We are delighted to announce that graduate student Uriv Kaul (far left) has been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship! Urvi, a student of Deborah Bolnick’s, will focus on ” contemporary human population genetics and exploring the impact of politics on human population structures” in her dissertation research. Congratulations to Urvi!
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New Book
Hot off the presses, a new book co-edited by Françoise Dussart. Contemporary Indigenous Cosmologies and Pragmatics. University of Alberta Press, 2022 Edited by Françoise Dussart and Sylvie Poirier In this timely collection, the authors examine Indigenous peoples’ negotiations with different cosmologies in a globalized world. Dussart and Poirier outline a sophisticated theory of change that […]
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), […]
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 […]
Ph.D Student Elic Weitzel Featured on UConn Today
Our Ph.D student Elic Weitzel recently published his first article as sole author.
New Publication on Neanderthal Diet By Alumna Dr. Jacquelin Meier
Reccent UConn Anthro alumna Dr. Jacquelin Meier is part of a research project investigating the expanded diet of Neanderthals.