2024-01-09
- Humans dump an estimated 10 million tons of plastic annually into the ocean. Although preventative action needs to happen at the government level, Illinois Anthropology faculty Dr. Jessica Brinkworth pens this piece for The Guardian on the ways that individuals can choose to reduce, reuse, or refuse plastics....
2024-01-09 - New year, new week, new framework, new website! At the end of last semester, the College of LAS migrated the Department of Anthropology website onto a new framework. This means that our website looks a little different than it did before. The new website is now live so please check out the new features.
2024-01-03 - Happy Graduation to our December Anthropology Graduates! We are SO proud of you and cannot wait to see where you go in the future. Keep in touch!
2023-12-14 - Are you taking a winter course? Remember the deadline to add a winter term course is December 17, 2023 by 11:59 PM CST via student self-service. The drop deadline for a winter term course is also December 17, 2023 by 11:59 PM CST via student self-service. There is absolutely no late add of winter class is allowed per campus policy.
2023-12-10 - Happy Winter Break! We hope you are able to spend time relaxing and with loved ones. Congrats on finishing up the semester, and we will see you again after the New Year!
2023-12-09 - Congratulations to our 2023 Doctoral Graduates in Anthropology!
2023-11-28 - Interested or curious about graduate school? Join Illinois Anthropology LEAD Graduate Students to learn about graduate school and how to apply to a variety of programs! Food will be provided. When: December 1, 2023 at 4 PM Where: Davenport Hall Room 230
2023-11-27 - Join Illinois Anthropology for our Holiday Luncheon on Thursday December 7, 2023 (Reading Day) at 12 Noon PM in Davenport Hall 230. You may bring a dessert but please note that this is optional.
2023-11-02 - What: Join us in celebrating the launch of the ‘An accessible university means…’ booklet/survey created by the Crip* Internship Group with a screening of the award winning film ‘I Didn’t See You There’ by Reid Davenport! Members of the Crip* Internship will introduce the ‘Instances of Ableism’ survey and ‘An accessible university means…’ booklet, created throughout...
2023-11-02 - Join the Initiative in Holocaust, Genocide, Memory Studies (HGMS) for their Race, Migration, and Memory Conference today (11/2) and tomorrow (11/3) at 210 Levis Faculty Center. On Friday, an exciting range of speakers from UIUC, University of Birmingham (UK), and other places will address these pressing topics. Illinois Anthropoloy faculty Suzie Telep, Gilberto Rosas, Jessica Greenberg, Ellen...
2023-11-01 - The Off the Beaten Track Summer School offers both budding social scientists and more advanced scholars a rare opportunity to do ethnographic research on an island with 7,000 years of history. The school is held annually on the islet of Gozo, one of the three inhabited islands of the Maltese Archipelago in the heart of the Mediterranean. Participants of the Off the Beaten Track program get...
2023-10-27 - Assistant Professor LaKisha T. David has collaborated with Illinois State Representative Carol Ammons on a new house resolution to help people of African descent learn more about their ancestral family history. On October 23, 2023, the house resolution was officially filed in the Illinois House of Representatives, setting it up for consideration and a future vote by state legislators. See the...
2023-10-19 - Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker recently announced new funding to support communities working to preserve and celebrate their unique cultural heritage. The “State Designated Cultural District” initiative will provide $3 million to selected cultural districts to aid such efforts. Anthropology professor Helaine Silverman, whose work...
2023-10-09 - The Maya built and maintained reservoirs that were in use for more than 1,000 years, writes University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign anthropology professor Lisa Lucero in a perspective in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. These reservoirs provided potable water for thousands to tens of...
2023-10-06 - Join us in congratulating anthropology graduate student Sahara Zitlali Vilchis for winning a Center for Indigenous Science scholarship! Vilchis works in Ripan Malhi’s (CIS co-leader/GNDP/GSP/IGOH) Molecular Anthropology Lab where she investigates the diets of individuals from an ancient Native American tribe in the Northern Californian Coast. Read about Sahara and the other awardees...