Raymond C. Kelly

Biography:
Professor, Department of Anthropology, app’t 1971
B.A. Anthropology, University of Chicago, 1965
M.A. Anthropology, University of Michigan, 1966
Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Michigan, 1974

Number of Theses/Dissertations Supervised in Past 5 Years: 6

Courses Taught: Evolution of War and Peace, Methods and Interpretations in Ethnology

Research/Teaching Specializations: Malaysia, Tribal Societies, Sociology, economy, warfare, social inequality

Field Research: Ethnographic fieldwork: Etoro, Southern Highlands District, Papua New Guinea, study of Etoro social structure, structural contradiction, social organization, witchcraft and depopulation; Archival research: Nuer-Dinka Warfare and Nuer Territorial Expansion, British Museum Library, London, England; Public Records Office, Kew, England; University of Durham Sudan Collection, Durham, England; University of Khartoum Library, Khartoum, Sudan.

Recent Publications: Constructing Inequality: The Fabrication of a Hierachy of Virtue among Etoro. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, Warless Societies and the Origin of War, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 2000; “Rethinking Regimes of Social Inequality.”in Pacific Studies20(3).

Awards and Honors: LS&A Excellence in Research Award, 1996; LS&A Excellence in Education Award, 1991

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