Dr. Damina Khaira W 3-5:45pm “Sometimes I'm right and I can be wrong My own beliefs are in my song The butcher, the banker, the drummer and then Makes no difference what group I'm in I am everyday people, yeah, yeah” “Everyday People” (1968) by Sly and the Family Stone...
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Spring, 2025
Dr. Elisa Tamburo M 3-5:45pm The course aims at introducing students to the ethnographic study of cities and the urban environment. The course is divided into two parts: the first will introduce theoretical approaches, derived from sociology and philosophy, that have been...
Prof. Matthew Liebmann M 12-2:45pm This graduate-level seminar takes a comparative view of colonialism through the consideration of case studies from around the world, with a focus on encounters and interactions between peoples of different cultural traditions during the...
Prof. Rowan Flad F 9-11:45am Elephants, elk, whales, wolves, great apes, pandas, giant turtles, big cats, buffalo, bears -- these animals populate human cultural imaginations in recent times and they did so in antiquity as well. So-called "charismatic megafauna" dominate a...
Dr. Elisa Tamburo W 3-5:45pm The course interrogates the engagement of China on the African continent in the past century, mostly through ethnographic writing. We will critically evaluate the involvement of China in the region through various analytical lenses. The course is...
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2025
Dr. E. Irem Az W 6:00-8:00pm Is disability a human constant? Is it the physical outcome of an event/accident (including particular genetic combinations and developmental events in the fetus) or exposure to toxicity? Is it merely a social consequence of bodily norms...
M 9-11am Dr. Lindsey Marten Zeve This is an introductory social medicine discussion seminar designed specifically for undergraduate students who are interested in applications of medical anthropology to health and medicine. Social medicine uses insights from the...
Prof. Christina Warinner M/W 3-4:15pm Archaeological science is the application of scientific techniques to study the human past. Methods in archaeological science build upon core concepts and methods in the biological, chemical, and physical sciences and use them in...
Prof. Jason Ur 12-1:15pm Archaeology has focused traditionally on excavations of settlement sites. However, no settlement existed as an island; ancient peoples moved within a larger environment which constrained their actions while it was simultaneously transformed by them...
Prof. Nicholas Harkness Th 12:00 PM - 2:45 PM This seminar examines the mediation of socio-cultural life by sign phenomena in multiple modalities of experience.
Spring, 2026
Prof. Peter Manuelian Mon. and Wed. 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM How does ancient Egypt enlighten our times about what defines a civilization, and were those ancient humans, with their pyramids, hieroglyphs, and pharaohs, exactly like or nothing like us? How much of your impression of...
ANTHRO 97Z - Sophomore Tutorial: Anthropology as Social Theory and the Social Theory of Anthropology
Prof. Malavika Reddy T Th 10:30-11:45am This course is designed to introduce undergraduate students to social/cultural theory in light of anthropological methods, arguments, concerns, and writing. As a discipline, anthropology is rooted in conveying and theorizing the...