2021

Prof. Jess Beck Tues. and Thurs. 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM Peabody 561 In 2018, Oxfam reported that the 26 richest people on the planet had the same net worth as half of the global population. The rampant wealth disparities in the modern world lead us to ask...

Prof. Joyhanna Garza Mon. and Weds. 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Tozzer 102 Ethnic studies is the critical interdisciplinary study of race, ethnicity, and indigeneity as understood from the intellectual, political, and cultural histories and perspectives of...

Prof. Julia Fierman Th 12:00-2:45pm This seminar explores the anthropology of Latin America in the context of capitalism and late capitalism to understand the political, economic, and cultural consequences of particular modes of production and the social...

Prof. Nicholas Harkness M W 10:30-11:45am How is verbal art -- from story-telling to poetry and from hip hop to church song -- created from linguistic and musical form, and how does its performance mediate social relations as well as construct cultural...

Profs. Salmaan Keshavjee, Lindsey Zeve, Jason Silverstein Tues. and Thurs. 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM How can health care systems be restructured to provide high quality care even to the poorest and most vulnerable people on our planet? Health care is never just...

Prof. Michael Puett M W 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM What is the best way to live a fuller and more ethical life? Concretely what should we do to begin to live in a more flourishing and inspiring way? Questions such as these were at the heart of philosophical...

Prof. Jason Ur M W 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM In a time when histories are being contested, monuments removed, and alternative facts compete with established orthodoxy, how do we evaluate competing narratives about what really happened in the past? What happened...

Profs. Matthew Liebmann and Daniel Smail T Th 12:00-1:15pm Who are we, how did we get here... and how far back in time do we have to go to start asking the question? When does history begin? To judge by the typical history textbook, the answer is...

Prof. Peter Der Manuelian TBA Mysterious pyramids, colossal royal statues, tiny gold jewelry, decorated tomb chapels, temples, settlements, fortresses, and hieroglyphic inscriptions. This was the excavation legacy in Egypt and Sudan of the Harvard...

Prof. Malavika Reddy W 3:00 PM - 5:45 PM This course is part seminar, part practicum. Its purpose is to help students conceptualize and design a research project, to craft effective research and grant proposals, and to prepare for ethnographic and...