2023-07-20
- Professor Laura Shackelford and collaborators, including Fabrice Demeter, professor of anthropology at the University of Copenhagen, have been excavating in Tam Pa Ling cave in northeastern Laos for the last fifteen years. Among their most valuable findings were modern human remains which change our perceptions about human migration in Laos.
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2023-07-18 - We've spent summer semester updating our department website and social media platforms! Take time to connect with us over on our different platforms: LinkedIn Page Facebook Page Instagram username: @uiucanthro Twitter username: @UIUCAnthro And take time to browse through...
2023-07-12 - Anthropology graduate student Alana Ackerman spent the summer working with community partner Immigrant Services of Champaign-Urbana. The purpose of this organization is to help immigrant families overcome their adversities and together build a future where their assets and talents fulfill their hopes and dreams. Alana's partnership with...
2023-07-12 - Anthropology doctoral student Omar Agustin Hernandez spent the summer working with community partner Strides Shelter. Strides operates as a low-barrier emergency shelter and resource center for adults experiencing homelessness. The program strives to reach a population of community members who are often seen but overlooked. Omar's...
2023-06-14 - Doctoral graduate students Alana Ackerman and Omar Hernandez were selected for the 2023 Humanities Without Walls Summer Bridge Program!
2023-06-13 - Congratulations to our May 2023 Graduates! We love to watch the great moments and relive the pride in you! Here is the video of the Sociology, Anthropology, and Interdisciplinary Studies Convocation! Enjoy! {"preview_thumbnail":"/sites/default/files/styles/video_embed_wysiwyg_preview/public/video_thumbnails/1_vu7fq0z8...
2023-05-18 - Along with May's convocation ceremony and with the help of our exceptional students, Anthropology celebrated the person who helped our undergraduate students get there. Dr Maritza Quiñones, Anthropology Undergraduate Academic Advisor received a Distinguished Service Award for 7 years with the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and our Department! Congratulations, Maritza!...
2023-05-11 - Congratulations to our graduating students! We cannot wait to hear about all the wonderful things you will be doing moving forward, and how your Anthropology degree helped you prepare for them! Please, keep in touch! Special Congratulations to our Honors Students: Rachel Burdette, Highest Distinction Sofia Rivera, Highest Distinction Emilia Gibes, Highest...
2023-05-06 - Prof. Jane Desmond has won a British Academy Visiting Researcher Fellowship for the fall semester, 2023. She will be in residence during the fall semester at the Institute for Science and Society at the University of Nottingham in the UK. Working with colleagues there, she will pursue a research project on the social dimensions of veterinary medicine, producing a "Comparative Mapping of the...
2023-04-09 - Join us in congratulating our very own Anthropology Professor Dr Stanley Ambrose for having been selected as Edward Bass Distinguished Visiting Environmental Scholar at Yale University in Spring 2024. Learn more about the Edward P. Bass Distinguished Visiting Environmental Scholars Program ...
2023-04-09 - Anthropology celebrates this year's award recipients from the Humanity Research Institute! Join us in congratulating: Alana Ackerman for receiving a graduate prize for “I Hope They Don’t Find Me Here”: Persecution, Encuentros, and Refuge Across Borders in the Global South,” submitted for ANTH 599: Thesis Research, directed by Professors Andrew Orta and...
2023-02-05 - Anthropology Assistant Professor, Dr Jessica Brinkworth, collaborated with the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District for an art show that teaches generations of students about the spread of infectious diseases. The show was based on end-of-semester projects from Dr Brinkworth's evolutionary immunology class. Read Dr Brinkworth's account of the event at...
2023-01-13 - UIUC faculty and students, including the Department of Anthropology, Department of African American Studies, Profs. Gerald McWorter, Kate Williams, and Christopher Fennell have significantly contributed for the last two decades to the establishment of the New Philadelphia National Historic Site as the newest national park. The park is commemorating the history of early-19th century Black pioneers...
2023-01-13 - Congratulations to Assistant Professor Erin Riggs on achieving a Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for her historical archaeology research project “An Archaeology of Refugee Resettlement.”
2022-12-29 - In a recent podcast with Story Collider, Dr Jessica Brinworth, Assistant Professor with the Department of Anthropology talks about how gardening helped her both address lab waste from single-use plastic, and her own battle with research burnout and imposter syndrome...