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Coming Soon! New Department Merchandise

Coming soon! The UConn Anthropology Department is excited to announce that we will have new merchandise available to purchase on Marketplace soon. More updates will be available in the following weeks, including sneak peaks of our other new products. The baseball cap is inspired by previous department merchandise, and is perfect for long days in […]

Archaeological Field School in Armenian Prehistory

Experience UConn’s Archaeological Field School in Armenian Prehistory, running from July 1st-August 1st, 2025! Apply now through UConn Experiential Global Learning. Applications are due February 1st, 2025. Investigate early human behavior in the Armenian Highlands and southern Caucasus during the Late Pleistocene. Nestled in the scenic Debed Gorge of northern Armenia, this archaeological field school […]

Spring 2025 Class: Race, Racialization & Health

Looking for an interesting, upper-level course to take this spring? Check out ANTH 5395: Race, Racialization, and Health taught by Dr. Sarah Williams. This seminar takes a transdisciplinary approach to understanding racialization as a process and tool that is inextricable from the formation and continuation of medicine and public health. Through a critical medical anthropology […]

Flashback Friday! Beach Hall Construction (1929).

  Flashback Friday! Check out these historic photos from Beach Hall’s construction, circa 1929. To find more great photos from UConn’s history, check out UConn Archives and Special Collections, located in the Dodd Center for Human Rights.   Citation: Beach Hall (1929), Construction, Connecticut Agricultural College from the UConn Photograph Collection at Archives & Special […]

Anthropology in the News- Moving As One

Graduate student Mohammadamin Saraei of the Department of Psychological Sciences and Experimental Anthropology Lab was recently recognized in UConn Today for his research at the UConn Islamic Center. Through collaboration with professors Alexandra Paxton and Dimitris Xygalatas, Saraei studied the concept of synchrony, researching how synchronous movements or acts psychologically affect humans. Saraei’s research was […]

Flashback Friday- Beach Hall Library

Did you know that Beach Hall used to house UConn’s library? In 1929, the library was moved to Beach Hall, where it would remain until the construction of the Wilbur Cross Library ten years later (University of Connecticut Library Records). To find more captivating photos from UConn’s history, check out the Connecticut Digital Archive! Images […]

How Long Have Humans Called Sicily Home? UConn Today

UConn Anthropology “professor Dr. Christian Tryon, graduate students Iris Querenet Onfroy de Breville, Nicholas Gonzalez, Peyton Carroll, and alum Danielle Falci” were featured in UConn Today for their work in Sicily (How Long Have Humans Called Sicily Home?). Amazing work everyone!