The LEAD Scholars Program provides anthropology undergraduate students with opportunities for professional...

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!

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:...

The Department of Anthropology has curated resources on Antisemitism, Islamophobia, War and Violence that can be located here on our website. 

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!

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...

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...

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 ...

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...