Our faculty share an interest in the holistic study of humans and a curiosity about the varieties of human experience. We believe that such an understanding forms an integral part of an undergraduate liberal education, and that the application of insights gained from such an understanding will contribute critical elements to the solution of contemporary medical, social, economic, and political problems. Our Department works across several broad areas of concentration, including Cultural Anthropology; Experimental Anthropology; Human Rights; Medical Anthropology; New World Archaeology; and Old World Archaeology. Our area strengths include Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, North America, and Southwest Asia. Our faculty has also worked in Europe, South and Southeast Asia, and Oceania. We offer extensive expertise in many research methods in ethnology and archaeology. Our Department is part of The Higher Education Opportunities Act. If you would like to support the Anthropology Department, please visit College of Liberal arts and Sciences.

Graduate Student Christina Balentine to present current research

January 14, 2021

UConn Anthropology Graduate student, Christina Balentine, will be giving an exciting online public talk entitled “How humans thrive in extreme environments” for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History on January 21 at 10.30 am. Description: When you think of superheroes, Wonder Woman, Spiderman, and the X-Men might come to mind. But do you ever […]

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Graduate Student Megan Alexander Awarded Grant for Research

January 13, 2021

UConn Anthropology graduate student Megan Alexander, was recently awarded a grant from the Landes Memorial Research Fund to support her dissertation research on death doulas and American notions of a “good” death. “The Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund was established in 1991 in honor of Ruth Schlossberg Landes, Ph.D. (1908–1991) for interdisciplinary research and publications […]

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Dr. Xygalatas interviewed on the importance of rituals in 2020.

December 19, 2020

Dr. Dimitris Xygalatas, associate professor for UConn Anthropology, provides important cultural insight from his research on how rituals are even more important during the 2020 holiday season. In a recent interview with The Atlantic, Xygalatas explains how rituals “help us alleviate anxiety and they help to increase social connection”. This is no exception during the […]

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Letter from UConn Anthropology Graduate Students

December 11, 2020

Graduate students in the Department of Anthropology have collaboratively prepared the following letter, which calls for deep and urgent attention to the colonial legacies and ongoing reality of systemic racism in the field of anthropology, at UConn, and “at home” within the department itself. The letter includes a series of action items that the department […]

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Jan 19 Pandemic Reflection Series: The Social And Emotional Contexts For Learning 12:00pm

Pandemic Reflection Series: The Social And Emotional Contexts For Learning

Tuesday, January 19th, 2021

12:00 PM - 01:15 PM

Other
Online

What are Teaching Talks?
Join us for an hour of your day to connect with your colleagues. These sessions serve as a springboard for discussions around a topic related to teaching and learning but really give you the chance to share the success and challenges you are facing in our new teaching reality. Each session has a topical theme but are shaped by the participants’ discussion, needs, and interests.
The thematic focus for this particular session is to reflect on the social and emotional contexts for learning.
Proposed Objectives:
• Share experiences and observations about how the pivot to remote teaching affected engagement and motivation among your students.
• Discuss the value proposition of social networks, both in the course and outside it, for learning.
• Share what is on your mind.
Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=1890

Contact Information: stacey.valliere@uconn.edu
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Jan 29 Critical LOOKing: A Virtual Dialogue12:15pm

Critical LOOKing: A Virtual Dialogue

Friday, January 29th, 2021

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM

Other
wherever you are

Tap your powers of observation and investigate a single work of art through close looking and discussion with Amanda Douberley, Assistant Curator/Academic Liaison.

Through mid-March, we are featuring works of art in the exhibition, The Human Epoch: Living in the Anthropocene. This week’s subject is "Silueta Works in Mexico" (1977) by Ana Mendieta.

Offered via Zoom Meetings – registration is required and space is limited.

Registration Link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYsd-GorTIqEtUXVieD8YUUtmovwOv4ZlUl

Your registration will be approved if space is available. You will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting or put on a wait list.

Contact Information: Benton@uconn.edu
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Feb 8 Anthropology Department Sociocultural Colloquium2:00pm

Anthropology Department Sociocultural Colloquium

Monday, February 8th, 2021

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Storrs Campus
virtual

“Fishing for the Anthropocene: Time in Ocean Governance”
Jennifer E. Telesca: Assistant Professor of Environmental Justice, Department of Social Science & Cultural Studies, Pratt Institute

Join Via: https://uconnvtc.webex.com/meet/anthrodept

Contact Information: Andrea Booth, andrea.booth@uconn.edu
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Feb 9 Critical LOOKing: A Virtual Dialogue6:00pm

Critical LOOKing: A Virtual Dialogue

Tuesday, February 9th, 2021

06:00 PM - 06:30 PM

Other
wherever you are

Tap your powers of observation and investigate a single work of art through close looking and discussion with Amanda Douberley, Assistant Curator/Academic Liaison.

Through mid-March, we are featuring works of art in the exhibition, The Human Epoch: Living in the Anthropocene. This week’s subject is "Waste Pool, Marble Quarry, Barre, VT" (1989) by Robert Aller.

Offered via Zoom Meetings – registration is required and space is limited.

Registration Link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkfuiprTooEt2u-FAoTUiQKzAxGD4u3XL4

Your registration will be approved if space is available. You will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting or put on a wait list.

Contact Information: Benton@uconn.edu
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Feb 24 A Global Revolutionary South? Rethinking Nineteenth-Century History from the Mediterranean to Latin America12:15pm

A Global Revolutionary South? Rethinking Nineteenth-Century History from the Mediterranean to Latin America

Wednesday, February 24th, 2021

12:15 PM - 01:30 PM

Storrs Campus
Zoom

Please join the UConn History Department for the first Noether Dialogues in Italian & Modern History of the Spring 2021 semester. This is the second semester of a relatively new series under the leadership of Sergio Luzzatto, the Emiliana Pasca Noether Chair in Modern Italian History here at the University of Connecticut.

The latest Noether Dialogue will be "A Global Revolutionary South? Rethinking Nineteenth-Century History from the Mediterranean to Latin America" on Wednesday, February 24, from 12:15-1:30 PM EST.

The keynote speaker will be Maurizio Isabella (University of London). Guest speakers include Konstantina Zanou (Columbia University) and Gabriel Paquette (University of Oregon). Professor Luzzatto will moderate the discussion. All are welcome.

Please register in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Please register at this link:

https://tinyurl.com/noether-dialogues-3

Contact Information: Sergio Luzzatto (sergio.luzzatto@uconn.edu)
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Alumni Spotlight
Mandy Ranslow is a Federal Highway Administration Liaison at the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Gabriel Hrynick is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at University of New Brunswick
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Marie Brault is an Associate Research Scientist at the Yale Global Health Leadership Institute
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Jordan Kiper is a postdoctoral fellow at UCLA, working on the Geography of Philosophy Project.
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Madelynn von Baeyer is a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University Herbaria.
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Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Anthropology, Trent University, Peterborough Canada
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Post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard University Department of Anthropology, Post-doctoral Research Affiliate at the Max Planck Institute
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Bayla Ostrach is an Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine Master's Program in Medical Anthropology & Cross-Cultural Practice
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David Leslie is a Senior Archaeologist at the Archaeological and Historical Services Inc., and a Research Scientist at UCONN
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Ann Cheney is Associate Professor in Residence at School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside
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John Shaver is a lecturer in Religion, University of Otago
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Shan-Estelle Brown is a Post-doctoral Research Associate at Yale University School of Medicine
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Nathan Wales is a lecturer with the Department of Archaeology, at the University of York (BioArCH)
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Timothy Ives is the State Archaeologist of Rhode Island
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Sarah Sportman is currently serving as the Connecticut State Archaeologist.
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Austin Hill is a Research Associate at Dartmouth College, Department of Anthropology