Dr. Richard Ashby Wilson has been selected as one of 5 faculty members to be honored as Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor. In addition to being a professor with the Department of Anthropology, Wilson serves as the Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Intellectual Life in the School of Law, a Professor of Law, and is the […]
Author: Cassandra Apuzzo
Interdisciplinary Conference co-organized by Françoise Dussart
The Design and Research for Healthy Communities and Healthcare Facilities conference, organized by UConn Anthropology professor Françoise Dussart and Sohyun Park from the Department of Plant Science & Landscape Architecture at UConn will be held on May 17, 2021 from 9:00am to 4:15pm. This Interdisciplinary Virtual Conference draws attention to the historical and contemporary contexts within […]
2021 Field School in Contact Period & Battlefield Archaeology
The University of Connecticut will offer a field school in Contact Period & Battlefield Archaeology focused on sites associated with the Pequot War of 1636-1637. The 2021 UConn field school will be based at the UConn Storrs campus with fieldwork taking place at Mystic (Groton), Connecticut from May 24, 2021 to July 2, 2021. The […]
2021 May and Summer Course Offerings
UConn Anthropology presents the 2021 May and Summer Session course offerings. Go to the UConn Summer Session website to learn more about and register for these courses! Also check out our 2021 Field School in Contact Period and Battlefield Archaeology here.
ANTH 3028W student Shanelle Jones wins honorable mention
Undergraduate student Shanelle Jones in ANTH 3028w: Indigenous Rights and Aboriginal Australia received an Honorable Mention for the Aetna Writing in the Disciplines Awards in the social sciences division for her paper “Sexual Violence among First Nations in the USA: Boarding School Rape, Sexual Exploitation, and Child Trafficking”. The Aetna Writing in the Disciplines Awards recognize exemplary […]
UConn and Stony Brook’s Virtual Archaeology Seminar Series
Spring 2021 Sociocultural Colloquium
The department is proud to present the Spring 2021 lineup for our Sociocultural Colloquium: Contact César Abadía-Barrero or Richard Ashby Wilson with questions. Join via: https://uconnvtc.webex.com/meet/anthrodept
Graduate Student Christina Balentine to present current research
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 […]
Graduate Student Megan Alexander Awarded Grant for Research
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 […]
Dr. Xygalatas interviewed on the importance of rituals in 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 […]