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'''Conrad Maynadier Arensberg''' (September 12, 1910 – February 10, 1997) was an American anthropologist and scholar.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/16/nyregion/conrad-arensberg-86-dies-hands-on-anthropologist.html|title=Conrad Arensberg, 86, Dies; Hands-On Anthropologist|last=Jr|first=Robert McG Thomas|date=1997-02-16|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-05-07|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
'''Conrad Maynadier Arensberg''' (September 12, 1910 – February 10, 1997) was an American anthropologist and scholar.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/16/nyregion/conrad-arensberg-86-dies-hands-on-anthropologist.html|title=Conrad Arensberg, 86, Dies; Hands-On Anthropologist|last=Thomas|first=Robert McG Jr.|date=1997-02-16|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-05-07|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


He was born in [[Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania]].{{cn|date=April 2020}} He graduated ''[[Summa Cum Laude|summa cum laude]]'' from [[Harvard University|Harvard]] in 1931. He was exempted from his final exams by the College Dean who viewed them as "being completely unnecessary in Conrad's case" (Comitas 2000).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://anthropology.si.edu/naa/fa/Arensberg.pdf|title=Register to the Papers of Conrad M. Arensberg|last=Fic|first=Christy|website=Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: Anthropology Department}}</ref> In 1937 his doctorate dissertation entitled ''The Irish Countryman'' became a college textbook.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.waveland.com/browse.php?t=52|title=Waveland Press - The Irish Countryman - An Anthropological Study by Conrad M. Arensberg|website=www.waveland.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-07}}</ref>
He was born in [[Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania]].{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} He graduated [[summa cum laude]] from [[Harvard University|Harvard]] in 1931. He was exempted from his final exams by the College Dean who viewed them as "being completely unnecessary in Conrad's case" (Comitas 2000).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://anthropology.si.edu/naa/fa/Arensberg.pdf|title=Register to the Papers of Conrad M. Arensberg|last=Fic|first=Christy|website=Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: Anthropology Department}}</ref> In 1937, his doctorate dissertation titled ''The Irish Countryman'' became a college textbook.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.waveland.com/browse.php?t=52|title=Waveland Press - The Irish Countryman - An Anthropological Study by Conrad M. Arensberg|website=www.waveland.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-07}}</ref>


Arensberg helped found [[The Society for Applied Anthropology]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1019&context=anthro_faculty_pubs|title=Conrad Maynadier Arensberg (1910–1997)|last=Halpern|first=Joel|website=University of Massachusetts Amherst}}</ref> and was elected its President (1945–1946) as well as President of the [[American Anthropological Association]] (1980).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.culturalequity.org/alanlomax/ce_alanlomax_profile_arensburg.php|title=ACE - Conrad Maynadier Arensberg|website=www.culturalequity.org|access-date=2018-05-07}}</ref> In 1957 he co-analyzed economies of ancient empires in ''Trade Markets in the Early Empires'' together with [[Karl Polanyi]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Nash|first=Manning|date=March 1958|title=Trade and Market in the Early Empires: Economies in History and Theory.Karl Polanyi , Conrad M. Arensberg , Harry W. Pearson|url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/222336|journal=American Journal of Sociology|language=en|volume=63|issue=5|pages=562–563|doi=10.1086/222336|issn=0002-9602|via=}}</ref>
Arensberg helped found [[The Society for Applied Anthropology]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1019&context=anthro_faculty_pubs|title=Conrad Maynadier Arensberg (1910–1997)|last=Halpern|first=Joel|website=University of Massachusetts Amherst}}</ref> and was elected its President (1945–1946) as well as President of the [[American Anthropological Association]] (1980).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.culturalequity.org/alanlomax/ce_alanlomax_profile_arensburg.php|title=ACE - Conrad Maynadier Arensberg|website=www.culturalequity.org|access-date=2018-05-07}}</ref> In 1957, he co-analyzed economies of ancient empires in ''Trade Markets in the Early Empires'' together with [[Karl Polanyi]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Nash|first=Manning|date=March 1958|title=Trade and Market in the Early Empires: Economies in History and Theory.Karl Polanyi , Conrad M. Arensberg , Harry W. Pearson|url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/222336|journal=American Journal of Sociology|language=en|volume=63|issue=5|pages=562–563|doi=10.1086/222336|issn=0002-9602}}</ref>


In 1984, [[Owen Lynch]], a former student of Arensberg organised a [[festschrift]] for his mentor, titled ''Culture and Community in Europe''.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=American Anthropologist |volume=116 |issue=4 |title=Owen M. Lynch (1931-2013) |first=Eva |last=Friedlander|date=November 2014 |doi=10.1111/aman.12160}}</ref> In 1991 he received the Society of Applied Anthropology's Malinowski Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.appliedanthro.org/about/awards-prizes/bronislaw-malinowski-award|title=Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) :: Malinowski Award Papers - Chapter Selection|website=www.appliedanthro.org|language=en|access-date=2018-05-07}}</ref>
In 1984, [[Owen Lynch]], a former student of Arensberg organized a [[festschrift]] for his mentor, titled ''Culture and Community in Europe''.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=American Anthropologist |volume=116 |issue=4 |title=Owen M. Lynch (1931-2013) |first=Eva |last=Friedlander|date=November 2014 |doi=10.1111/aman.12160}}</ref> In 1991, he received the Society of Applied Anthropology's Malinowski Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.appliedanthro.org/about/awards-prizes/bronislaw-malinowski-award|title=Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) :: Malinowski Award Papers - Chapter Selection|website=www.appliedanthro.org|language=en|access-date=2018-05-07}}</ref>


He was married to [[Vivian E. Garrison]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://anthropology.si.edu/naa/collections/object/siris_arc_305672?destination=collection/search?page=12&edan_q=%252A%253A%252A&edan_fq%255B0%255D=topic%253A%2522Anthropology%2522&edan_fq%255B1%255D=topic%253A%2522Linguistics%2522|title=Conrad M. Arensberg papers, 1931–1997, bulk 1933–1990 {{!}} NAA Collections|website=anthropology.si.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-05-14}}</ref>
He was married to [[Vivian E. Garrison]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://anthropology.si.edu/naa/collections/object/siris_arc_305672?destination=collection/search?page=12&edan_q=%252A%253A%252A&edan_fq%255B0%255D=topic%253A%2522Anthropology%2522&edan_fq%255B1%255D=topic%253A%2522Linguistics%2522|title=Conrad M. Arensberg papers, 1931–1997, bulk 1933–1990 {{!}} NAA Collections|website=anthropology.si.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-05-14}}</ref>


He held the Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professorship of Human Relations at [[Columbia University]] from 1970 until his retirement in 1980.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.obitcentral.com/obitsearch/obits/misc/anthro7.htm|title=Miscellaneous Obituaries of Anthropologists|last=Cribbs|first=Bill|website=www.obitcentral.com|access-date=2018-05-07}}</ref> Thereafter he joined the faculty of the Joint Applied Anthropology Program at [[Teachers College, Columbia University|Teachers' College]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol22/vol22_iss15/record2215.28.html|title=Famed Anthropologist Arensberg, 86. Columbia University Record. February 21, 1997|website=www.columbia.edu|access-date=2018-05-07}}</ref>
He held the [[Joseph L. Buttenwieser]] Professorship of Human Relations at [[Columbia University]] from 1970 until his retirement in 1980.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.obitcentral.com/obitsearch/obits/misc/anthro7.htm|title=Miscellaneous Obituaries of Anthropologists|last=Cribbs|first=Bill|website=www.obitcentral.com|access-date=2018-05-07}}</ref> Thereafter he joined the faculty of [https://www.tc.columbia.edu/international-and-transcultural-studies/anthropology-and-education/programs/doctoral-programs/joint-program-in-applied-anthropology-phd/ the Joint Applied Anthropology Program] at [[Teachers College, Columbia University|Teachers' College]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol22/vol22_iss15/record2215.28.html|title=Famed Anthropologist Arensberg, 86. Columbia University Record. February 21, 1997|website=www.columbia.edu|access-date=2018-05-07}}</ref>


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Conrad Maynadier Arensberg (September 12, 1910 – February 10, 1997) was an American anthropologist and scholar.[1]

He was born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania.[citation needed] He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard in 1931. He was exempted from his final exams by the College Dean who viewed them as "being completely unnecessary in Conrad's case" (Comitas 2000).[2] In 1937, his doctorate dissertation titled The Irish Countryman became a college textbook.[3]

Arensberg helped found The Society for Applied Anthropology[4] and was elected its President (1945–1946) as well as President of the American Anthropological Association (1980).[5] In 1957, he co-analyzed economies of ancient empires in Trade Markets in the Early Empires together with Karl Polanyi.[6]

In 1984, Owen Lynch, a former student of Arensberg organized a festschrift for his mentor, titled Culture and Community in Europe.[7] In 1991, he received the Society of Applied Anthropology's Malinowski Award.[8]

He was married to Vivian E. Garrison.[9]

He held the Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professorship of Human Relations at Columbia University from 1970 until his retirement in 1980.[10] Thereafter he joined the faculty of the Joint Applied Anthropology Program at Teachers' College.[11]

References

  1. ^ Thomas, Robert McG Jr. (1997-02-16). "Conrad Arensberg, 86, Dies; Hands-On Anthropologist". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  2. ^ Fic, Christy. "Register to the Papers of Conrad M. Arensberg" (PDF). Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: Anthropology Department.
  3. ^ "Waveland Press - The Irish Countryman - An Anthropological Study by Conrad M. Arensberg". www.waveland.com. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  4. ^ Halpern, Joel. "Conrad Maynadier Arensberg (1910–1997)". University of Massachusetts Amherst.
  5. ^ "ACE - Conrad Maynadier Arensberg". www.culturalequity.org. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  6. ^ Nash, Manning (March 1958). "Trade and Market in the Early Empires: Economies in History and Theory.Karl Polanyi , Conrad M. Arensberg , Harry W. Pearson". American Journal of Sociology. 63 (5): 562–563. doi:10.1086/222336. ISSN 0002-9602.
  7. ^ Friedlander, Eva (November 2014). "Owen M. Lynch (1931-2013)". American Anthropologist. 116 (4). doi:10.1111/aman.12160.
  8. ^ "Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) :: Malinowski Award Papers - Chapter Selection". www.appliedanthro.org. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  9. ^ "Conrad M. Arensberg papers, 1931–1997, bulk 1933–1990 | NAA Collections". anthropology.si.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  10. ^ Cribbs, Bill. "Miscellaneous Obituaries of Anthropologists". www.obitcentral.com. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  11. ^ "Famed Anthropologist Arensberg, 86. Columbia University Record. February 21, 1997". www.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-07.


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