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- Maya Wisdom and the Survival of Our Planet by Dr. Lisa J. Lucero is featured in Nature's weekly 'five of the best science picks' published on July 4th, 2025. Read the full article here.
2025-07-03 - This spring, PhD candidate Joseph Coyle taught ANTH 230: Sociocultural Anthropology with a focus on original student research. Students designed and carried out original anthropological fieldwork throughout Champaign-Urbana and across Illinois.Two students from the course presented their research at this year’s annual Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS), held April 20–26 as part of a campus-...
2025-05-30 - We've added some NEW courses for Fall 2025! ANTH 374 is the Anthropology of Science and Technology. This course examines science as a cultural system and is beneficial for students interested in how scientific knowledge, institutions, and practices intersect with ideas like rationality, sociality, and justice.ANTH 379 is Medical Anthropology. Why Study Medical Anthropology? This course helps...
2025-05-16 - Join the Illinois Department of Anthropology in congratulating our Spring 2025 Graduates! This is a remarkable accomplishment and you leave an enduring mark on our academic community. As we celebrate the end of this chapter, we look forward to witnessing the impact you will continue to make in the years ahead. The Sociology, Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Studies Convocation Ceremony...- 2025-04-15 - The lecture Structural Racism and Health Inequities: The Case of Roma People in Europe was given by Dr. Margareta (Magda) Matache on April 10, 2025, with the UIUC European Union Center. It explores the different ways anti-Roma racism manifests across Europe and its effects on the lives, well-being, and health of Roma people. Dr. Matache...
2025-04-03 - On March 15, more than 200 Venezuelan immigrants were accused of engagement in gang activity and deported from the U.S. — not to Venezuela, but to El Salvador, some 1,600 miles away from their home country. Ellen Moodie, an anthropology professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and an expert on Salvadoran politics, describes the decision to send the immigrants there. Read the...
2025-04-03 - Congratulations to the Illinois Anthropology faculty and graduate students who made the Fall 2024 List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent in teaching Anthropology and Museum Studies courses! Abing, J TA 104*Bishop, K 220Calhoun, K 399David, L 441Desmond, J 375 & 498Evans, L TA 220Garcia, I TA 220*Glass, S TA 230*Greenberg, J 511Jelinek, P 440Konigsberg, L 347Kramer, E 353Naidoo, N TA...
2025-03-11 - The Patricia O'Brien Award will be presented this spring to the students who submit a superior undergraduate anthropology paper. Any undergraduate anthropology major or minor is eligible to enter. This year, the award includes a prize of $1500 for each of the two winners. Papers will be judged based on excellence, demonstrated through problem focus, clarity of argument, and overall contribution...
2025-03-04 - We are looking for a Graduation Speaker for the Spring 2025 Sociology, Anthropology, and Interdisciplinary Studies* Convocation Ceremony. If interested: Please contact Felix Fuenty (fuenty2@illinois.edu) if interested by March 14, 2025. Draft of speech must be emailed to Felix Fuenty by March 24th at 9 AM to be eligible. Auditions wil be via Zoom. If selected, you will get your academic regalia...
2025-03-04 - The Spring 2025 Sociology, Anthropology, and Interdisciplinary Studies Convocation Ceremony is Saturday, May 17, 2025 5:30 PM CST in the Virginia Theatre (203 W. Park Ave., Champaign, IL). This ceremony is intended for students who earned degrees in August 2024, December 2024, and May 2025 and students graduating with degrees in the following units are invited to participate: African American...
2025-02-26 - Alana Ackerman (Anthropology), a current HRI Graduate Fellow, explores how the violence of war extends across international borders, shaping spaces and moments of supposed peace and refuge in the Global South. Read more about her project on the HRI Inquiry blog: ...
Illinois Computes Brings NCSA to Illinois Family Roots Pilot Program in collaboration with Dr. David2025-02-17 - Illinois Anthropology faculty Dr. David partnered with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications to create a fully functional, user-friendly online tool for African and African American genealogy and the Illinois Family Roots Pilot Program. Read about this collaboration via this NCSA online article.
2025-02-17 - Join Illinois Family Roots Pilot Program Kick-Off Meeting by registering online with Rep Carol Ammons for an online informative session on March 1, 2025 10 - 12 PM on the Illinois Family Roots Pilot Program promoted by House Resolution 453....
2025-02-07 - As a National Geographic Explorer, Laura's research focuses on the evolution of our species, Homo sapiens, as a background to understanding recent human diversity. In the February edition of National Geographic, her recent work is rewriting human history. Read the full piece via National Geographic...
2025-01-28 - In this feature, the Ilinois News Bureau highlights Maya Wisdom and the Survival of Our Planet (2025) by Dr. Lisa J. Lucero and how she proposes a more sustainable social order modeled on the Maya’s worldview. Maya Wisdom and the Survival of Our Planet is available via the publisher’s library as ...