Veerendra Lele
Associate Professor
Chair of Anthropology
Assistant Coach, Women鈥檚 Soccer
Biography
I am a broadly trained semiotic anthropologist. My primary research interests involve analyses of material culture and temporality. My primary field site is in Ireland, in Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) communities. I teach the full range of courses in anthropology, from our introductory course to our senior seminar, as well as elective courses including semiotic anthropology, and the anthropology of soccer. I am also an assistant coach for the women鈥檚 soccer team.
Degree(s)
A.B., Cornell University; M.A., Georgetown University; M.A., University of Michigan; M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
Works
Publications
Selected Publications:
- Summer 2016, 鈥淪occer as Ethnography鈥, Anthropology News.
- November 2014, Book review of Olaf Zenker鈥檚 Irish/ness Is All around Us: Language Revivalism and the Culture of Ethnic Identity in Northern Ireland. American Ethnologist, v. 41, issue 4
- Summer 2014, 鈥淩esponse to Sluis and Edwards, 鈥楻ethinking Combined Departments鈥欌 in Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences (LATISS) v.7, n.2
- 2012, 鈥淪emiotic Ideologies of Race: Racial Profiling and Retroduction鈥 in Recherches s茅miotiques/ Semiotic Inquiry (RS/SI) v. 32
- 2010, 鈥淟essons in Racial Identity and Kinship鈥 Anthropology News May 2010
- 2009, 鈥 鈥業t鈥檚 not really a nickname, it鈥檚 a method鈥: Local Names, State Intimates, and Kinship Register in the Irish Gaeltacht鈥. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology v. 19:1
- 2008, 鈥淒emographic Modernity鈥 in Ireland: a cultural analysis of citizenship, migration, and fertility鈥. Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe (JSAE). v.8:1
- 2007, 鈥淩eading Dialogic Correspondence: Synge鈥檚 The Aran Islands鈥. New Hibernia Review. Geimhreadh/Winter 11:4
- 2006, 鈥淢aterial Habits, Identity, Semeiotic鈥. Journal of Social Archaeology. 6:1
- 2005, Book Review of S. Muthu鈥檚 鈥淓nlightenment Against Empire鈥. American Anthropologist. v.107:2
