09/17/2019 - Drag is that wonderfully queer, effervescent performance artform that brings to life the fantasy of transformation and the joy of play. Drag, as we understand it today, is almost always connected...
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05/09/2019 - Trinity College Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Religious Studies Timothy R. Landry has been selected for a...
04/10/2019 - NYU Article by Sam Roberts "Sydel Silverman, an anthropologist who championed her profession as a scholar, teacher, historian and preservationist, died on March 25 in Manhattan. She was 85." To read...
03/25/2019 - The position is a two-year post-doc in the Academy Scholars Program at Harvard’s Academy for International and Area Studies. At Harvard, Sophia will be working on my first book. Based on my...
03/16/2019 - Paul Michael L. Atienza and Jean Larmon are among 25 selected for a multidisciplinary competition celebrating the diversity and breadth of graduate student research at the University of Illinois at...
03/04/2019 - "27,000-year-old giant ground sloth tooth is like a climate time capsule" by Ashley Strickland (CNN) - Fossil discoveries are exciting on their own, but sometimes, they carry even...
02/19/2019 - The Mythic Mississippi: I-Heritage as Public Engagement and Economic and Social Development, $180,000 This public engagement project, led by Helaine Silverman,...
02/19/2019 - CHAMPAIGN – Timothy R. Pauketat, a University of Illinois professor of Anthropology, is the new director of the Prairie Research Institute’s Illinois State...
01/28/2019 - Behind the Migrant Caravan: Ethnographic Updates from Central America by Jennifer Burrell and Ellen Moodie "Central America is again in the news as a region in crisis. In October...
12/18/2018 - Fresh out of college, Shakari Stroud landed a position coveted by many new graduates: She joined Teach for America, a nonprofit organization that places promising young teachers...
12/18/2018 - Tyler Dunn was in a Nova special entitled “Last B-24,” about forensic identification of wreckage of a WWII bomber! View the entire PBS Special here:...
12/13/2018 - Anthropology professor Ellen Moodie has been involved in numerous asylum cases for Salvadorans and other Central Americans in...
12/01/2018 - The Anthropology Department has begun to feature promising undergraduates on their webpage. Specifically, they stories of research experiences in department labs, at departmental field sites or with...
11/28/2018 - Our very own Dr. Laura Shackelford has been featured in the News Gazette! Learn more about her Virtual Reality Lab here:...
11/08/2018 - Six professors from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences have been named Conrad Humanities Scholars. They are taking advantage of the new designation to pursue a variety of projects, from...
