School For Advanced Research

Programs: Scholar programs - the advanced seminar program provides opportunities for select groups of scholars in anthropology and related disciplines to meet and appraise research, share ideas, synthesize results, and develop new and significant perspectives on the human experience. The resident scholar program promotes outstanding scholarship in anthropology and related disciplines by providing scholars with residential fellowships so that they can prepare manuscripts or complete original research on topics that further the understanding of the human experience. The staley prize promotes exemplary research and writing in anthropology by honoring the authors of landmark publications that add new dimensions to our understanding of the human species.

indian arts research center (iarc) - the indian arts research center (iarc) works to bridge the divide between creativity and scholarship by administering initiatives centered on native american studies, art history, and creative expression that illuminate the intersections of the social sciences, humanities, and arts. This is accomplished by offering fellowship and internship opportunities for artists and museum professionals to engage with the iarc collections, and in fostering dialogue among their peers, scholars, and community members. Iarc also supports collaboration with native american communities. As stewards of an important collection of southwest native american art, the iarc promotes programs that encourage access and understanding of the collection.

sar press - the mission of sar press is to foster research on human culture, evolution, history, and creative expression through support of the advanced seminar, resident scholar, and native artist fellow programs and publication of the results of those programs to a wide array of scholarly and public audiences. The press also publishes books by outside authors in topics of importance to the sar mission. In fy2016 sar entered into an agreement with the university of new mexico press (unm press) to distribute sar press' current titles and to co-publish future titles. The move provides significant financial savings while maintaining the intent of the sar press mission.

public programs - sar's public programs engage the greater santa fe community and residents outside of santa fe by bringing exciting and inventive thinkers to the school whose work illuminates topics of broad public concern. Members of the public as well as sar members are offered the opportunity to participate in public lectures, salons, scholar colloquia, artists' presentations, field trips, and other programs both on and off the sar campus to make the work of sar more accessible to a general audience.