| Paul K. Eiss |
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A deracinated native of Flatbush, Paul Eiss is a graduate of the Doctoral Program in Anthropology and History at the University of Michigan whose research is based upon ethnographic and archival research in Yucatán, Mexico. In 2000 he became an assistant professor of anthropology and history in Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of History and completed a manuscript entitled Lords of the Forest. In his dissertation and other publications (Lords of the Forest; In the Name of the Pueblo: Possession, Sovereignty and History in Yucatán), Eiss explores such topics as: the politics of labor, land tenure and ethnicity; popular religion; indigenous education; value; and archives and historical memory. He was recently awarded a National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship for a project on indigenous education, as well as the Society for Cultural Anthropology's "Cultural Horizons" prize for his article, "Hunting for the Virgin." In 2004, Paul picked up the saxophones he had laid down several years earlier and released his musical soul once again, to the delight of his bandmates, family and fans. |