We are pleased to announce the results from this year’s Payne Prize competition. Congratulations to Dennis Ohm on his winning paper: Architectures of Queer Memory. Alvin Baltrop’s Photographic Archive of the Piers – Dennis Ohm (he/him); Doctoral Candidate, Department of Anthropology, McGill University Additionally, an honorable mention goes to the following paper: Surface Breathing: Interstitial […]
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2024 AQA RUTH BENEDICT BOOK PRIZE COMPETITION
Call for Submissions The Association for Queer Anthropology (AQA) is proud to announce the 2024 Ruth Benedict Book Prize Competition for outstanding anthropological scholarship on a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer topic. The Ruth Benedict Book Prize is presented each year at the American Anthropological Association’s annual meeting to acknowledge excellence in a scholarly […]
Kenneth W. Payne Prize – Call for Submissions
The Kenneth W. Payne Prize for outstanding anthropological scholarship by a student on a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or trans* topic Call for submissions Deadline for submission: June 1, 2024 The Kenneth W. Payne Student Prize is presented each year by the Association for Queer Anthropology (AQA) to a graduate or undergraduate student in acknowledgment of […]
AQA Awards 2023
We are pleased to announce the recipients of AQA’s annual awards and prizes for 2023. The honorees will be recognized at the AQA Business Meeting, on Friday, November 17, from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm EST, in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Room 713A. • The Ruth Benedict Prize is presented each year at the […]
AQA Kenneth W. Payne 2022 Award Announcement
The Kenneth W. Payne Student Prize is presented each year by the Association for Queer Anthropology (AQA) of the American Anthropological Association to a graduate or undergraduate student in acknowledgment of outstanding anthropological work on 1) a lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans* topic, or 2) a critical interrogation of sexualities and genders more broadly defined. […]
AQA Distinguished Achievement Award 2022 Announcement
The Distinguished Achievement Award, begun in 2018, honors outstanding contributions to lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer anthropology through scholarship, research, teaching, mentoring, service, public engagement, and/or activism. The award seeks to honor our elders, recognize lifetime career achievements, and build community by connecting generations of AQA scholars. This year’s Distinguished Achievement Award will be […]
AQA Kenneth W. Payne Prize CFP 2022
The Kenneth W. Payne Prize for outstanding anthropological scholarship by a student on a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or trans* topic call for submissions deadline for submission: June 1, 2022 The Kenneth W. Payne Student Prize is presented each year by the Association for Queer Anthropology (AQA) to a graduate or undergraduate student in […]
AQA Ruth Benedict Book Prize—2022 Call for Submissions
2022 AQA RUTH BENEDICT BOOK PRIZE COMPETITION Call for Submissions The Association for Queer Anthropology (AQA) is proud to announce the 2022 Ruth Benedict Book Prize Competition for outstanding anthropological scholarship on a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer topic. The Ruth Benedict Book Prize is presented each year at the American Anthropological Association’s annual […]
AQA ANNOUNCES THE RECIPIENTS OF THE 2021 KENNETH W. PAYNE PRIZE
The Kenneth W. Payne Student Prize is presented each year by the Association for Queer Anthropology (AQA) of the American Anthropological Association to a graduate or undergraduate student in acknowledgment of outstanding anthropological work on 1) a lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans* topic, or 2) a critical interrogation of sexualities and genders more broadly defined. Seven […]
ANNOUNCING THE 2021 RUTH BENEDICT BOOK PRIZE WINNERS
The Association for Queer Anthropology (AQA) is pleased to announce the 2021 winners of the Ruth Benedict Book Prize for outstanding scholarship on a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender topic. The prize is presented each year to acknowledge excellence in a scholarly book written from an anthropological perspective that engages theoretical perspectives relevant to LGBTQ […]