Interested in an archaeological field school this summer? Join Dr. Lisa Lucero on Thursday, February 1, 2024 at 4 PM for a 1-hour information session on zoom to learn more about the Exploring Ancestral Maya Neighborhoods Field School during Summer 2024. Scan the QR Code to register to attend this...

Graduate students with higher ed teaching experience, Victoria Fields and Nicole Cox, share their stories and strategies from time in roles of an Instructor at UIUC. They connect much of their work to the Engaged Pedagogy of bell hooks, and it’s a helpful and hopeful conversation about connecting...

Congratulations to Illinois Anthropology doctoral students Yasmine Adams and Omar Agustin Hernandez on their HRI Interseminars graduate fellowships! The fellows join three faculty conveners, Erik McDuffie (...

Join the Illinois College of Law on Monday, January 22, from 3 to 4:30 PM for a panel titled Lumpers and Splitters: A Discussion of Comparative Research Methods in Law and Social Science. The panel features Illinois Anthropology faculty Jessica Greenberg, Jason Mazzone (College of Law), Illinois...

Congratulations to Illinois Anthropology doctoral student Katie Maag on their successful public lecture at the Urbana Public Library! Thank you to the East Central Illinois Archaeological Society for their sponsorship.

Are you interested in non-profit work as an anthropology student? Join this panel featuring 2023 Anthropology graduate Chloe Chan to hear how Chan applied their anthropology degree towards a career in non-profit, as well as other LAS graduates.

Join the Urbana Public Library for a talk on the 'Ghost Towns of Wyoming' by Illinois Anthropology doctoral student Kathryn Maag on Thursday, January 18, 2024 at 7 PM. 

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...

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...

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!