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Lauriston Sharp (March 24, 1907 – December 31, 1993) was a Goldwin Smith Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies at Cornell University.[1]

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  1. 45 relations: Aboriginal Australians, Algeria, American Anthropological Association, Anthropologist, Anthropology, Archaeology, Arizona, Asia Society, Asian studies, Association for Asian Studies, Austria, Bangkok, Bennington College, Bronislaw Malinowski Award, Clyde Kluckhohn, Cornell University, Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, Ethnohistory (journal), Festschrift, Fulbright Program, G. William Skinner, Goldwin Smith, Guggenheim Fellowship, Harvard University, Ithaca, New York, Madison, Wisconsin, National Endowment for the Humanities, North America, Philosophy, Robert von Heine-Geldern, Society for Applied Anthropology, South America, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Southeast Asian studies, Stray Kids, Thai studies, Thailand, The Journal of Asian Studies, Traditional Berber religion, United States Department of State, University of Vienna, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Utah, Yir-Yoront.

  2. Presidents of the Association for Asian Studies

Aboriginal Australians

Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, excluding the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands.

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Algeria

Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea.

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American Anthropological Association

The American Anthropological Association (AAA) is an organization of scholars and practitioners in the field of anthropology.

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Anthropologist

An anthropologist is a person engaged in the practice of anthropology.

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Anthropology

Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including archaic humans.

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Archaeology

Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.

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Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States.

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Asia Society

The Asia Society is a 501(c)(3) organization that focuses on educating the world about Asia.

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Asian studies

Asian studies is the term used usually in North America and Australia for what in Europe is known as Oriental studies.

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Association for Asian Studies

The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) is a scholarly, non-political and non-profit professional association focusing on Asia and the study of Asia.

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Austria

Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.

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Bangkok

Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand.

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Bennington College

Bennington College is a private liberal arts college in Bennington, Vermont, United States.

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Bronislaw Malinowski Award

The Bronislaw Malinowski Award is an award given by the US-based Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) in honor of Bronisław Malinowski (1884–1942), an original member and strong supporter of the Society.

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Clyde Kluckhohn

Clyde Kluckhohn (January 11, 1905 in Le Mars, Iowa – July 28, 1960 near Santa Fe, New Mexico), was an American anthropologist and social theorist, best known for his long-term ethnographic work among the Navajo and his contributions to the development of theory of culture within American anthropology. Lauriston Sharp and Clyde Kluckhohn are 20th-century American anthropologists and university of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni.

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Cornell University

Cornell University is a private Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York.

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Cornell University Southeast Asia Program

The Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) was founded in 1950 to promote the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge about countries, cultures and languages of the region.

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Ethnohistory (journal)

Ethnohistory is a peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1954 and published quarterly by Duke University Press on behalf of the American Society for Ethnohistory.

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Festschrift

In academia, a Festschrift (plural, Festschriften) is a book honoring a respected person, especially an academic, and presented during their lifetime.

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Fulbright Program

The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of the United States and other countries through the exchange of persons, knowledge, and skills.

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G. William Skinner

George William Skinner (February 14, 1925 – October 26, 2008) was an American anthropologist and scholar of China. Lauriston Sharp and G. William Skinner are Presidents of the Association for Asian Studies.

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Goldwin Smith

Goldwin Smith (13 August 1823 – 7 June 1910) was a British-born academic and historian who was active in both Great Britain and North America.

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Guggenheim Fellowship

Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, endowed by the late Simon and Olga Hirsh Guggenheim.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Ithaca, New York

Ithaca is a city in and the county seat of Tompkins County, New York, United States.

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Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Dane County.

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National Endowment for the Humanities

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the U.S. government, established by the, dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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Philosophy

Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language.

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Robert von Heine-Geldern

Robert Freiherr von Heine-Geldern (16 July 1885 - 25 May 1968), known after 1919 as Robert Heine-Geldern, was an Austrian anthropologist, ethnologist, archaeologist and prehistorian who studied in particular the cultures and civilisations of Southeast Asia.

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Society for Applied Anthropology

The Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) is a worldwide organization for the Applied Social Sciences, established "to promote the integration of anthropological perspectives and methods in solving human problems throughout the world; to advocate for fair and just public policy based upon sound research; to promote public recognition of anthropology as a profession; and to support the continuing professionalization of the field." Members include academic as well as practicing and applied anthropologists.

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South America

South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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South Asia

South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethnic-cultural terms.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.

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Southeast Asian studies

Southeast Asian studies (SEAS) refers to research and education on the language, culture, and history of the different states and ethnic groups of Southeast Asia.

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Stray Kids

Stray Kids (often abbreviated as SKZ) is a South Korean boy band formed by JYP Entertainment through the 2017 reality show of the same name.

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Thai studies

Thai studies, a branch of Asian studies, is the multidisciplinary study of Thailand and the Thai peoples.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.

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The Journal of Asian Studies

The Journal of Asian Studies is the flagship journal of the Association for Asian Studies, publishing peer-reviewed academic scholarship in the field of Asian studies.

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Traditional Berber religion

The traditional Berber religion is the sum of ancient and native set of beliefs and deities adhered to by the Berbers.

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United States Department of State

The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.

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University of Vienna

The University of Vienna (Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria.

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University of Wisconsin–Madison

The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.

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Utah

Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Yir-Yoront

The Yir-Yoront, also known as the Yir Yiront, are an Indigenous Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula now living mostly in Kowanyama (''kawn yamar'' or 'many waters') but also in Lirrqar/Pormpuraaw, both towns outside their traditional lands.

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See also

Presidents of the Association for Asian Studies

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauriston_Sharp