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De León, a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles and also the founder of the Undocumented Migration Project, conducted ethnographic research across Mexico for seven years to learn more about and speak with smugglers who moved migrants through the country, specifically in a post-Programa Frontera Sur landscape. [4]
The result was his nonfiction book, “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling," which on Wednesday garnered De León the prestigious National Book Award for nonfiction.
De León is currently Director of the Cotsen Institute for Archaeology and the Lloyd E. Cotsen Endowed Professor of Archaeology, as well as Professor of Anthropology and Chicana/o and Central American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, California. From 2008 to 2010 he was a lecturer in anthropology at the University of ...
The Land of Open Graves is a book by anthropologist Jason De León with photographs by Michael Wells. [1] The book examines the human consequences of United States immigration policy. Using research methods from all four subfields of anthropology, De León sheds light on the lives (and deaths) of the thousands of migrants who cross the US ...
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Jason De León’s “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling” won for nonfiction, where finalists included Salman Rushdie's memoir about his brutal stabbing in 2022, “Knife.”
American Treasures is a reality television show on Discovery Channel.The series premiered on February 22, 2011 and features archaeology professors Dr. Jason De León and Dr. Kirk French, [1] who often receive inquiries from everyday Americans who think they possess items that may have historical significance.
View from the Window at Le Gras (French: Point de vue du Gras) 1826 Nicéphore Niépce: Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, France Bitumen-coated pewter plate Considered the oldest surviving camera photograph. [1] [s 1] [s 2] [s 3] [s 4] Windows From Inside South Gallery [a] August 1835 William Henry Fox Talbot: Lacock, England, United Kingdom Photogenic ...