2021-09-17
- Associate Professor Jenny Davis' work to repatriate Native remains on the UofI campus has been instrumental. From starting the process, to co-chairing (along with Professor Ripan S Malhi) the newly-established NAGPRA offie, to meeting with members of tribal communities, Professor Davis has taken on a long, and often painful task.
This process, important on its own right, has set the motion...
2021-09-15 - Anthro Club's first meeting for Fall 2021 on September 9 was Trivia Night! Our brilliant undergraduate students came together in Davenport Hall, and filled it completely, kickstarting their enthusiastic programming for this Academic Year. We can't wait to see what is coming next!- 2021-09-15 - UI Clinical Associate Professor, Korinta Maldonado, and the collective Pixan Konob’, which she founded in 2019, have worked tirelessly through the pandemic to ensure that everybody stays informed. This intricate challenge involves translating, language and units to Mayan languages speaking immigrants and their families from Guatemala. According to the Guatemalan consulate, approximately 8,000...
- 2021-09-10 - Anthropology Associate Professor and Director of the American Indian Studies Program Jenny L Davis has won the Dynamic Woman of the Year Award from the Chickasaw Nation. The award honors "Chickasaw women who have made significant contributions to the Chickasaw...
- 2021-09-10 - Anthropology meet-and-greet had to move online for one more year on Thursday, September 9! This did not stop us from enjoying each other's company, and a comprehensive update on what has been going on since our last meet-and-greet. Professor Brenda M Farnell, Head of department, spoke about departmental members accomplishments over the year (see our...
2021-08-27 - We are always proud of our students and cherish every opportunity to share their achievements and activities! And, on the eve of first day of Fall 2021, they gave us such opportunity! Anthro Club, the student organization of our undergraduate students made a remarkable and crowd-stopping presence on Quad Day! President Brooke Blaszynski and New Membership Chair, Nico Herrera with members...
2021-08-20 - Chris Fennell published a new book, "The Archaeology of Craft and Industry," in the “American Experience in Archaeological Perspective” book series by University Press of Florida, this summer. Archaeologists investigating sites of craft and industrial enterprise often puzzle over a domain of bewildering ruins. Locations of remarkable energy, tumult, and creativity stand silent. This book...- 2021-08-11 - Professor Jane Desmond recently published a public engagement article in Synapsis titled 'The Tiger in the Waiting Room: Addressing Moral Stress in Medicine.' The article addresses the -increasingly important in a post-pandemic world -topic, drawing from practicioners' experiences in human and animal medicine, philosophical standpoints, the author's teaching, and practical possibilities for...
2021-08-04 - A much-anticipated Summer 2021 departmental newsletter is finally here! It features a proud and long list of accomplishments and activities thanks to our faculty, students, and staff. It records the critical engagement of the department and its members with recent social and political events. It, unfortunately, honors valued...- 2021-06-16 - A collaborative project in Mesoamerica and Southwestern North America draws on interdisciplinary approaches, surveys, and the study of concrete evidence of changes in maize, to challenge the long-held view that the shift to agriculture from hunting was uniform across regions. Instead, they argue that this transition happened in two phases, beginning with central areas low-productivity...
- 2021-05-06 - The Department of Anthropology faculty recently passed a resolution on Decolonizing Anthropology. You can read the statement here. A motion from the Brazilian Anthropological Association (ABA) initiated the discussions leading up to the resolution. The motion of the ABA was endorsed by the ...
- 2021-04-27 - Anthropology and Linguistics Assistant Professor Krystal A Smalls is the recipient of this year's faculty prize for Research in the Humanities by the Illinois HRI. Professor Smalls' Chapter 12 award winning contribution to The Oxford Handbook of Language and Race (New York: Oxford University Press, 2020) was...
2021-04-26 - The LAS Impact Award recognizes College faculty, staff, and students who went beyond expectations to make a difference in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, and beyond during the past year. LHEAP was among the awardees for providing vitally important COVID-19 testing to an underserved Illinois community. Read more about LHEAP ...- 2021-04-26 - The Labor, Health, Equity, Action Project (LHEAP) is a team of interdisciplinary researchers from across University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, coalescing at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology and is committed to and coordinates free pop-up COVID testing in Champaign County with a focus on people who live and work in Rantoul, Illinois...
- 2021-04-26 - Joseph Coyle, Anthropology PhD student is the recipient of the 2021-22 HRI Campus Fellowship Award. The theme of the award this year was "Symptoms of Crisis" and Joseph Coyle's doctoral research contribution is titled "Queer Pentecostal Worldmaking in an Uncertain Brazil."