Mischa Titiev (1901–1978) was a Russian Empire-born American anthropologist, whose career was principally at the
University of Michigan.
His fieldwork concerned Japan, Chile, Peru, and the
American Southwest, where his work on
Hopi
The Hopi are a Native American ethnic group who primarily live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona, United States. As of the 2010 census, there are 19,338 Hopi in the country. The Hopi Tribe is a sovereign nation within the Unite ...
people was particularly noted, including his books ''Old Oraibi'' (1944) and ''The Hopi Indians of Old Oraibi: Change and Continuity'' (1972).
Born in
Kremenchug
Kremenchuk (; uk, Кременчу́к, Kremenchuk ) is an industrial city in central Ukraine which stands on the banks of the Dnipro river, Dnipro River. The city serves as the Capital city, administrative center of the Kremenchuk Raion (Raio ...
in 1901, he migrated with his family to
Boston in 1907, earning B.A. (1923), M.A. (1924), and Ph.D. degrees (1935) at
Harvard University, the former two in English literature, the latter in anthropology.
The following year, he joined the faculty at the
University of Michigan, where he worked until retirement in 1970.
In 1954, as part of a
Fulbright
The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of ...
professorship at the
Australian National University, he gave the
Morrison Lecture
The George Ernest Morrison Lecture in Ethnology is given annually at the Australian National University in honour of George Ernest Morrison. The Lectures, founded by the Chinese community in Australia "to honour for all time the great Australian ...
, entitled "Chinese Elements in Japanese Culture."
References
American anthropologists
University of Michigan faculty
Harvard University alumni
Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States
1901 births
1978 deaths
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