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...

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 ...

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....

The November 2024 issue of the Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage is available online. 

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...

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. 

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...

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!...