Southeast Asia Studies

Department of Anthropology

Peabody Museum Collections

Harold C. Conklin

Harold C. Conklin, the Franklin Muzzy Crosby Professor Emeritus of the Human Environment and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, is considered one of the world's leading authorities on ethnoscience, the manner in which inhabitants of a particular area perceive and treat their surroundings. He has conducted extensive ethnoecological and linguistic field research in Southeast Asia, especially in the Philippines, and is noted for his pioneering work on indigenous systems of tropical forest and terraced agriculture. Professor Conklin received his Ph.D. from Yale in 1955 and joined the faculty in 1962. He served as chair of the department of anthropology and director of the division of anthropology at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, where he continues as Curator Emeritus. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, Professor Conklin has authored scores of articles, monographs and books, including the acclaimed Hanunoo Agriculture and Ethnographic Atlas of Ifugao.

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See -> Fine Description: Ethnographic and Linguistic Essays by Hal Conklin, published in 2007 by the Yale Southeast Asia Studies Monograph Series.