Thomas Barfield

(Executive Editor) The Dictionary of Anthropology. Oxford: Blackwell, 1997; President: American Institute of Afghanistan Studies (AIAS) 2005-present; President: Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS), 2004-05; Fulbright Senior Specialist 2004-06; Corresponding Member: International Institute for the Study of Nomadic Civilizations, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; Outstanding Academic Book in Art and Architecture, American Library Association for Afghanistan: An Atlas of Indigenous Domestic Architecture (Choice, January 1993).

Robert Hefner

2004-2006. Director, Project on “Madrasas, Modernity, and the Future of Muslim Higher Education" for the Pew Charitable Trusts; 2002-2004. Director, Project on, “Civil Democratic Islam: Prospects and Policies for a Changing Muslim World," Pew Charitable Trusts; 1998-2000. Project Director, “Southeast Asian Pluralisms: Social Resources for Civility and Participation in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia.” The Ford Foundation Jakarta; 1995-1997: Project on “Islam, Pluralism, and Democratic Civility” - an examination of Muslim strategies for managing religious and ethnic pluralism in contemporary Indonesia. (Part of the Bertelsmann Wissenschafts Stiftung’s twelve-country report on pluralism and social conflict to to the Club of Rome.) March 30, 2006. “Islamization and Democratization in Indonesia.” Invited Briefing, House Indonesia Caucus, Congress of the United States; February 13, 2006. “The Changing Face of Islam in Indonesia.” Department of State, Washington DC.

Frank Korom

I am currently working with an itinerant community of scroll painters in West
Bengal known as Patuas. The Patuas were traditionally a low-caste Hindu
group that converted en masse to Islam. They are marginalized by both
religions because of their unorthodox practices. My work, since 2001, has
involved raising awareness about their craft both in India and abroad. To this
end, I am organizing a museum exhibition in Santa Fe, New Mexico to display
their work. The exhibition, scheduled to open in October of 2006 will be at
the Museum of International Folk Art, and two Patuas, one male and one
female, will serve as artists in residence for two weeks from the time of the
opening. Moreover, I am working with NGOs to improvise new ways for the
patuas to market their work both in India and abroad. A booik describing
their plight is in press. It is titled A Village of Painters, and it will be released
in conjunction with the exhibition by the Museum of New Mexico Press.

James Pritchett

Director, African Studies Center whose Outreach Program host 20-30
workshops per year for K-12 school teachers in the Greater Boston area on
topics addressing various aspects African culture. Member, Board of Directors, African Studies Association whose cognate
group, the National Outreach Council is the largest such body in the country
specializing in African outreach to schools, community and the media
organizations. Founding member, Boston Pan African Forum, an organization whose mission is to make information on African more readily available to community groupings and to assist in mobilizing community energy around issues of US foreign policy toward Africa.

Parker Shipton

Series Editor, Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology; Series Editor, Peoples of Africa (also for Blackwell Publishers); Research and advising for various international aid agencies on poverty reduction in Africa south of the Sahara. Former President, Association for Africanist Anthropology (a division of the American Anthropological Association).

Robert Weller

Consultant to the World Bank on poverty relief projects in China, 1994-2000. I worked on projects in the poorest areas of northwest and southwest China, and helped draft their most recent report on rural poverty reduction in China (2001). Service to the field of Asian Studies, as a member of the China and Inner Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies (1999-2001), service on various grant committees in the field, and leader of a study program abroad.

 

 

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