Michael Asch
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Michael I. Asch (born April 9, 1943) is an anthropologist in Canada.[1] He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Alberta[2] and is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Victoria.[3] Much of his work over the years has focused on issues of Indigenous rights and Indigenous-Settler relations in Canada.[4][5][6][7]
Michael Asch | |
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Born | Michael I. Asch (1943-04-09) April 9, 1943 (age 81) |
Education | B.A. University of Chicago Ph.D. Columbia University |
Occupation | Anthropologist |
Spouse | Margaret Asch |
Parent | Moses Asch |
Family | Sholem Asch (grandfather) |
Asch received a B.A. in anthropology from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. from Columbia University.[8][1] He has been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada since 2002 as a part of the Academy of Social Sciences.[9]
He has been a part of several research projects and non-profit initiatives such as Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage (iPinCH)[8] and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.[10] Asch is also credited as being one of the founding members the Canadian Anthropology Society/la société canadienne d'anthropologie (CASCA).[11]