Erica Bornstein
Associate Professor
Office: Sabin 304Phone: (414) 229-4881
e-mail: elbornst@uwm.edu
Curriculum Vitae: pdf (105kb)
Degree(s):
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Research Interests:
Philanthropy, charity and humanitarianism, non-governmental organizations, human rights, political and legal anthropology, anthropology of religion, economic anthropology, ethnographic methods, southern Africa, India. For more information on Prof. Bornstein's research, visit the Anthropology of Humanitarianism in the research section.
Other Relevant Activities:
Faculty Coordinator, International Studies Program
Affiliated with UWM Global Studies Program, and Religious Studies Program
Elected Board member, Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA), 2011-13
Courses Taught:
Anthro 102: Introduction to Anthropology - Culture and Society
Anthro 102-202: Introduction to Anthropology - Online Web
Anthro 104: Lifeways in Different Cultures
Anthro 326: Peoples and Cultures of South Asia
Anthro 351/Religious Studies 351: Anthropological Theories of Religion
Anthro 442/Global Studies 442: Humanitarianism in Global Perspective
Anthro 447/Global Studies 447: The Global Politics of Human Rights
Anthro 460: Anthropological Theory
Anthro 544/Religious Studies 544: Religious Giving in Anthropological Perspective
IS 550: International Studies Senior Seminar
Selected Publications:
Forces of Compassion: Humanitarianism Between Ethics and Politics (co-edited with Peter Redfield), School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series. Santa Fe, NM: School for Advanced Research Press. Ordering Information.
Disquieting Gifts: Humanitarianism in New Delhi. Ethnographic monograph, Stanford Studies in Human Rights Series, Stanford University Press, 2012. Ordering Information.
The Spirit of Development: Protestant NGOs, Morality, and Economics in Zimbabwe. Palo Alto, California: Stanford University Press (paperback edition). Ordering Information. 2005 [cloth edition, New York and London: Routledge/Taylor and Francis 2003].
2009. "The Impulse of Philanthropy," Cultural Anthropology, Vol 24(4): 622-651.
2007. Harmonic dissonance: reflections on dwelling in the field. Ethnos 72(4): 483-508.
2007. A vision of the world. In Michel Feher, Gaëlle Krikorian and Yates McKee (eds), Non-governmental Politics, pp. 669-671. New York: Zone Books/MIT Press.
2007. Faith, Liberty, and the Individual in Humanitarian Assistance. In Michel Feher, Gaëlle Krikorian and Yates McKee (eds), Non-governmental Politics, pp. 658-667. New York: Zone Books/MIT Press..
2006. Rituals without Final Acts: Prayer and Success in World Vision Zimbabwe's Humanitarian Work. In Matthew Engelke and Matt Tomlinson (eds), The Limits of Meaning: Case Studies in the Anthropology of Christianity, pp. 85-104. Oxford, UK and New York: Berghahn Books.
2006. No Return: A Brief Typology of Philanthropy and the Sacred in New Delhi. In Keishin Inaba and Ruben Habito (eds.), The Politics of Altruism: Caring and Religion in a Global Perspective, pp. 165-179. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press.
2006. Charitable Choice: L'humanitarisme et les Politiques de la Foi. In Michel Feher (ed.), Politique Non Governementale, Vacarme No. 34 Hiver 2006, Numéro Spécial, pp. 189-193.
2006. Une Vision Du Monde World Vision (Etas-Unis): Un Portrait World Vision. In Michel Feher (ed.), Politique Non Governementale, Vacarme No. 34 Hiver 2006, Numéro Spécial, pp. 194-195.
2005. Transcending Politics through the Kingdom of God and Free Markets. In Tim Kelsall and Jim Igoe (eds), Between a Rock and a Hard Place: African NGOs, Donors, and the State. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.
2002. Developing Faith: Theologies of Economic Development in Zimbabwe, The Journal of Religion in Africa 32(1).
2001. Child Sponsorship, Evangelism, and Belonging in the Work of World Vision Zimbabwe, American Ethnologist 28(3).
2001. The Verge of Good and Evil: Christian NGOs and Economic Development in Zimbabwe, Political and Legal Anthropology Review 24(1).
