{"id":2,"date":"2012-03-22T17:22:57","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T17:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vassar.edu\/marthakaplan\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2018-12-04T09:37:36","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T14:37:36","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/marthakaplan\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Martha<\/a><\/p>\n

Martha Kaplan<\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/strong>Professor
\nDepartment of Anthropology
\nVassar College<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Welcome….<\/em> \u00a0 I am a cultural anthropologist specializing in the study of ritual and colonial and post-colonial societies. I have done research in Fiji, India, the United States and Singapore; my first book is about an anti-colonial political-religious movement in Fiji, my second is about the nation-state and decolonization in Fiji, and I have recently been writing about water and visions of the environmental good in post-colonial societies. I am working on a book, Water Cultures: Fiji, New York, Singapore.\u00a0<\/em> I have been teaching at Vassar since 1990. My courses range from “Introduction to Anthropology” to “Myth, Ritual and Symbol” to “Imagining Asia and the Island Pacific”. I am based in the Anthropology department and also participate in the programs in Asian Studies and International Studies. My husband, John D. Kelly, is also an anthropologist, and we have written a number of books and articles together. We have two wonderful children.<\/p>\n

Education<\/strong><\/p>\n

1988 Ph.D. Anthropology University of Chicago
\n1981 M.A. Anthropology University of Chicago
\n1979 A.B. magna cum laude Bryn Mawr College<\/p>\n

Specialization:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 Cultural Anthropology
\nSocial\/Cultural Theory
\nHistorical Anthropology, Colonialism, & Post Colonial Societies
\nRitual, Cosmology, & Anthropology of Religion
\nPacific, Colonial India, & Colonial British, US, Singapore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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