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ANTHRO 97Z - Sophomore Tutorial: Anthropology as Social Theory and the Social Theory of Anthropology

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024
Canvas Site

Prof. Gabriella Coleman
M W 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM 

Anthropology 97z is a course about what social theory is, how to read it and how it relates to the discipline of anthropology. The course encourages students to think expansively about the sources and boundaries of theory, guiding them through several approaches to theorizing social life.

Required of all Social Anthropology concentrators. Weekly 2-hour sections to be arranged.

ANTHRO 97X - Sophomore Tutorial in Archaeology

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024


W 9:00 AM - 11:45 AM
 

This course will focus on archaeological thinking, the cognitive skeleton of the discipline of archaeology, the principles and the logic that are the foundation of all archaeological conclusions and research. Central to this is an understanding of research design, archaeological theory and interpretation, culture and material culture; as well as an understanding of how to examine and construct an archaeological argument.

ANTHRO 3410 - Teaching Fellowship

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

N/A
By Arrangement

For students engaged in teaching as a Teaching Fellow. Student should register for four credits per section.

Not counted towards PhD requirements.

ANTHRO 2738 - Remaking Life and Death

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024
Course Site

Prof. Anya Bernstein
T 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
 

This course is a critical reading graduate seminar focusing on how defining the boundaries between life and death became a matter of profound political, cultural, and scientific debate. Guided by the concepts of bio- and necropolitics, we will explore the shifting relations between body and person, human and time, and technology and biology while attending to the changing political, biomedical and religious contexts. The course includes readings from a number of anthropological subfields, including medical anthropology...

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ANTHRO 1906 - Care in Critical Times

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024
Course Site

Prof. Andrea Wright
 

What is care? How can and do communities mobilize care as a social intervention, political act, and tool for building intimacy, healing, and hope? Now, more than ever, it is imperative that we care for ourselves and our communities, but caring is not an apolitical or individual act and we must analyze the inherent inequalities and social dimensions of what it means to give and receive care.

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ANTHRO 2690 - Middle East Ethnography

Semester: 

N/A

Offered: 

2023
Canvas Site

Prof. Steven C. Caton

Th 12:00 PM - 2:45 PM

The discursive construction of culture and its complex politics are examined in a wide range of ethnographies that have been written recently on countries in the Middle East, including Lebanon, Jordan, Israel/Palestine, Egypt, Morocco, Yemen, and Iran. Among the theoretical topics to be considered are orientalism, colonialism and post-colonialism, nationalism, self, gender, and tribalism.

ANTHRO 1231 - Life in the Pleistocene

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2023
Canvas Site

Prof. Sarah Hlubik

T/Th 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

This course will cover the archaeological record of the Pleistocene. Students will gain an understanding of the biological and geological setting of the time period, with a biogeographic overview of Plio-Pleistocene hominins, including the geological setting of the African continent. The course will cover the Early, Middle, and Late Pleistocene archaeological records of Africa in detail, with comparisons to the Eurasian records and discuss the methods through which we study these time periods. The discussion sections will...

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ANTHRO 3500 - Direction of Doctoral Dissertations

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2023

Department Faculty
By Arrangement

Individual work in preparation for the doctoral dissertation.

Consult the appropriate member of the Department.
Limited to candidates for the PhD in Anthropology who are in residence and who are in good standing in the Graduate School.

ANTHRO 3500 - Direction of Doctoral Dissertations

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2023

Department Faculty
By Arrangement

Individual work in preparation for the doctoral dissertation.

Consult the appropriate member of the Department.
Limited to candidates for the PhD in Anthropology who are in residence and who are in good standing in the Graduate School.

ANTHRO 3410 - Teaching Fellowship

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2023

N/A
By Arrangement

For students engaged in teaching as a Teaching Fellow. Student should register for four credits per section.

Not counted towards PhD requirements.

ANTHRO 3400 - Full-time Status Reading and Research

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2023

N/A
By Arrangement

Students enrolled in PhD in Anthropology should utilize this course to indicate time spent researching and reading outside of coursework.

Oftentimes used towards maintaining full-time status, when not enrolled in coursework or writing the dissertation.  Not counted towards PhD requirements.

ANTHRO 3080 - Museum Practicum in Curatorial Research

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2023

Prof. Diana Loren
By Arrangement

The purpose of the practicum is to provide curatorial experience in the Peabody Museum (PMAE), directly supervised by a PMAE curator. The practicum is designed to designed to introduce students to contemporary museum curatorial practice, to provide hands-on experience working with PMAE collections, and opportunity for reflexive research based in historical context. The practicum will be developed in consultation with PMAE curator and will be related to PMAE projects and initiatives.

ANTHRO 3002 - Reading for Archaeology General Examination

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2023

Archaeology Faculty 
By Arrangement

Preparation with Archaeology cohort for the general examination in Archaeology. This course should be taken during the fall semester of the second year and involves weekly meetings to study and prepare for the general exams in January.

Restricted to candidates for the PhD degree and ordinarily to those who have completed at least one year in residence.

ANTHRO 3001 - Reading for Social Anthropology General Examination

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2023

Social Anthropology Faculty 
By Arrangement

Individual reading in preparation for the General Examination for the PhD degree. It involves meetings as arranged between professor and graduate student.

Restricted to candidates for the PhD degree and ordinarily to those who have completed at least one year in residence.

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