J. I. Staley Prize Book Talk: Hugh Raffles author of The Book of Unconformities

A conversation with the winner of the top book prize in anthropology
Join SAR’s Michael F. Brown online for a conversation with 2023 J. I. Staley Prize recipient Hugh Raffles about his fascinating book. Raffles is professor and Anthropology Department chair at The New School.
In this startlingly original book, Hugh Raffles explores the relationship of human and geologic time through the fundamental materiality of stone. He effortlessly blends geology, archaeology, history, ethnography, and travel to broaden our notions of what anthropology can be, radically crossing disciplinary boundaries. -Staley Award Committee
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