Cognition, Risk, and Responsibility in Obstetrics

Anthropological Analyses and Critiques of Obstetricians’ Practices

Davis-Floyd, R. & Premkumar, A. (eds)

Anthropology-Related Journals

Anthropological Journal of European Cultures

Anthropological Journal of European Cultures

(formerly: Anthropological Yearbook of European Cultures)

ISSN Print: 1755-2923
ISSN Online: 1755-2931


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Anthropology in Action

Anthropology in Action

Journal for Applied Anthropology in Policy and Practice

ISSN Print: 0967-201X
ISSN Online: 1752-2285


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Anthropology of the Middle East

Anthropology of the Middle East

ISSN Print: 1746-0719
ISSN Online: 1746-0727


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Conflict and Society

Conflict and Society

Advances in Research

ISSN Print: 2164-4543
ISSN Online: 2164-4551


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Environment and Society

Environment and Society

Advances in Research

ISSN Print: 2150-6779
ISSN Online: 2150-6787


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Focaal

Focaal

Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology

ISSN Print: 0920-1297
ISSN Online: 1558-5263


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Journal of Legal Anthropology

Journal of Legal Anthropology

ISSN Print: 1758-9576
ISSN Online: 1758-9584


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Learning and Teaching

Learning and Teaching

The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences

ISSN Print: 1755-2273
ISSN Online: 1755-2281


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Migration and Society

Migration and Society

Advances in Research

ISSN Print: 2574-1306
ISSN Online: 2574-1314


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Museum Worlds

Museum Worlds

Advances in Research

ISSN Print: 2049-6729
ISSN Online: 2049-6737


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Religion and Society

Religion and Society

Advances in Research

ISSN Print: 2150-9298
ISSN Online: 2150-9301


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Sibirica

Sibirica

Interdisciplinary Journal of Siberian Studies

ISSN Print: 1361-7362
ISSN Online: 1476-6787


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Social Analysis

Social Analysis

The International Journal of Anthropology

ISSN Print: 0155-977X
ISSN Online: 1558-5727


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Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale

Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale

ISSN Print: 0964-0282
ISSN Online: 1469-8676


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The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology

The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology

ISSN Print: 0305-7674
ISSN Online: 2047-7716


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Latest Anthropology Blog Articles

Celebrating International Museum Day

On May 18th the worldwide museum community celebrates International Museum Day. This day is an occasion to raise public awareness on how important museums are in the enrichment of cultural exchange, development of society, and cooperation among people. For more information on the theme and calendar of events, visit the International Council of Museums webpage. Joining the celebration, Berghahn […]

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Viola Castellano and ‘Set to See Us Fail’

Viola Castellano’s new book Set to See Us Fail looks at how on how inequalities are reproduced, measured, managed, and contested within the child welfare system of New York. Here she tells us what drew her to this complex issue and what her work has revealed. Thank you for joining us Dr. Castellano. Before we […]

AUTHOR ARTICLE: Witches and Demons

Jean La Fontaine’s Witches and Demons: A Comparative Perspective on Witchcraft and Satanism just enjoyed its seventh anniversary. And since it remains as popular – and as timely – as ever we asked Jean if she would take a look back at her Berghahn classic (available in paperback and eBook). So many thanks to Jean […]

EDITOR INTERVIEW: Representing 21st-Century Migration In Europe

ANA BELÉN MARTÍNEZ GARCÍA is Associate Professor at ISSA School of Applied Management, University of Navarra (Pamplona, Spain). She teaches Business Communication, Academic Writing, and World Literatures in English. In this exclusive interview, in conversation with her intern Arantza Morales (final year in Literature and Creative Writing undergraduate at the University of Navarra), Ana Belén […]

Introducing the Berghahn Migration and Development Studies collection

Berghahn Books is proud to be partnering with Knowledge Unlatched to present the Berghahn Migration and Development Studies collection. Every year until 2023 we are adding 20 front-list titles to the collection, covering the topics of international migration and movement as well as the social implications of economic and environmental change for communities. As libraries […]

Spring Paperbacks!

Unique studies at budget-friendly prices, these March and April paperbacks are great for adoptions and reading lists. If you want to evaluate their usefulness on a course you teach, please request a digital examination copy: just click through and look for the green ‘Request a review or examination copy’ button. Open Access titles are, of course, freely available […]

Berghahn Books and the German Historical Institute Washington Announce New Open Access Agreement

April 26, 2023, Brooklyn, New York, and Washington, D.C.—The German Historical Institute Washington (GHI) and Berghahn Books are pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement to transition the Studies in German History series to Open Access. GHI Director and Series Editor Simone Lässig commented on the agreement: “In the last several years, the GHI […]

Celebrating the Life and Career of Reinhart Koselleck

Reinhart Koselleck (23 April 1923 – 3 February 2006), a German historian widely considered one of the most influential European theorists of history and historiography in the twentieth century. Constantly probing and transgressing the boundaries of mainstream historical writing, he created numerous innovative approaches and exposed himself to a large range of impulses from other […]

Celebrating International Day for Monuments & Sites, also known as World Heritage Day!

Celebrated yearly on April 18th, the International Day for Monuments and Sites, also known as World Heritage Day, encourages local communities and individuals throughout the world to consider the importance of cultural heritage to their lives and to promote awareness of its diversity and vulnerability and the efforts required to protect and conserve it. For […]

The Berghahn Open Anthro Journey: Embarking on a discipline-driven equitable open access initiative, Part III

by Vivian Berghahn, Managing Director and Journals Editorial Director The impact on authorship and readership that Berghahn Open Anthro – Subscribe-to-Open has had since the launch of the pilot has been substantial. There has been a 700% increase in downloads from 2019 when content was paywalled to 2022. We have seen a 200% increase by […]

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