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The LEAD Scholars Program provides anthropology undergraduate students with opportunities for professional development and community building with their undergraduate and graduate peers, and faculty. For...
2024-08-30 - A new academic years brings new and familiar faces—be sure to stop and say hi to the admin and staff that keep the department moving!
2024-08-26 - The Department of Anthropology Undergraduate Studies is excited to announce an opening for a motivated and creative Social Media & Communications Undergraduate Intern. Apply by September 13, 2024 at 5 PM CST Application: https://...
2024-08-19 - The Department of Anthropology has curated resources on Antisemitism, Islamophobia, War and Violence that can be located here on our website.
2024-08-19 - Congratulations to Illinois Anthropology doctoral alumni Dr. Mwenda Ntarangwi for being appointed Vice Chancellor of the University Council of the United States International University – Africa effective July 1, 2024!
2024-08-16 - Congratulations to Illinois Anthropology faculty Dr. Jessica Greenberg for her appointment as the Illinois European Union Center Acting Director for the 2024 - 2025 academic year! Read about it here.
2024-08-16 - Congratulations to Illinois Anthropology faculty Dr. Kendra Calhoun for her feature in the Illinois News Bureau Research News! Calhoun talks with Illinois News Burea writer Diana Yates about her research on how people use self-censorship to avoid having their content suppressed on sites like TikTok. Read the full piece here.
2024-08-12 - Summer is often a time for fieldwork! Doctoral Candidate Yifan Wang writes Illinois News Bureau piece about her research in Belize this past summer, and you can read it here.
2024-08-08 - The American Anthropological Association hosts an online forum, Present Tense, of opinion essays tackling critical topical issues around the world. Illinois Anthropology faculty Jessica Greenberg pens a piece in the collection ICC Arrest Warrants Issued to Israel/Hamas titled '...
2024-08-02 - Gilberto Rosas, chair and professor of Latina/Latino Studies and professor of Illinois Anthropology, recently discussed with the Illinois News Bureau his book "Unsettling" and how U.S. border policies affect attitudes and violence toward migrants. Check out his interview...
2024-08-02 - Participants in the Summer Bridge Program use their strengths to make an impact while learning new skills and exploring new career pathways! They spend 8 weeks in the summer contributing to a community organization in the Champaign-Urbana area. Read 2024 participant Abigail Houkes, a PhD Student at Illinois Anthropology, and her Summer Bridge Story...
2024-07-29 - The Illinois State Archaeological Survey (ISAS) is part of the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. PRI is seeking to hire the Director of the Illinois State...
2024-07-11 - Are you a graduate student thinking about how to approach your research data? Register for this fall 2024 methods course that explores theoretical and practical aspects of discourse transcription as a method of data representation and analysis!
2024-06-27 - Join us in congratulating 2024 doctoral alumna Rachel Taylor on the birth of her baby Milo on June 23, 2024!
2024-06-24 - Six professors from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences have been named Conrad Humanities Scholars and Clayton and Thelma Kirkpatrick Professors. Angela Calcaterra, Teri Chettiar, Irvin Hunt, and Ghassan Moussawi have each been honored as Conrad Humanities Scholars. The Conrad Humanities Scholars award recognizes promising mid-career scholars and provides financial support for continued...