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Nancy Scheper-Hughes

American anthropologist
Person human Q6962966

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13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[16]
Date of birth
1944, September 25, 1944[2][6]
Place of birth
New York City
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
anthropologist, psychiatrist, university teacher
Employer
University of California, Berkeley, Southern Methodist University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill[11][12][13]
Field of work
anthropology, psychiatry, genocide[8][9][10]
Educated at
University of California, Berkeley[14]
Award received
Guggenheim Fellowship[15]
Citizenship
United States
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Given name
Nancy
🏷️ Also known as
en Nancy Scheper-Hughes cs Nancy Scheper- Hughes he ננסי שפר-יוז ja ナンシー・シェパー・ヒューズ ru Нэнси Шепер-Хьюз ru Шепер-Хьюз, Нэнси
🔖 Identifiers · 51
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Library of Congress authority ID
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OpenAlex ID
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Academic Tree ID
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Academy of Athens authority ID
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BIBSYS ID
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Babelio author ID
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BiblioNet author ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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CONOR.SI ID
63437155
Canal-U person ID
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CiNii Research ID
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Curriculum vitae URL
anthropology.berkeley.edu
Dimensions author ID
01066225371.43
FAST ID
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Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
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Guggenheim fellows ID
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IdRef ID
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LibraryThing author ID
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Libris-URI
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NSK (VIAF) ID
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NSK ID
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NUKAT ID
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NYRB contributor ID
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National Library of Ireland ID
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
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National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
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Open Library ID
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OpenEdition Books author ID
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OpenMLOL author ID
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PUG authority ID
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Parsifal cluster ID
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Persée author ID
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RERO ID (legacy)
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SELIBR ID
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SHARE Catalogue author ID
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SciSpace author ID
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ScienceOpen author ID
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The Conversation author ID
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Unz Review author ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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Employer 3
University of California, Berkeley, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Southern Methodist University
Field of work 3
anthropology, genocide, psychiatry
Occupation 3
psychiatrist, anthropologist, university teacher
Award received 1
Guggenheim Fellowship
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
University of California, Berkeley
Given name 1
Nancy
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
New York City
Sex or gender 1
female
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Summary

Nancy Scheper-Hughes's place of birth was New York City[1]. She was born in 1944[2]. She worked as an anthropologist[3], psychiatrist[4], and university teacher[5].

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Career and Affiliations

Fields of work include anthropology[8], an academic discipline[17]; psychiatry[9], a medical specialty[18]; and genocide[10], a destruction[19]. Employers include University of California, Berkeley[11], a public research university[20], in United States[21], founded in 1868[22], headquartered in Berkeley[23]; Southern Methodist University[12], a private university[24], in United States[25], founded in 1911[26]; and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill[13], a public research university[27], in United States[28], founded in 1789[29].

FAQs

Where was Nancy Scheper-Hughes born?

Born in New York City[1].

What did Nancy Scheper-Hughes do for work?

Nancy Scheper-Hughes worked as anthropologist[3], psychiatrist[4], and university teacher[5].

Where did Nancy Scheper-Hughes go to school?

Nancy Scheper-Hughes was educated at University of California, Berkeley[14].

What awards did Nancy Scheper-Hughes receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[15].

Related Entities

anthropology New York City psychiatry United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . academicinfluence.com. academicinfluence.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . anthropology.berkeley.edu. anthropology.berkeley.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [2] ↑ . academicinfluence.com. academicinfluence.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [6] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  7. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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