J. I. Staley Prize
Scholarly Society
School for Advanced Research
· March 2022
The School for Advanced Research (SAR) presents the J. I. Staley Prize to a living author for a book that exemplifies outstanding scholarship and writing in anthropology. The award recognizes innovative works that go beyond traditional frontiers and dominant schools of thought in anthropology and add new dimensions to our understanding of the human species. It honors books that cross subdisciplinary boundaries within anthropology and reach out in new and expanded interdisciplinary directions.
By recognizing groundbreaking books and their authors through the J. I. Staley Prize, SAR seeks to stimulate the best in anthropological research and writing. Authors other than anthropologists are eligible to receive the Prize if their work has had a significant impact on scholars and practitioners in the field of anthropology.
The J. I. Staley Prize carries a cash award of $7,500.
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Senior Book Prize
International
Awarded Biennially by the American Ethnological Society
· November 2020
For The Fetish Revisited (2018)
Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Analytical-Descriptive Studies
National
American Academy of Religion
· 2019
Awarded in recognition of the excellence of Professor Matory's book The Fetish Revisited: Marx, Freud and the Gods Black People Make (2019)
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Alexander von Humboldt Prize, 2013
Other
Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, Foreign Ministry, Federal Republic of Germany
· June 2013
Distinguished Alumni Award, The Maret School, Washington, DC, 2013
National
The Maret School, Washington, DC
· 2013
Distinguished Africana Award
State
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
· October 2012
James Marsh Professorship-at-Large
National
University of Vermont
· 2012
2012-2017
Distinguished Africanist Award
National
American Anthropological Association, Association for Africanist Anthropology
· November 2010
Thomas Langford Lectureship Award
University
Duke University
· March 2010
Association for Africanist Anthropology-Distinguished Lecture
National
American Anthropological Association
· 2010
Favorite Professors of the Harvard College Class of 2009.
National
Harvard Yearbook
· May 2009
Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures
National
University of Rochester
· October 22, 2008
Outstanding Africana Service Award
National
African-New World Studies, Florida International University
· March 2008
S. Allen Counter Award for Excellence in Faculty and Administration
University
Association of Black Harvard Women
· April 15, 2006
Melville J. Herskovits Prize
National
African Studies Association
· 2006
Best book of 2005 - Black Atlantic Religon: Tradition, Transnationalism and Matriarchy in the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Dr. Brandon Fradd Research Fund
National
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· 2006
Donated to support my research on African diaspora religions: Spring 2006-present.
Notable Book of the Year Award (1994)
National
Choice Magazine
· 2005
For Sex and the Empire That Is No More (University of Minnesota Press, 1994)
National
National Endowment for the Humanities
· 1995
Awarded for overseas archival research and writing on Afro-Brazilian religion and politics, 1995-1996.
W. E. B. Du Bois Fellowship for Afro-American Research
National
W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute, Harvard University
· 1992
Support of field research and writing on Afro-Brazilian culture: January-December.
Post-doctoral Research Fellowship in Anthropology
University
Princeton University
· 1991
Charles Gaius Bolin Fellowship
University
Williams College, Univesity of Chicago
· 1990
Teaching and dissertation write-up.
Fulbright-Hays Fellowship
National
U.S. Department of Education
· 1988
Pre-dissertation research in Nigeria: 1988 to 1989.
International Studies Fellowship
International
Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC)
· 1987
Research in Rio de Janeiro and Bahia, Brazil: August-December.
CIC International Studies Fellowship
International
Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC)
· 1986
Research in Nigeria: Summer 1986.
Roy D. Albert Prize for Excellence in the Graduate Study of Anthropology
University
University of Chicago
· 1986
National Science Foundation Fellowship
National
National Science Foundation
· 1985
Funding for graduate study at the University of Chicago:1985 to 1989.
Danforth-Compton Fellowship for Graduate Study
University
University of Chicago
· 1984
1984 to 1991
CIC Graduate Fellowship for Minorities
International
Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC)
· 1984
Study at the University of Chicago:1984 to 1985.
Rotary Scholarship for Graduate Study Abroad
International
Rotrary Foundation
· 1982
Study in Nigeria: 1982 to 1983.
