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 […]
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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
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 […]
Letter from UConn Anthropology Graduate Students
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 […]
We are Hiring!
The University of Connecticut’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences invites applications for four positions at the level of Assistant Professor as part of a cluster hire in the Environment and Human Interactions. This initiative also includes two appointments at the Associate or Full Professor level. The Department of Anthropology is particularly interested in candidates […]
Dr. Haile Eshe Cole featured on UConn Today
UConn Anthropology faculty member Dr. Haile Eshe Cole’s research was recently featured on UConn Today. Dr. Cole’s research centers around how racism negatively impacts the maternal health of black women. You can learn more about her research here or by enrolling in her Spring 2021 course titled: AFRA/ANTH 3320 Race, Culture, and Reproductive Health.