Northwestern University / Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences
Department of Anthropology
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William Murphy

Lecturer (Ph.D. Stanford 1976)
1812 Hinman Avenue, #305
(847) 491-4832
wmurphy@northwestern.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS

1. Language, Culture, and Politics
2. Anthropology of Violence
3. Youth and Culture Practice
4. Liberia and Sierra Leone, West Africa
RECENT COURSES TAUGHT

1. 101 – Freshman Seminar: Anthropology of Violence
2. 215 – Culture Through Language
3. 235 – Attending to Culture
4. 360 – Language and Culture
5. 378 – Law and Culture
6. 390 – Topics in Anthropology – Political Argumentation in Cross-cultural Perspectives
7. 390 – Topics in Anthropology - Wittgenstein and Socio-cultural Anthropology
8. 390 – Topics in Anthropology – Art and Aesthetics in social and cultural context

 

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