SAR Announces 2023-2024 Native Artist Fellows
SAR Announces 2023-2024 Native American Artist Fellows: Heidi Brandow, Michael Namingha, and Carly Feddersen.
SAR Welcomes Two New Board Members
The School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is pleased to welcome two new members to its board of directors: Larry Colton and Ed Gale. President Michael F. Brown describes these additions to the board as evidence of SAR’s ongoing commitment to recruiting directors who bring the widest possible range of life experiences and professional accomplishments to the organization’s leadership team.
SAR Announces 2022-2023 Native Artist Fellows
SAR Announces 2022-2023 Native American Artist Fellows: Hollis Chitto, Orlando Dugi, and Janna Avner.
SAR Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Grant
The School for Advanced Research (SAR) is proud to announce that it recently received notice that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) will award the school $167,825 through the NEH American Rescue Plan, which provides relief funding for cultural and educational institutions to help them recover from the economic impact of the pandemic.
2021 Resident Scholars Colloquium Series
SAR Announces the 2021 resident scholar colloquium series. From a presentation on race-making in Albania to an exploration of Indigenous perspectives on the WWII Manhattan Project, scholar colloquia are a unique opportunity to hear about each of the 2021 resident scholar projects from the researchers themselves.
SAR Welcomes New Board Members
The School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is pleased to welcome six new board members: John Arroyo, Brenda J. Child, Estevan Rael-Gálvez, Steve Robinson, Don Siegel, and David A. Young.
Showing Our Strength: Resilience and Compassion in the Indigenous Southwest
Free virtual event explores resilience and perseverance across pueblo communities over the last year.
The School for Advanced Research (SAR), in partnership with Thornburg, presents Showing Our Strength: Resilience and Compassion in the Indigenous Southwest (hosted online, July 8, 2021, 2:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time).
El Delirio Virtual Campus Tour
We invite you to take a virtual tour of El Delirio. Learn about the origins of the buildings and the historical significance of the sprawling estate that is now SAR’s campus. Join your guide, SAR scholar-in-residence Nancy Owen Lewis, for a delightful online tour complete with archival and contemporary visuals from SAR’s collections.
2021 J. I. Staley Prize Awarded to Laurence Ralph for Renegade Dreams, Living Through Injury in Gangland Chicago
The School for Advanced Research is pleased to announce that the 2021 J. I. Staley Prize will go to Laurence Ralph, professor of anthropology at Princeton University and director of the Center on Transnational Policing, for his 2014 book, Renegade Dreams: Living through Injury in Gangland Chicago (University of Chicago Press).
SAR Learns! $50,000 Awarded to Support Indigenous Artists
The School for Advanced Research (SAR) is pleased to announce our new initiative, SAR Learns! Out of a desire to support intergenerational learning and creativity during the pandemic, SAR Learns! will assist with knowledge transmission specifically within the context of the ongoing pandemic. The program will distribute $50,000, utilizing re-directed grant funds, that will enable sixteen artists to launch or complete a variety of proposed projects.
Upcoming Events
Oct
4
Wed
2023
1:00 pm
Scholar Colloquium: Congo Crafte...
@ SAR Dobkin Boardroom & on Zoom
Scholar Colloquium: Congo Crafte...
@ SAR Dobkin Boardroom & on Zoom
Oct 4 @ 1:00 pm
Sarah Van Beurden Weatherhead Fellow Associate Professor, History and African-American and African Studies Ohio State University Dr. Sarah Van Beurden studies the lives and afterlives of three disappeared and forgotten colonial craft genres in Congo:[...]
Oct
6
Fri
2023
10:00 am
Walking History Tour of the SAR ...
@ School for Advanced Research
Walking History Tour of the SAR ...
@ School for Advanced Research
Oct 6 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Map of El Delirio (1927), now SAR’s campus Explore the fascinating history, stunning architecture, and beautiful outdoor gardens—including the famous pet cemetery—of the 1920s home of Amelia Elizabeth White and Martha Root White. The secluded[...]
Oct
13
Fri
2023
10:00 am
Walking History Tour of the SAR ...
@ School for Advanced Research
Walking History Tour of the SAR ...
@ School for Advanced Research
Oct 13 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Map of El Delirio (1927), now SAR’s campus Explore the fascinating history, stunning architecture, and beautiful outdoor gardens—including the famous pet cemetery—of the 1920s home of Amelia Elizabeth White and Martha Root White. The secluded[...]
Oct
14
Sat
2023
9:00 am
SYMPOSIUM – Cautionary Tales: Cl...
@ Museum of International Folk Art
SYMPOSIUM – Cautionary Tales: Cl...
@ Museum of International Folk Art
Oct 14 @ 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Brian Adams, Kivalina, Alaska: Kivalina Sea Wall, 2007. From the series Disappearing Villages. Courtesy of the artist.Cautionary Tales: Climate Crisis & Indigenous Arts is a one-day symposium that brings Indigenous artists and advocates into conversation about[...]
Oct
18
Wed
2023
1:00 pm
Scholar Colloquium: Anti-Haitian...
@ SAR Dobkin Boardroom & on Zoom
Scholar Colloquium: Anti-Haitian...
@ SAR Dobkin Boardroom & on Zoom
Oct 18 @ 1:00 pm
Bertin M. Louis, Jr. Wenner-Gren Fellow Associate Professor, Anthropology University of Kentucky In his co-authored book project with Dr. Charmane Perry, Dr. Louis presents a study about the historical foundation and the contemporary realities of[...]
Oct
20
Fri
2023
10:00 am
Walking History Tour of the SAR ...
@ School for Advanced Research
Walking History Tour of the SAR ...
@ School for Advanced Research
Oct 20 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Map of El Delirio (1927), now SAR’s campus Explore the fascinating history, stunning architecture, and beautiful outdoor gardens—including the famous pet cemetery—of the 1920s home of Amelia Elizabeth White and Martha Root White. The secluded[...]
Oct
27
Fri
2023
10:00 am
Walking History Tour of the SAR ...
@ School for Advanced Research
Walking History Tour of the SAR ...
@ School for Advanced Research
Oct 27 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Map of El Delirio (1927), now SAR’s campus Explore the fascinating history, stunning architecture, and beautiful outdoor gardens—including the famous pet cemetery—of the 1920s home of Amelia Elizabeth White and Martha Root White. The secluded[...]
Nov
1
Wed
2023
1:00 pm
Scholar Colloquium: Pan American...
@ SAR Dobkin Boardroom & on Zoom
Scholar Colloquium: Pan American...
@ SAR Dobkin Boardroom & on Zoom
Nov 1 @ 1:00 pm
Alberto Wilson, III Mellon Fellow Assistant Professor, History Texas Christian University Dr. Alberto Wilson explores the lives of Ciudad Juárez’s working residents during the late twentieth century with the arrival and consolidation of the maquiladora[...]