11/10/2020 - Anthropology doctoral students Chibundo Anwuly Egwuatu and Lila Ann Dodge organized a roundtable with the AAA "Raising Our Voices” event series, sponsored by APLA. Anthropology as Work:...
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10/28/2020 - The 50th-anniversary issue of the Journal of the Association of Black Anthropologists is out as of October 17, 2020! Besides her writing, it features the acknowledgment of Anthropology Professor Faye...
10/26/2020 - Anthropology Associate Professor, Kate Clancy and recent Anthropology PhD alumna, Dr Katharine Lee publish new research that discusses the relevance of bone density and frame size to habitual use and...
10/26/2020 - Anthropology Alumna Ann Lee Joe (BA '96) is interviewed by LAS and Kayleigh Rahn about how her education with LAS has shaped her international experiences and aspirations, as well as provided her...
10/09/2020 - Michelle Patiño-Flores and Paul Michael Leonardo Atienza, Anthropology graduate students are going to be participating in Contemporary Conversations on Race from the Spurlock Museum of World Cultures...
09/29/2020 - Forensic Anthropology Clinical Associate Professor Cris Hughes has been featured on the Smile Politely magazine, for her clinical and community work. Professor Hughes' account offers insight into one...
09/28/2020 - Anthropology Professor Jane Desmond is going to be presenting in an event titled 'The Arts in the Time of Pandemic: Performance,' along with Professors Deke Weaver (Media Studies) and Jorge Lucero (...
09/09/2020 - Department of Anthropology Professor, Jessica Brinkworth has been featured on Illinois News for her research on how cell-autonomous immunity shaped human evolution. Please, read the article ...
09/04/2020 - A different Meet-and-Greet event was in store for Anthropologists this year, as the University of Illinois community is practicing social distancing. Zoom replaced good ol' Davenport Hall, but this...
07/12/2020 - Professor Jane Desmond of Anthropology has been newly appointmented at the Center for Advanced Study as CAS Resident Director of the new Human-Animal Studies @ Illinois Initiative. Professor...
07/09/2020 - Even in the midst of a pandemic, anthropology graduate research has remained strong, even if undergoing significant transformations. Alana Ackerman and Claire Branigan, PhD students in Sociocultural...
06/29/2020 - In a thought-provoking piece published this morning on the Hill, Professor Desmond of Anthropology suggests it may be time to cut down on fireworks noise. "Silent" fireworks, she argues, can deliver...
06/23/2020 - Please, join us in congratulating Associate Professor Gilberto Rosas for being named Conrad Humanities Scholar for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences! The prestigious award is funded...
06/20/2020 - Please join us in congratulating Professor Kate Clancy, recipient of the Campus Distinguished Award for Excellence in Public Engagement! Kate Clancy was nominated and selected by her colleagues...
06/10/2020 - Join us in congratulating Joseph Coyle, the winner of this year's Nicholson Graduate Fellowship from the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory!