2022

Prof. Matthew Liebmann Mon. and Weds. 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM Peabody 12 In 1492 Native Americans discovered Europeans, changing the world forever. The European invasion of the Americas triggered demographic, economic, and ecological changes on an unprecedented...

Prof. Michelle Choi Thurs. 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Peabody 12 Humans have long been fascinated with anticipating, speculating, preparing, and waiting for the unknown future. ‘The future’ has a pervasive presence in our lives, when we forecast the local weather...

Prof. Joyhanna Garza M 9:00am - 11:45am The abrupt physical closures of 2020 continuing into the present moment have brought into sharp relief the urgency of taking the digital seriously as a mode by which sociality – however constrained – is created and...

Prof. Joyhanna Garza T 9:00 AM - 11:45 AM This course examines the co-articulations of race, ethnicity, and language across various historical, societal, and institutional contexts. Furthermore, we examine the ways in which racialized bodies come to be...

Prof. Andrea Wright Thurs. 12:00 PM - 2:45 PM Tozzer 416 What approaches and methodologies do anthropologists use to examine and strengthen theories and practices oriented towards community? What responsibilities do anthropologists have to the people and...

Profs. Lucien Castaing-Taylor Th 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM An introduction to “sensory ethnography,” a media practice that seeks to rejuvenate and innovate in visual anthropology, cinema, and art. Students will learn to record and edit video and audio to produce...

Prof. David Carrasco T Th 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Check out the Course Introduction Video! What is Religion? Why does it show up everywhere? Using archaeology, religious studies and social thought, this course will study the major themes in the history of...

Prof. David Carrasco and Michael Jackson Tues. 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM HDS Swartz Hall This course explores the ambiguous and unstable borderlands – social, psychological, geographical, and spiritual - of human existence. Drawing on empirical studies of...

Prof. Jess Beck Tues. and Thurs. 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Zooarchaeology Lab, Peabody 35B Knowledge of human osteology is key for fields such as archaeology, biological anthropology, forensic anthropology, anatomy, and medicine. This course introduces students...

Prof. Gareth Doherty Fridays 3:00 PM - 5:45 PM Tozzer 203 Landscape fieldwork offers the means to understand the complexities of landscapes. Through a people-centered approach, this lecture course explores landscape architecture’s ethical and political...