News & Announcements
May 15, 2013
Call for Papers—Textile Society of America’s 14th Biennial Symposium
New Directions: Examining the Past, Creating the Future Los Angeles, California, September 10–14, 2014 TSA’s... Read more.
April 4, 2013
Textiles Close Up: Indonesia at the Yale University Art Gallery,
May 16, 2013
Join curator and TSA member Dr. Ruth Barnes for an exclusive day-visit to the Yale... Read more.
January 15, 2013
The Textile Society of America—Study Tour—Textiles of the Lowcountry—Charleston and Savannah—Collecting, Preserving, and Narrating
Join TSA on a unique study tour of the Lowcountry, a 200-mile stretch of coastal... Read more.
October 6, 2012
The Textile Society of America—Study Tour Mexico—The Oaxacan Highlands
Weaving, sericulture, natural dyeing, indigenous culture, colonial cities and small villages. February 23–March 2, 2013... Read more.
May 28, 2012
In Memoriam, Jilma Marshall
We are sad to learn of the death of Jilma Marshall, an avid member of the... Read more.
April 18, 2012
Textiles and Politics—Registration Now Open!
Registration is now open for “Textiles and Politics,” the Textile Society of America’s 13th Biennial... Read more.
January 20, 2012
5th FPR-UCLA Interdisciplinary Conference
5th FPR-UCLA Interdisciplinary Conference, Culture, Mind, and Brain: Emerging Concepts, Methods, Applications, October 19–20, 2012,... Read more.
November 26, 2011
Former SWAA Board Chair On the Road
Bill Fairbanks, former SWAA Board Chair and Professor Emeritus at Cuesta College, continues his walk... Read more.
February 3, 2011
Second Edition: Life and Death Matters: Human Rights, Environment, and Social Justice
By Barbara Rose Johnston (Center for Political Ecology), Left Coast Press, 2011, ISBN 9781598743395, 487... Read more.
January 10, 2011
Visual Anthropology at Chico
CSU Chico Assistant Professor Brian Brazeal has obtained a grant from the National Science Foundation’s... Read more.
June 10, 2010
Publication: Believing in Belfast: Charismatic Christianity after the Troubles
By Liam D. Murphy (CSU Sacramento), Carolina Academic Press, 2010, ISBN 9781594607288 1594607281, 324 pages.... Read more.
May 6, 2010
SWAA Past President Erin Stiles Honored
University of Nevada, Reno professor and SWAA Past President Erin Stiles was honored with an... Read more.
March 25, 2010
Interesting Article: “Why I Attend Small Conferences”
Kevin Brown explains the advantages of going to smaller, regional conferences in a “Career Advice”... Read more.
December 22, 2009
Publication: An Islamic Court in Context: An Ethnographic Study of Judicial Reasoning
By Erin Stiles (University of Nevada, Reno), Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, ISBN 0230617409, 9780230617407, 256 pages.... Read more.
November 20, 2009
Final Report on Army HTS Program
The AAA's Commission on the Engagement of Anthropology with the US Security and Intelligence Communities... Read more.
March 10, 2009
Publication: American Counterinsurgency: Human Science and the Human Terrain
By Roberto J. González (San José State University), The University of Chicago Press, 2009, ISBN... Read more.