We are delighted to announce the awardees of the 7th annual Sidney Mintz Fellowship. Inaugurated in 2015, the Sydney Mintz Fellowship seeks to support graduate field and archival research that […]
Cultures and Traditions
The Department of Anthropology specializes in socio-cultural anthropology: the study of social and cultural forms of human life using ethnographic, historical, and comparative methods.
- Degrees Offered BA, PhD
- Major Anthropology
- Minor Anthropology
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Graduate Program
Train in anthropological theory, using regional and cultural understanding to cross-cut problems, and ethnographic research methods conducted through intensive fieldwork.
Faculty
Faculty explore themes such as the everyday, the state, religion, media, and health; focusing on the challenges of our own moment in history.
Major in Anthropology
Undergraduate coursework introduces the methodologies and theories of anthropology through discussion and directed research.
News & Announcements
In Memorium: Jane I. Guyer (1943-2024)
The Department of Anthropology mourns the loss of Professor Emerita Jane I. Guyer, who passed on at the age of 80 on January 17, 2024. Known widely for her original […]
Scott MacLochlainn Receives Society for Linguistic Anthropology Book Prize
Assistant Professor Scott MacLochlainn won the 2023 New Voices Book Prize from the Society for Linguistic Anthropology, for his first book The Copy Generic. The New Voices Book Prize was established […]