 ARNOLD PEREY, Ph.D.
Web site: "A New Perspective for Anthropology"
Dr. Perey teaches the course "Aesthetic Realism and Anthropology" and is an instructor of "The Aesthetic Realism of Eli Siegel As Teaching Method." He received his B.A. in anthropology from the University of Chicago and his doctorate from Columbia University. His dissertation, based on Aesthetic Realism, describes research conducted in Papua New Guinea, supported by the National Science Foundation. He taught at Brooklyn College and Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York, Seton Hall University, and Drew University. His articles include "A New Perspective for American Anthropology: The Philosophy of Aesthetic Realism" (originally presented at the American Anthropological Association) and "The Real Opposition to Racism."
EDUCATION
Ph.D. 1973 Columbia University; anthropology; dissertation sponsor, Margaret Mead
1968-present: Aesthetic Realism Foundation; study with Eli Siegel and with Ellen Reiss
1968 School of Visual Arts; printmaking, study with Chaim Koppelman
1964 University of Nevada, Reno; anthropological field training with Sven Liljeblad et al
B.A. 1962 University of Chicago; anthropology, study with Robert Braidwood, F. Clark Howell
HONORS / GRANTS
2002-3 Who's Who in the World; Who's Who in America; Who's Who in Science & Engineering
1967-8 Grant, National Science Foundation: Dissertation Field Research, Papua New Guinea
c.1966-71 Fellowship, United States Public Health Service
1964 National Science Foundation: Field Research Training Grant, Paiute-Shosone Nation, central Nevada
TEACHING
1973-present: Aesthetic Realism Foundation, Aesthetic Realism consultant 1971-76 Queensborough Community College (CUNY), assoc. prof. anthropology
1971 Brooklyn College (CUNY), instructor personality and culture
1971 Drew University, instructor personality and culture
1970-1 Seton Hall University, instructor anthropology and sociology
BOOKS
Gwe, Young Man of New Guinea--A Novel Against Racism. Waverly Place Press: New York, 2004
Were They Equal? A children's book against prejudice based on an African story. Waverly Place Press: New York, 2004
PUBLICATIONS (Selected)
"Teaching Indian Culture in the United States," India Journal (9 March 01) "The Aesthetics of Evolution," Philippine Post (February 01)
"Causes of Racism," Anthropology Newsletter (April 1999)
"Aesthetic Realism: The Solution to Racism," The Black World Today & others (1999-01)
"The Aesthetic Realism of Eli Siegel As a Teaching Method in Anthropology," Anthropology and Education Quarterly, November, 1976
"A New Perspective for Anthropology: The Philosophy of Aesthetic Realism," The Anthropologist (University of Delhi, India), 1975
LECTURES / PRESENTATIONS / EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
April 2004 "Aesthetic Realism: A New Foundation for Interdisciplinary Musicology." CIM04 Conference on Interdisciplinary Musicology. Graz/Austria:Hosted by the Department of Musicology, University of Graz. Presented by the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music.
October 2002 "The Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method Relates Self, Subject, World: And Students Learn." New Jersey Science Teachers' Association, Somerset, NJ
August 2002 "Aesthetic Realism, Art, and Anthropology; or, Justice to People." International Society for Education through Art, New York City
March 2001 "Racism Can End--the Aesthetic Realism of Eli Siegel Explains How." Featured seminar at Campus Outreach Opportunity League, 17th Annual Conference, hosted by Harvard University
Photographs and etchings exhibited at the Terrain Gallery and School of Visual Arts, NYC
At the Aesthetic Realism Foundation:
- Seminars include studies of
- Charles Darwin
- Benedict Arnold
- Olaudah Equiano
- Meredith's The Egoist
- The African story "Maliane and the Water Snake"
- Anthropology classes: approximately 500 lectures given from 1976-present. Here are some recent class outlines:
Member: American Anthropological Association; New Jersey Science Teachers Association; Defenders of Wildlife; Natural Resources Defense Council |
Arnold Perey
