Neuburger, Hanzel, and Elisha find new potential for their arguments in an expanded space of comparison.
Author: ashryock
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Anthropology
University of Michigan
A Juridical Likeness: Matei Candea discusses free speech, lateral comparison, and lessons learned while editing
In conversation with CSSH editors past (Andrew Shryock) and present (Jatin Dua), Matei Candea makes a strong case for experimentation, for comparison’s scalar potential, and for the need to build larger, collectivist frames that will connect arguments across time and space.
From “Mad Slaves” to the Mind Politic: A Conversation with Nana Osei Quarshie, Winner of the 2024 Goody Award.
CSSH interviews 2024 Goody Award winner Nana Osei Quarshie.
New Secular Formations. A Conversation with Isaac Friesen, Aymeric Xu, Usmon Boron, and Gregory Starrett
We asked four CSSH authors what has changed in the study of secularism over the last decade or so, and what remains the same.
In and out of Persian, with Sumit Guha, Nile Green, Michael Fisher, Farina Mir, and Christine Philliou
Four CSSH authors read and respond to Sumit Guha’s “Empires, Languages, and Scripts in the Perso-Indian World.”
Recent CSSH Articles on Israel/Palestine
Ten of our best Israel/Palestine essays from the 2000s.
“An Immense Enlargement of Life”
Courtney Handman and Divya Cherian discuss Occult Knowledge, AI, Secret Languages, Interoperability … and Owls
Meticulous Sleuthing. A conversation with Koh Choon Hwee.
Koh Choon Hwee discusses her Goody Award-winning essay, “The Mystery of the Missing Horses: How to Uncover an Ottoman Shadow Economy,” with CSSH.
The Hindu/Han Letters: Audrey Truschke and Gina Anne Tam discuss the prospects for new India-China comparisons
Audrey Truschke and Gina Anne Tam exchange letters comparing their scholarship on “Hindu” and “Han,” subjects of their recent CSSH essays.
The Double Act: Ali-Reza Bhojani and Morgan Clarke discuss the merits and surprises of collaborative research
Ali-Reza Bhojani and Morgan Clarke take us behind the scenes of their collaborative work as a textualist and anthropologist studying religious authority.