School for Advanced Research’s Book Talk with Hugh Raffles

J. I. Staley Prize Book Talk with Hugh Raffles, Author of The Book of Unconformities: Speculations on Lost Time

A conversation with the winner of the top book prize in anthropology

Join the School for Advanced Research’s Michael F. Brown online for a conversation with 2023 J. I. Staley Prize recipient Hugh Raffles about his fascinating book. Raffles is professor and Anthropology Department chair at The New School.

In this startlingly original book, Hugh Raffles explores the relationship of human and geologic time through the fundamental materiality of stone. He effortlessly blends geology, archaeology, history, ethnography, and travel to broaden our notions of what anthropology can be, radically crossing disciplinary boundaries. —Staley Award Committee

Join us for this free online event hosted on Zoom.