Faye Harrison has been elected President of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. Congratulations to Faye!
The IUAES is a world organization of scientists and institutions working in the fields of anthropology and ethnology, but also of interest to archaeologists and linguists, among others. Its aim is to enhance exchange and communication among scholars of all regions of the world, in a collective effort to expand human knowledge. In this way it hopes to contribute to a better understanding of human society, and to a sustainable future based on harmony between nature and culture.
Through its major Congress (called ICAES until 2008, and subsequently renamed World Congress), held every five years, the IUAES provides a world forum for the discussion and dissemination of research. The 2013 Congress will be in Manchester, UK.