Our graduate student Jayson Gill and colleagues recently published an article in the Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology entitled “The Techno-typological and 3D-GM Analysis of Hatis-1: a Late Acheulian Open-Air Site on the Hrazdan-Kotayk Plateau, Armenia”. Read it here.
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Congratulations to Nardos Shiferaw!
Recently our 2nd year graduate student Nardos Shiferaw won a competitive grant from the Collaborative to Advance Equity through Research on Women & Girls of Color at UConn’s Africana Studies Institute. The grant will fund Nardos’ research project entitled “Structural Racism and Covid-19: Black Women’s Experiences of Health in Entwined Pandemics” – a pilot project where she will recruit […]
Alex Brittingham our latest PhD recipient
We would like to congratulate Alex Brittingham for a successful defense of his PhD dissertation Research on September 23rd titled: “Stable isotopes in the Southern Caucasus: Modern Variability, Preservation and Archaeological Applications”. Alex is a recipient of Lady Davis Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Department of Earth Sciences and Institute of Archaeology the Hebrew University of […]
UConn Anthropology Statement on the MOVE Bombing Case
In response to the realization that remains of victims from the 1985 MOVE bombing in Philadelphia were kept and used by anthropologists for a prolonged amount of time without consent from the victims’ family, the Department of Anthropology at the University of Connecticut supports the collective statement released by the Association of Black Anthropologists (ABA), […]
Statement on recent acts of hatred
We are deeply disturbed that the individual arrested on April 29, 2021 for spray-painting anti-Semitic graffiti on a building at the University of Connecticut was a major in the department of Anthropology. We condemn this individual’s act in the strongest terms. Such acts go against the core values of our department and our anthropological community […]
Richard A. Wilson named Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor
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 […]
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 […]