Jason James (jjames)

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Professor of Anthropology

James Farmer Hall Room 218
jjames@umw.edu
540-654-1169


Academic Degrees

B.A., Boston University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California at San Diego

Jason James in the News

Research and Creativity Day Highlights Student Work

Art exhibitions. Music performances. An original play performed with puppets. Friday, April 27, marks the University of Mary Washington’s 12th annual Research and Creativity Day – a culmination of a year of work by UMW students. The day-long event includes short oral presentations, artwork, original compositions and research as far-ranging Read more…

Jason James Publishes Chapter in Volume on East German Cities

Jason James, Associate Professor of Anthropology, contributed a chapter entitled "Restoration and Redemption: Defending Kultur and Heimat in Eisenach’s Cityscape" to a new collected volume on East German cities.  Entitled Bloom and Bust: Urban Landscapes in the East Since Unification and published by Berghahn books, the volume focuses on the transformation of East German Read more…

Radio Show Features UMW Anthropology Professor

Jason James, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Mary Washington, discusses the cultural struggles that persist in post-Nazi Germany during an interview scheduled to air on the “With Good Reason” public radio program. The show, “After the Berlin Wall Came Down,” will air beginning Saturday, Dec. 1. The Read more…
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