Cultural Anthropology
http://culturalanthropology.duke.edu/
General Information
Degree offered: Ph.D., JD/MA (Note: Applicants interested in the JD/MA will make application to the Law School rather than to the Graduate School.)
Faculty working with students: 12
Students: 38
Students receiving Financial Aid: 100% for 6 years
Deadline for Fall 2009 Application: Not accepting applications for Fall 2008
Spring Application: no
Part time study available: no
Test required: GRE General
Program Description
The graduate program in Cultural Anthropology aims to provide students with a thorough grounding in both current theory and methods of research. Issues that concern the faculty include transnational and national processes; political economy and history; identity and ethnicity; popular culture, the media and advertising; culture and the individual; religion; and class, gender, and race relations. The program as a whole takes a comparative perspective that encourages field research in diverse societies, including the contemporary United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa and the African Diaspora, South Asia, East Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. Interdisciplinary work in other departments and programs is encouraged. The department also offers a joint JD/MA program with the Duke School of Law; contact the Law School Admissions Office at 919-613-7200 for more information.