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 ...
2025-01-28 - Join us in congratulating Dr. Lisa Lucero on the 2025 publication of her book Maya Wisdom and the Survival of Our Planet (2025) from Oxford University Press! The book is available as Hardcover/ebook or ...
2025-01-26 - Mother Jones reporter Madison Pauly speaks with Dr. Kathryn Clancy to understand the vast potential consequences of the White House’s new definition of sex in this January 2025 article. Read the full piece...
2025-01-26 - The November 2024 issue of the Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage is available online.
2025-01-21 - August Hoffman is a 2024–2025 HRI Graduate Fellow. His current project centers on the political ecology between humans, the state, wolves, and wolfdog crosses or “hybrids” as it manifests through the contexts of the exotic pet trade, animal sanctuaries, and wildlife management agencies. Read his interview entitled, '...
2025-01-14 - Illinois Anthropology faculty Dr. Jenny Davis publishes essay, 'Home-Carrying—A Repatriation Trip to Vanuatu 100 Years in the Making' in SAPIENS. Read the essay here.
2025-01-12 - Interseminars Fellow Omar Agustin Hernandez (Anthropology) talks about the benefits of an interdisciplinary cohort and how his research connects to the theme “Collisions Across Color Lines.” Read about these connections on the HRI Inquiry blog.
2025-01-12 - Anthropology undergraduate student Zyara Morton is an intern at the Chicago Council on Science and Technology (C2ST). As part of their internship Morton writes blog posts for C2ST and recently interviewed our very own Illinois Archaeologist Dr. Kate Bishop! Read 'Excavating...