The Directory of Research and Researchers at Brown: Philip Leis

Professor Leis studies sociocultural anthropology, social and political organization, interethnic relations, enculturation and cultural change. Regionally, his work focuses on Africa. Ongoing project topics include: West and Southern African ethnology, pluralism; associations life cycle, economic development; cross-cultural study of adolescence.

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My specialities within the sub-discipline of Cultural Anthropology are history of anthropological theory, cultural change, associations, and identity. My major research sites are in Africa: Nigeria, Cameroon, and Zimbabwe.

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PHILIP LEIS, Ph.D. Northwestern U 1962
Professor of Anthropology
Anthropology
Phone: +1 401 863 3251
Phone 2: +1 401 863 7057
E-mail: Philip_Leis@Brown.EDU

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