Lawrence Krader was an American anthropologist and philosopher and former Director of the Institut für Ethnologie at the Freie Universität in Berlin. He left some 153 unpublished manuscripts at the time of his death in 1998. He provided financial support to establish The Lawrence Krader Research Project at McMaster which has published a number of these manuscripts and organized an international conference at McMaster involving scholars from Mexico, Germany and Canada. The conference papers will be published in 2018.
Impact
The project will further the scholarly work of the late Professor Krader by editing and publishing his manuscripts, organizing conferences on his work and supporting young scholars who wish to work on his archival material.
Student Experience
Dr. Sabine Sander, a post-doc at the Max Weber Centre, has been participating on and on-going basis as a research fellow at the Lawrence Krader Research Project at McMaster University and has participated in the life of the Department of Sociology at McMaster. She has interacted well with the graduate students in the department and has given several guest lectures and participated in graduate courses. She was a major organizer of an international conference held at McMaster in May of 2016 and is an editor of the book of contributions from the conference to be published in 2018.
Countries
Germany
Impact
Research, Education, Global Partnerships
Institutional Partner(s)
University of Erfurt, Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies
Community Partner(s)
Industry Partner(s)
Key Outcomes
Publications
Sponsorship
Private
Sponsorship Details
Prof. Krader endowed this research project with private funds.
