2020-10-28
- The 50th-anniversary issue of the Journal of the Association of Black Anthropologists is out as of October 17, 2020! Besides her writing, it features the acknowledgment of Anthropology Professor Faye V Harrison's intellectual and pedagogical contribution to the field.
Check out this fascinating issue here!...
- 2020-10-26 - Anthropology Alumna Ann Lee Joe (BA '96) is interviewed by LAS and Kayleigh Rahn about how her education with LAS has shaped her international experiences and aspirations, as well as provided her with the professional skills to pursue a career in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Check out her alumna spotlight...
2020-10-26 - Anthropology Associate Professor, Kate Clancy and recent Anthropology PhD alumna, Dr Katharine Lee publish new research that discusses the relevance of bone density and frame size to habitual use and domestic labor. The research, based on four-year observation of Polish women in rural areas, is featured in...- 2020-10-09 - Michelle Patiño-Flores and Paul Michael Leonardo Atienza, Anthropology graduate students are going to be participating in Contemporary Conversations on Race from the Spurlock Museum of World Cultures next Thursday, October 15th at 4:00 pm with the program "Pigmentocracy: Exploring Intracultural Colorism." Let's join them!
- 2020-09-29 - Forensic Anthropology Clinical Associate Professor Cris Hughes has been featured on the Smile Politely magazine, for her clinical and community work. Professor Hughes' account offers insight into one of the fascinating professional paths that anthropology training is opening up. Please, find the article...
- 2020-09-28 - Anthropology Professor Jane Desmond is going to be presenting in an event titled 'The Arts in the Time of Pandemic: Performance,' along with Professors Deke Weaver (Media Studies) and Jorge Lucero (Art Education) on September 30, 2020 at 4pm. More information on the event and registration can be found here
2020-09-09 - Department of Anthropology Professor, Jessica Brinkworth has been featured on Illinois News for her research on how cell-autonomous immunity shaped human evolution. Please, read the article here.
2020-09-04 - A different Meet-and-Greet event was in store for Anthropologists this year, as the University of Illinois community is practicing social distancing. Zoom replaced good ol' Davenport Hall, but this did not stop the positive energy to reaffirm members' collegiality and commitment to each other and the Department of Anthropology. Our Head of Department, Professor Brenda M Farnell,...- 2020-07-12 - Professor Jane Desmond of Anthropology has been newly appointmented at the Center for Advanced Study as CAS Resident Director of the new Human-Animal Studies @ Illinois Initiative. Professor Desmond has already established a distinguished record of organizing human-animal studies programs at CAS, including the Knowing Animals initiative (AY2010-11) and the 3 week long summer...
- 2020-07-09 - Even in the midst of a pandemic, anthropology graduate research has remained strong, even if undergoing significant transformations. Alana Ackerman and Claire Branigan, PhD students in Sociocultural Anthropology reflect on the changing conditions in their field sites in Latin America -and the subsequent changes on the nature of their work. You can read their work following the...
2020-06-29 - In a thought-provoking piece published this morning on the Hill, Professor Desmond of Anthropology suggests it may be time to cut down on fireworks noise. "Silent" fireworks, she argues, can deliver the same fascinating visual effects, without the sounds that can be causing or triggering trauma for people and animals alike. This is the fourth and final Op Ed from Professor Desmond with The...- 2020-06-23 - Please, join us in congratulating Associate Professor Gilberto Rosas for being named Conrad Humanities Scholar for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences! The prestigious award is funded by a gift from late Arlys Conrad. Her estate gift is shared with the College of LAS and the College fo Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences and is intended to aid and...
- 2020-06-20 - Please join us in congratulating Professor Kate Clancy, recipient of the Campus Distinguished Award for Excellence in Public Engagement! Kate Clancy was nominated and selected by her colleagues who distinguished her for her service and leadership. We are so happy and proud to have her as part of the Department of Anthropology. We are grateful for her contribution to the continuing...
- 2020-06-10 - Join us in congratulating Joseph Coyle, the winner of this year's Nicholson Graduate Fellowship from the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory!
2020-06-09 - As a department committed to addressing systemic racism, state sanctioned violence and other structures of oppression, the University of Illinois Department of Anthropology explicitly condemns the murders by police of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and countless others, as well as the anti-Black racism that makes their tragic murders familiar occurrences. We also wish...