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Sociocultural anthropology concerns itself with the diverse ways in which humans make a life and make meaning out of life. I am interested in how cultures are historically constituted and internally varied. In a world replete with the uneven repercussions of globalization, contemporary anthropology acknowledges the importance of power, inequality and social justice. My recent work probes the interplay among nationalism, gender, class, race and ethnicity in the context of population politics in Italy, where women in the 1990s reached record-low fertility rates and where reproductive practices have provoked urgent political debate.

My interests in reproductive politics have evolved into three connected research subjects: 1) cultural politics and critical population studies; 2) historical anthropology and social memory; and 3) ethnography and writing culture. Here's my Curriculum Vita (PDF 228 KB) as of June 2006.

Contact Info

Department of Anthropology
240 Hicks Way
Machmer 205
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst MA 01003
Phone: 413-577-1205
Fax: 413-545-9494
ekrause@anthro.umass.edu

Office Hours Fall 2006:
Tuesdays 2:30-4:30


Rome, 2004