Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban

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Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban
Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban
Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban
OccupationAnthropologist

Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban is an anthropologist[1] and Sudanist and a co-founder and past president of the Sudan Studies Association.[2] Fluehr-Lobban is a specialist in Islamic law, anthropology and ethics, human rights, cultural relativism and universal rights, and has authored texts books on Islamic societies and on race and racism.[3] She is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island; also a lecturer at the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island.[4] She established a scholarship at Georgia State University where she took her first Anthropology course, as well the scholarships she and her husband established at Temple and Northwestern Universities. She is also a beekeeper and lectures on bees and beekeeping.[5][6]

Life[edit]

Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban received her BA and MA degrees in Anthropology from Temple University, and her PhD from Northwestern University in 1973. She is married to the archaeologist Richard Lobban, whom she met in Temple University's Department of Anthropology.[7][8] Together, they established the Dr. Richard A. Lobban, Jr. and Dr. Carolyn B. Fluehr-Lobban Pre-Dissertation Research Award in Anthropology at Temple University.[9]

Publications[edit]

See also: Bibliography of anthropology

Books[edit]

  • — (2018). Race and Racism: An Introduction (2 ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442274600.
  • — (2013). Ethics and Anthropology: Ideas and Practice. AltaMira Press. ISBN 9780759121874.
  • — (2012). Shari'a and Islamism in Sudan: Conflict, Law and Social Transformation. London: I. B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1848856660.
  • — (2005). Race and Racism: An Introduction. Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira.
  • Fluehr-Lobban (2004). Introduction. The Equality of the Human Races: Positivist Anthropology. By Firmin, Anténor. Translated by Charles, Asselin. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252071027.
  • — (2004). Race and Identity in the Nile Valley: Ancient and Modern Perspectives. Red Sea Press. ISBN 9781569021798.
  • — (2002). Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn (ed.). Against Islamic Extremism, the writings of Muhammad Said Ashmawy. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0813015460.
  • — (1994). Islamic Society in Practice. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0813013190.
  • — (1991). Ethics and the Profession of Anthropology: Dialogue for a New Era. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
  • — (1990). Modern Egypt and Its Heritage (Carnegie Museum). University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 9780911239133.
  • — (1987). Islamic Law and Society in the Sudan. London: Frank Cass. ISBN 978-0-7146-3280-3.
As editor
As co-editor

Articles[edit]

Academic[edit]

  • — (2009). "Guiding Principles over Enforceable Standards". Anthropology News. 50 (6): 8–9. doi:10.1111/j.1556-3502.2009.50608.x.
  • — (2008). "Collaborative Anthropology as Twenty-first-Century Ethical Anthropology". Collaborative Anthropologies. 1: 175–182. doi:10.1353/cla.0.0000. S2CID 145444326.
  • — (2008). "Anthropology and ethics in America's declining imperial age". Anthropology Today. 24 (4): 18–22. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8322.2008.00601.x.
  • — (2006). "Ethical Challenges, New and Old In National Security and the Global War on Terror". Anthropology News. 47 (3): 5. doi:10.1525/an.2006.47.3.5.
  • — (2000). "Antenor Firmin: Haitian Pioneer of Anthropology". American Anthropologist. 102 (3): 449–466. JSTOR 683404.
  • — (1995). "Cultural Relativism and Universal Rights". Chronicle of Higher Education.
  • — (1994). "Informed Consent in Anthropological Research: We Are Not Exempt". Human Organization. 53 (1): 1–10. JSTOR 44126554.
  • — (1990). "Islamization in Sudan: A Critical Assessment". Middle East Journal. 44 (4): 610–623. JSTOR 4328193.
  • — (1979). "A Marxist Reappraisal of the Matriarchate". Current Anthropology. 20 (2): 341–359. JSTOR 2741932.

General[edit]


References[edit]

  1. ^ Wilson, Nicole (21 June 2011). "Anthropologist Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban retires from RIC". Rhode Island College News. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014.
  2. ^ Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn (2002). Historical Dictionary of the Sudan. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0810825475.
  3. ^ "Social Science Consultation with Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban on Censure of Anthropologists by the American Anthropological Association". pmicasebook.com. Psychology and Military Intelligence Casebook on Interrogation Ethics (PMIC). July 10, 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  4. ^ Workshop on Pluralism, Coexistence and Conflict: Majority and Minority Communities in Muslim Societies: Abstracts and Bios Archived 2014-03-29 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 28 March 2014)
  5. ^ The Brown Daily Herald: RIC starts sustainability buzz with beehives (accessed 28 March 2014)
  6. ^ Kernan, Joe (July 27, 2011). "Our friend, the bee". Cranston Herald. Warwick, RI. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  7. ^ "Hobbyist Beekeeping Good for Environment". Rhode Island College Campus News. Providence, RI. January 21, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  8. ^ Lobban, Richard (2012). "Reflections on Dr. William B. Schwab". American Anthropological Association, Association of Senior Anthropologists. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  9. ^ "Upcoming events & Notices". cla.temple.edu. Department of Anthropology, Temple University. 2012. Archived from the original on February 12, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2017.


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