Graduate

Prof. Davíd Carrasco W 3-5pm This seminar is an intensive introduction to the writings of Mircea Eliade and his influence on the “Chicago School” of the History of Religions. We will read selections from his scholarly works, literary writings and journals...

Prof. Rowan Flad Th 12:00-2:45pm This seminar explores trade and culture contact in archaeological contexts. We will focus in particular on “colonization” and “trade diasporas,” critically examining how these inter-society relations, which are a current...

Prof. Shayla Monroe M 9-11:45am This course surveys of wide variety approaches to ecological studies in Africa and places them in dialogue with paleoecology and environmental archaeology. We will interrogate the relationships between the following...

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...

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...

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...

Prof. Shayla Monroe M W 10:30-11:45am Laboratory course on the fundamentals of faunal analysis, including skeletal anatomy, species identification, acquisition and quantification of primary and secondary osteological data, and interpretation of data using...

Prof. Christina Warinner M W 6-7:15pm All good research begins with a strong foundation. This course is aimed at providing you with the foundational knowledge and basic tools you need to succeed as a professional archaeologist. Aided in part by guest...

Prof. Gabriella Coleman T 9-11:45am This required seminar offers an overview of theoretical trends in social anthropology and situates these trends within longer genealogies of social thought. Required of candidates for the PhD in Social Anthropology. Not...

Prof. Arthur Kleinman T 12-2:45pm In this course we explore work from a variety of genres- ethnography, biography, film, and the novel- that tell us about the person and personhood more generally in historical and cultural context. The idea is to compare...