launched by the Smithsonian Department of Anthropology with support
(pending) from the National Science Foundation.
The Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology is an intensive four-week
training program that will teach graduate students how to use museum
collections in research, incorporating Smithsonian collections as an
integral part of their anthropological training. Support from the
Cultural Anthropology Program at NSF will cover full tuition and
living expenses for 12 students each summer.
Please help us get the word out on this program, which will begin this
summer and is already accepting applications.
Where: Dept of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
When: June 29 – July 24, 2009
Full information including application instructions and dates is
available at http://anthropology.si.edu/summerinstitute
Candace Greene
Director, Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology
Ethnologist, Collections and Archives Program
Department of Anthropology
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
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