The summer field school was designed by anthropologist Dimitris Xygalatas to connect ancient Greece and modern Greek culture- UConn Today
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The Department of Anthropology’s 2024 John Ryan Memorial Lecture
Humanizing Human Evolution Research The Department of Anthropology’s 2024 John Ryan Memorial Lecture Monday, September 9, 4 PM. Heritage Room, Homer Babbidge Library Rm. 4118. Light refreshments served. Dr. Kathryn Ranhorn (Arizona State University and the Institute for Human Origins). Discussion moderated by Christian Tryon and Sarah Williams For over a century paleontologists and Paleolithic […]
In Memoriam
The UConn Department of Anthropology mourns the recent passing of Dr. Pertti “Bert” Pelto. Professor Pelto joined the University of Connecticut in 1969, the year that an independent Department of Anthropology was founded, and retired in 1992, although he remained active well afterwards while living in the Storrs area. He was well-known for his interests […]
Dimitris Xygalatas awarded the 2023 Carol R. Ember Book Prize
Our faculty member Dimitris Xygalatas was awarded the 2023 Carol R. Ember Book Prize for his latest book, Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living, presented at the AAA meeting in Toronto by the The Society for Anthropological Sciences.
Excavation of a 19th-Century Shipwreck at Cape Urdoviza, Bulgaria
On November 29, 2023 University of Connecticut Associate Professor of Maritime Archaeology Dr. Kroum Batchvarov will be giving a webinar lecture titled: “Excavation of a 19th-Century Shipwreck at Cape Urdoviza, Bulgaria” at 1:00pm for the Institute of Nautical Archaeology this event is open to anyone who would like to join: Join Webinar
Public Talk on Thursday, October 5th
Professors César Abadía and Camilo Ruiz will give a public talk on October 5 at 6 p.m. at the Massachusetts College of Arts. During the talk, they will share insights into the creation of Casa Común, a collaborative art project involving victims of the Colombian armed conflict.
Dialogue with Madeline Sayet
Co-sponsored by: American Studies Program, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Native American Cultural Programs, UConn Humanities Institute, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, Yale Group for the Study of Native America.