I never met Jane but I admired her tremendously. Her work was a major influence on my and many orhers’ worldviews and understanding of racism and language. Her legacy will live on. I hope she rests peacefully.
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Mark Nichter
7 years ago
A good friend and ally. Jane along with Bob Netting encouraged and helped me shape the direction of medical anthropology at U of A in many ways. I will miss Jane's intellect and intuition as well as her good humor and sound advice. Often when I am faced with a thought puzzle or struggle with academic politics I ask myself --what would Jane have to say about that ...I I wish you all the best on the path ahead Jane, wherever it leads....You will not be forgotten.
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Qing Zhang
7 years ago
A giant in anthropology, a humble, caring, inspiring, and generous colleague. I’ve learned so much from Jane. I will miss her!
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Kathleen Riley
7 years ago
Sad yes, but what an inspiration -- as teacher, researcher, writer, political scholar, and human being! May her ideas and force live on through us.
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Hilda Lloréns
7 years ago
RIP.
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Summerson Carr
7 years ago
Her work will surely endure through the work of so many others, perhaps particularly during this time, when the world needs it so. RIP Professor Hill.
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David Killick
7 years ago
Jane was really the glue that held the Department of Anthropology together in the 1990’s and 2000’s. She talked to everyone and knew what everyone was doing, and we were all inspired and energized by her vast enthusiasm and erudition. She coauthored papers with archaeologists and biological anthropologists, who both appreciated her expertise in the field of historical linguistics (a speciality that, alas, we now lack entirely), and was very well aware of emerging trends in social and cultural anthropology. (She realized in the early 1990s that it was essential to teach poststructuralist theory, to which many of the cultural anthropologists in the Department were then vehemently opposed, and – with Mark Nichter – went to the Dean and got a hire in that area). There were others who were as eclectic and as willing to cross sub-disciplinary lines – notably Bob Netting and Steve Zegura – but it was Jane who was the heart and soul of the Department. When she retired the subdisciplines started to drift apart, and it is only within the last year or so that we have realized that we really need to start finding common ground again – hence the current discussion of themes that cut across subdisciplines. So long Jane, and thanks for all the {gold}fish….
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Laura Ahearn
7 years ago
I learned so much from Jane and enjoyed working with her. She embodied personal integrity and intellectual honesty. I will miss her.
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Webb Keane
7 years ago
She was truly one of the greats, and a model of of the scholarly, pedagogic, and personal virtues, not least of which was an unpretentious modesty.
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Charlene Makley
7 years ago
I knew and admired her only from afar, but her incisive work and humble spirit inspired me so much that several of my pieces are homages to her. My hero too. Rest in peace, Jane, you made the world a better place.
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Grace Reynolds
7 years ago
So sorry to have never had the chance to meet her in person. Hands down my greatest academic inspiration. Her words live on through her intertextual presence in a great many others’ work.
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Nancy H Hornberger
7 years ago
Truly a giant in linguistic anthropology, whose work has shaped generations of scholars in several areas close to my heart. More than that, a wonderful human being -- rest in Peace, Jane.
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Bruce Mannheim
7 years ago
My hero, intellectually and politically. The world needy now more than ever.
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Alyeh Mehin-Goldbaum
7 years ago
The field owes Jane Hill a lot. I personally learned intertextuality from her writings.
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Jennifer Roth Gordon
· petition starter
7 years ago
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Jen Roth-Gordon, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona: The world needed her longer. She was a humble genius. I will miss her insight and her laugh. She was as generous, straight-shooting, and good-hearted as they come.
I never met Jane but I admired her tremendously. Her work was a major influence on my and many orhers’ worldviews and understanding of racism and language. Her legacy will live on. I hope she rests peacefully.
A good friend and ally. Jane along with Bob Netting encouraged and helped me shape the direction of medical anthropology at U of A in many ways. I will miss Jane's intellect and intuition as well as her good humor and sound advice. Often when I am faced with a thought puzzle or struggle with academic politics I ask myself --what would Jane have to say about that ...I I wish you all the best on the path ahead Jane, wherever it leads....You will not be forgotten.
A giant in anthropology, a humble, caring, inspiring, and generous colleague. I’ve learned so much from Jane. I will miss her!
Sad yes, but what an inspiration -- as teacher, researcher, writer, political scholar, and human being! May her ideas and force live on through us.
RIP.
Her work will surely endure through the work of so many others, perhaps particularly during this time, when the world needs it so. RIP Professor Hill.
Jane was really the glue that held the Department of Anthropology together in the 1990’s and 2000’s. She talked to everyone and knew what everyone was doing, and we were all inspired and energized by her vast enthusiasm and erudition. She coauthored papers with archaeologists and biological anthropologists, who both appreciated her expertise in the field of historical linguistics (a speciality that, alas, we now lack entirely), and was very well aware of emerging trends in social and cultural anthropology. (She realized in the early 1990s that it was essential to teach poststructuralist theory, to which many of the cultural anthropologists in the Department were then vehemently opposed, and – with Mark Nichter – went to the Dean and got a hire in that area). There were others who were as eclectic and as willing to cross sub-disciplinary lines – notably Bob Netting and Steve Zegura – but it was Jane who was the heart and soul of the Department. When she retired the subdisciplines started to drift apart, and it is only within the last year or so that we have realized that we really need to start finding common ground again – hence the current discussion of themes that cut across subdisciplines. So long Jane, and thanks for all the {gold}fish….
I learned so much from Jane and enjoyed working with her. She embodied personal integrity and intellectual honesty. I will miss her.
She was truly one of the greats, and a model of of the scholarly, pedagogic, and personal virtues, not least of which was an unpretentious modesty.
I knew and admired her only from afar, but her incisive work and humble spirit inspired me so much that several of my pieces are homages to her. My hero too. Rest in peace, Jane, you made the world a better place.
So sorry to have never had the chance to meet her in person. Hands down my greatest academic inspiration. Her words live on through her intertextual presence in a great many others’ work.
Truly a giant in linguistic anthropology, whose work has shaped generations of scholars in several areas close to my heart. More than that, a wonderful human being -- rest in Peace, Jane.
My hero, intellectually and politically. The world needy now more than ever.
The field owes Jane Hill a lot. I personally learned intertextuality from her writings.
Jen Roth-Gordon, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona: The world needed her longer. She was a humble genius. I will miss her insight and her laugh. She was as generous, straight-shooting, and good-hearted as they come.