Program Description
Advanced seminars at the School of American Research (SAR) promote in-depth communication among scholars who are at a critical stage of research on a shared topic and whose interaction has the potential to move the discipline of anthropology forward with new insights into human evolution, behavior, culture, or society, including critical contemporary issues. SAR generally funds two or three traditional advanced seminars per year.
Each advanced seminar consists of ten scholars who meet at SAR’s Santa Fe campus for five days of intense discussion. Participants appraise ongoing research, assess recent innovations in theory and methods, and share data relevant to broad anthropological problems. SAR supports seminars that promise significant results for the field of anthropology as a whole.
Seminar papers are circulated among participants at least one month prior to the seminar and are discussed during the sessions. These discussions are followed by a consideration of crosscutting issues and a synthesis of ideas. The resulting papers are submitted to SAR Press for publication in its Advanced Seminar Series.
Seminars are held in the School’s comfortable and fully staffed seminar house, which has a meeting room, dining room, kitchen, private bedrooms for participants, and a pleasant courtyard. Every effort is made to create an atmosphere in which participants can meet without interruption or distraction. The School provides round-trip coach airfare, lodging, and all meals.
Interested scholars wishing to organize an advanced seminar should refer to the Application Guidelines.
For more information about the Advanced Seminars Program please contact us at seminar@sarsf.org .
