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Myles Lennon: 'Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism' — In this #podcast episode from @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, Assistant Professor of Environment and Society and Anthropology Myles Lennon discusses his book, "Subjects of the Sun."
Myles Lennon, "Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism" (Duke UP, 2025)
<p>In the face of accelerating climate change, anticapitalist environmental justice activists and elite tech corporations increasingly see eye to eye. Both envision solar-powered futures where renewab...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Myles Lennon: 'Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism' — In this #podcast episode from @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, Assistant Professor of Environment and Society and Anthropology Myles Lennon discusses his book, "Subjects of the Sun."
Care and Agency: The Andean Community through the Eyes of Children — In this piece from the Population Studies and Training Center at Brown, Cultural Anthropologist and Anthropology Dept. Chair @jessacabeza.bsky.social examines the various ways that children receive, are denied, and provide care.
Care and Agency: The Andean Community through the Eyes of Children
Cultural Anthropologist Jessaca Leinaweaver examines the various ways that children receive, are denied, and provide care.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Care and Agency: The Andean Community through the Eyes of Children — In this piece from the Population Studies and Training Center at Brown, Cultural Anthropologist and Anthropology Dept. Chair @jessacabeza.bsky.social examines the various ways that children receive, are denied, and provide care.
WATCH | “Subjects of the Sun”: Rethinking solar justice with Myles Lennon. During an October 18 book talk hosted by @brown-ibes.bsky.social, Assistant Prof Myles Lennon challenged audiences to see solar energy as not only a climate solution, but a reflection of deeper social and economic inequities.
WATCH | “Subjects of the Sun”: Rethinking solar justice with Myles Lennon
During an October 18 book talk, Assistant Professor Myles Lennon challenged audiences to see solar energy as not only a climate solution, but a reflection of deeper social and economic inequities.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
WATCH | “Subjects of the Sun”: Rethinking solar justice with Myles Lennon. During an October 18 book talk hosted by @brown-ibes.bsky.social, Assistant Prof Myles Lennon challenged audiences to see solar energy as not only a climate solution, but a reflection of deeper social and economic inequities.
Student Spotlight: America Marin ‘26 — In this piece, the department sits down with America to learn more about her decision to concentrate in Linguistic Anthropology and Computer Science.
Student Spotlight: America Marin
In this spotlight, the department spoke with America Marin '26 about her decision to concentrate in Linguistic Anthropology and Computer Science.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Student Spotlight: America Marin ‘26 — In this piece, the department sits down with America to learn more about her decision to concentrate in Linguistic Anthropology and Computer Science.
Today, 11/18 at 4PM — "Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America." A discussion with author Paola Ramos and Professor of Anthropology @ievajusionyte.bsky.social. Sponsored by @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social and the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies.
Paola Ramos — Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America
Join us for a conversation with Paola Ramos, author of “Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America.” She will di...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Today, 11/18 at 4PM — "Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America." A discussion with author Paola Ramos and Professor of Anthropology @ievajusionyte.bsky.social. Sponsored by @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social and the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies.
In September, @brown.edu hosted “Environmental Anthropology: Praxis,” a two-day conference led by Prof. Myles Lennon that brought together over 50 environmental anthropologists and scholars to explore how their work can more directly engage today’s urgent ecological challenges in a warming world.
50+ Environmental Anthropologists Convene at Brown for Two Days of Dialogue and Exchange
The conference brought together leading and emerging scholars in a warm, collegial setting to reflect on the future of environmental anthropology.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
In September, @brown.edu hosted “Environmental Anthropology: Praxis,” a two-day conference led by Prof. Myles Lennon that brought together over 50 environmental anthropologists and scholars to explore how their work can more directly engage today’s urgent ecological challenges in a warming world.
OPPORTUNITY: Led by Paja Faudree, @pembrokecenter.bsky.social will award residential Postdoctoral Research Associate positions to scholars from any field whose research relates to the theme, "The Meanings of Merit: Labor, Categories of Difference, and the Creation of Knowledge." Learn more & apply:
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Postdoctoral research fellows play a critical role in the Pembroke Center's intellectual community. In residence for one year, postdoctoral fellows undertake original research, teach undergraduate cou...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
OPPORTUNITY: Led by Paja Faudree, @pembrokecenter.bsky.social will award residential Postdoctoral Research Associate positions to scholars from any field whose research relates to the theme, "The Meanings of Merit: Labor, Categories of Difference, and the Creation of Knowledge." Learn more & apply:
Today, 11/14 at 12PM — "Crafting Home in Hostile Spaces: Materiality and the Politics of Belonging on a Chesapeake Plantation." Ph.D. Student Macie Clerkley will present at this virtual event hosted by the Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS). Learn more and tune in:
DAACS Conversations with Collaborating Scholars - DAACS
DAACS Conversations Join DAACS staff and DAACS collaborating scholars for a diverse range of conversations on ground-breaking new research linked to DAACS. This fall, DAACS will host a series of talks...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Today, 11/14 at 12PM — "Crafting Home in Hostile Spaces: Materiality and the Politics of Belonging on a Chesapeake Plantation." Ph.D. Student Macie Clerkley will present at this virtual event hosted by the Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS). Learn more and tune in:
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Congratulations to the graduate student recipients of the 2025-26 Pembroke Center student research grants! Read about their projects here: pembroke.brown.edu/news/2025-11... @brownpublichealth.bky.social
November 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Congratulations to the graduate student recipients of the 2025-26 Pembroke Center student research grants! Read about their projects here: pembroke.brown.edu/news/2025-11... @brownpublichealth.bky.social
Sydney Giacalone Awarded the Society for the Anthropology of North America’s St. Clair Drake Travel Award — The grant supports students traveling to the @americananthro.bsky.social 2025 Annual Meeting in late-November and is awarded on a competitive basis. Congratulations, Sydney! bit.ly/4nTY0r1
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Sydney Giacalone Awarded the Society for the Anthropology of North America’s St. Clair Drake Travel Award — The grant supports students traveling to the @americananthro.bsky.social 2025 Annual Meeting in late-November and is awarded on a competitive basis. Congratulations, Sydney! bit.ly/4nTY0r1
Researchers think the largest and oldest monumental Maya site is a map of the universe — In this piece from @thejerusalempost.bsky.social, Stephen Houston and Andrew Scherer provide commentary on new research findings about the design of the ancient Mayan architectural site known as Aguada Fénix.
Largest ancient Maya site may represent the universe | The Jerusalem Post
The site's layout follows the solar movement and “is comparable to, or even greater than, those of later Mesoamerican cities.”
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November 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Researchers think the largest and oldest monumental Maya site is a map of the universe — In this piece from @thejerusalempost.bsky.social, Stephen Houston and Andrew Scherer provide commentary on new research findings about the design of the ancient Mayan architectural site known as Aguada Fénix.
Save the Date! 11/11 at 12PM — ‘A Conspiracy of Industry and Violence’: Caribbean Plantations and the (Un)making of the Plantationocene. Presented by Khadene Harris, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Rice University. Part of Brown Anthropology's Fall 2025 Colloquium Series. Learn more:
ANTHROPOLOGY COLLOQUIUM — ‘A Conspiracy of Industry and Violence’: Caribbean Plantations and the (Un)making of the Plantationocene
This event is part of the Department of Anthropology’s Fall 2025 Colloquium Series This talk considers the theoretical potential of the plant...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Save the Date! 11/11 at 12PM — ‘A Conspiracy of Industry and Violence’: Caribbean Plantations and the (Un)making of the Plantationocene. Presented by Khadene Harris, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Rice University. Part of Brown Anthropology's Fall 2025 Colloquium Series. Learn more:
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Mussolini decides: Determining racial identity under Italy’s racial laws — A new paper co-authored by David Kertzer examines how Italy’s Fascist regime enforced its 1938 racial laws and the contradictions within its own ideology.
Mussolini decides: Determining racial identity under Italy’s racial laws
A new paper co-authored by David Kertzer examines how Italy’s Fascist regime enforced its 1938 racial laws and the contradictions within its own ideology.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Mussolini decides: Determining racial identity under Italy’s racial laws — A new paper co-authored by David Kertzer examines how Italy’s Fascist regime enforced its 1938 racial laws and the contradictions within its own ideology.
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Despite its benefits, “renewable energy can simultaneously redress & re-entrench unjust fossil-fueled structures of power,” Asst Prof Myles Lennon told audience members during his Family Weekend book talk. Bathsheba Demuth Brown Anthropology Brown History Department
Learn more + view a recording ⤵️
Learn more + view a recording ⤵️
WATCH | “Subjects of the Sun”: Rethinking solar justice with Myles Lennon
During an October 18 book talk, Assistant Professor Myles Lennon challenged audiences to see solar energy not just as a climate solution, but as a reflection of deeper social and economic inequities.
ibes.brown.edu
October 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Despite its benefits, “renewable energy can simultaneously redress & re-entrench unjust fossil-fueled structures of power,” Asst Prof Myles Lennon told audience members during his Family Weekend book talk. Bathsheba Demuth Brown Anthropology Brown History Department
Learn more + view a recording ⤵️
Learn more + view a recording ⤵️
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Archaeologist and art historian Lothar von Falkenhausen (UCLA) explores Chinese material heritage in the talk “Actively Living in the Past: Traces of the Behavior of Chinese Antiquarians” Thursday, Nov. 6, 4–5:30 pm, on campus. buff.ly/OZtX0pD
October 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Archaeologist and art historian Lothar von Falkenhausen (UCLA) explores Chinese material heritage in the talk “Actively Living in the Past: Traces of the Behavior of Chinese Antiquarians” Thursday, Nov. 6, 4–5:30 pm, on campus. buff.ly/OZtX0pD
This Sunday, 11/2 at 5:30PM: Halloween is on everyone’s mind, but just around the corner is our favorite day of remembrance, Día de Muertos. Join the Brown and greater PVD community at North Burial Ground to celebrate and partake in a short candle-lighting ceremony. Learn more:
October 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This Sunday, 11/2 at 5:30PM: Halloween is on everyone’s mind, but just around the corner is our favorite day of remembrance, Día de Muertos. Join the Brown and greater PVD community at North Burial Ground to celebrate and partake in a short candle-lighting ceremony. Learn more:
Anthropology dept. showcases documentaries, art, project at fall research symposium — A recent piece from the Brown Daily Herald (BDH) highlights Anthropology's Fall 2025 Symposium, held last month in Pembroke Hall.
Anthropology dept. showcases documentaries, art, project at fall research symposium
On Friday, the Anthropology department held their annual fall research symposium.
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October 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Anthropology dept. showcases documentaries, art, project at fall research symposium — A recent piece from the Brown Daily Herald (BDH) highlights Anthropology's Fall 2025 Symposium, held last month in Pembroke Hall.
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Congratulations to IBES and @brownanthro.bsky.social Assistant Prof Myles Lennon, who has been named the Fall 2025 Urban Sustainability & Justice Faculty Fellow at @umich.edu's School for Environment and Sustainability Detroit Sustainability Clinic!
U-M SEAS Detroit Sustainability Clinic announces Fall 2025 Urban Sustainability & Justice Faculty Fellow
The University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) Detroit Sustainability Clinic announces its Fall 2025
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October 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Congratulations to IBES and @brownanthro.bsky.social Assistant Prof Myles Lennon, who has been named the Fall 2025 Urban Sustainability & Justice Faculty Fellow at @umich.edu's School for Environment and Sustainability Detroit Sustainability Clinic!
Tomorrow, 10/21 at 12PM: "The Corporate Alibi: Capitalism and the Cultural Politics of U.S. Investments in Africa." Part of Anthropology's Fall 2025 Colloquium Series. Presented by Amy Stambach, @uwmadison.bsky.social. Co-sponsored by the Africa Initiative at @brown.edu.
ANTHROPOLOGY COLLOQUIUM — The Corporate Alibi: Capitalism and the Cultural Politics of U.S. Investments in Africa
This event is part of the Department of Anthropology’s Fall 2025 Colloquium Series This talk examines how U.S. corporate executives and phila...
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October 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Tomorrow, 10/21 at 12PM: "The Corporate Alibi: Capitalism and the Cultural Politics of U.S. Investments in Africa." Part of Anthropology's Fall 2025 Colloquium Series. Presented by Amy Stambach, @uwmadison.bsky.social. Co-sponsored by the Africa Initiative at @brown.edu.
Tomorrow, 10/18 at 10AM: Join the Brown community on Family Weekend for a book talk with Myles Lennon featuring his latest publication, "Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism." Sponsored by @brown-ibes.bsky.social. A livestream of this event will be available.
IBES Book Talk | Professor Myles Lennon on Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism
With Myles Lennon, Dean’s Assistant Professor of Environment and Society & Anthropology Moderated by Bathsheba Demuth, Dean’s Associate...
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October 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Tomorrow, 10/18 at 10AM: Join the Brown community on Family Weekend for a book talk with Myles Lennon featuring his latest publication, "Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism." Sponsored by @brown-ibes.bsky.social. A livestream of this event will be available.
Last month, @brown.edu hosted “Environmental Anthropology: Praxis,” a two-day conference led by Prof. Myles Lennon that brought together over 50 environmental anthropologists and scholars to explore how their work can more directly engage today’s urgent ecological challenges in a warming world.
50+ Environmental Anthropologists Convene at Brown for Two Days of Dialogue and Exchange
The conference brought together leading and emerging scholars in a warm, collegial setting to reflect on the future of environmental anthropology.
anthropology.brown.edu
October 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Last month, @brown.edu hosted “Environmental Anthropology: Praxis,” a two-day conference led by Prof. Myles Lennon that brought together over 50 environmental anthropologists and scholars to explore how their work can more directly engage today’s urgent ecological challenges in a warming world.
Brown University anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte awarded MacArthur ‘genius grant’ — @ievajusionyte.bsky.social, a cultural and legal anthropologist who leads the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social won an $800,000 grant to advance her work.
Brown University anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte awarded MacArthur ‘genius grant’
Jusionyte, a cultural and legal anthropologist who leads the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at Brown’s Watson School of International and Public Affairs, won an $800,000 grant to adv...
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October 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Brown University anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte awarded MacArthur ‘genius grant’ — @ievajusionyte.bsky.social, a cultural and legal anthropologist who leads the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social won an $800,000 grant to advance her work.
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Applications open for 26-27 postdocs. Welcoming apps from any field that relates to the theme of the Seminar, "The Meanings of Merit: Labor, Categories of Difference, and the Creation of Knowledge." See: pembroke.brown.edu/funding-oppo.... Due 11/24. @pajaf.bsky.social @brownanthro.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Applications open for 26-27 postdocs. Welcoming apps from any field that relates to the theme of the Seminar, "The Meanings of Merit: Labor, Categories of Difference, and the Creation of Knowledge." See: pembroke.brown.edu/funding-oppo.... Due 11/24. @pajaf.bsky.social @brownanthro.bsky.social
Student Spotlight: America Marin ‘26 — In this piece, the department sits down with America to learn more about her decision to concentrate in Linguistic Anthropology and Computer Science.
Student Spotlight: America Marin
In this spotlight, the department spoke with America Marin '26 about her decision to concentrate in Linguistic Anthropology and Computer Science.
anthropology.brown.edu
October 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Student Spotlight: America Marin ‘26 — In this piece, the department sits down with America to learn more about her decision to concentrate in Linguistic Anthropology and Computer Science.
Saturday, 10/18 at 10AM: Join the Brown community on Family Weekend for a book talk with Myles Lennon featuring his latest publication, "Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism." Sponsored by @brown-ibes.bsky.social. A livestream of this event will be available.
IBES Book Talk | Professor Myles Lennon on Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism
With Myles Lennon, Dean’s Assistant Professor of Environment and Society & Anthropology Moderated by Bathsheba Demuth, Dean’s Associate...
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October 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Saturday, 10/18 at 10AM: Join the Brown community on Family Weekend for a book talk with Myles Lennon featuring his latest publication, "Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism." Sponsored by @brown-ibes.bsky.social. A livestream of this event will be available.