# News Search Within Results Search Within Results search ## 218 results Show filters filter\_alt Sort by NewestOldestAlphabetical A-ZAlphabetical Z-APublish Date (DESC)Publish Date (ASC) sort list grid\_view ## 218 results [### Keri Burge Wins Best Poster Award at International Conference on Palaeogenomics ](/news/2026/06/keri-burge-wins-best-poster-award-international-conference-palaeogenomics) June 26, 2026 The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is pleased to congratulate PhD student Keri Burge on receiving the Best Poster Award at the International Conference on Palaeogenomics (ICP 2026), held June 23–26, 2026, in Stockholm, Sweden. ICP 2026... ![Photo of Keri Burge](/sites/g/files/omnuum6776/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/2026-06/IMG_9687%202.jpg?itok=CFSDgQS5) [### Melina Seabrook Named Renfrew Fellow at McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research ](/news/2026/06/melina-seabrook-named-renfrew-fellow-mcdonald-institute-archaeological-research) June 26, 2026 The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is delighted to share that Melina Seabrook has been named a Renfrew Fellow at The University of Cambridge's McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research . Melina is currently Black Heritage or... ![Photo of Melina Seabrook](/sites/g/files/omnuum6776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/Untitled%20-%20June%2026%2C%202026%20at%2011.14.17.png?itok=kO8dO7t_) [### Ruben Oliven Appointed DRCLAS Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professor for 2026–2027 ](/news/2026/06/ruben-oliven-appointed-drclas-robert-f-kennedy-visiting-professor-2026-2027) June 23, 2026 We are pleased to announce that distinguished Brazilian anthropologist Ruben Oliven will join Harvard University as the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professor during the 2026–2027 academic year... ![Photo of Ruben Oliven](/sites/g/files/omnuum6776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/Screenshot%202026-06-17%20at%201.58.34%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=2kUMFNhv) [### Faculty Honored in Harvard's Frontiers of Innovation for Societal Impact Fund ](/news/2026/06/faculty-honored-harvards-frontiers-innovation-societal-impact-fund) June 05, 2026 The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is pleased to share that two members of our faculty— Peter Manuelian, Barbara Bell Professor of Egyptology and director of the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, and Jason Ur, Stephen Phillips... ![Frontiers Fund](/sites/g/files/omnuum6776/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/2026-06/Untitled%20-%20February%2003%2C%202026%20at%2016.52.31%20%282%29.png?itok=nzKrfIY2) [### In Memoriam: Nur O. Yalman ](/news/2026/06/memoriam-nur-o-yalman) June 05, 2026 Nur O. Yalman , Professor of Social Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies Emeritus, passed away June 4th in Istanbul, Türkiye at the age of 95. Nur was a senior member of a distinguished group of anthropologists at Harvard in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s... ![Harvard Anthropology Logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum6776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Anthro%20Logo.jpg?itok=ysBtUI6Y) [### Harvard Anthropology Faculty and Fellow Featured in PBS Documentary Secrets of the Dead: China's Bronze Kingdom ](/news/2026/06/harvard-anthropology-faculty-and-fellow-featured-pbs-documentary-secrets-dead-chinas) June 02, 2026 Harvard Anthropology is pleased to share that Rowan Flad , John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology, and Xiaoge He , Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology, are featured in the newly released PBS documentary Secrets of the Dead: China's Bronze Kingdom . The... ![PBS Secret's of the Dead: China's Bronze Kingdom - episode logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum6776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/hq720.jpg?itok=cnXsdjJj) [### Thea Chung Awarded Hoopes Prize and Harris Prize for "Heart to Heart: Caregiving Relationships Between the Doulas and Mothers of Elmhurst, Queens" ](/news/2026/05/thea-chung-awarded-hoopes-prize-and-harris-prize-heart-heart-caregiving-relationships) May 12, 2026 The Department of Anthropology congratulates graduating senior Thea Chung, whose thesis has been recognized with both the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize and the Seymour E. and Ruth B. Harris Prize — two of Harvard's most distinguished honors for undergraduate... ![Photo of Thea Chung](/sites/g/files/omnuum6776/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/2026-05/Untitled-4.png?itok=AkZUSTM9) [### Nicholas Harkness on Landscape, Climate, and the Korea Institute's Collaboration with the GSD ](/news/2026/05/nicholas-harkness-landscape-climate-and-korea-institutes-collaboration-gsd) May 07, 2026 The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is pleased to share coverage of a recent interdisciplinary collaboration between our department and the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD). Professor Nicholas Harkness, Modern Korean Economy and... ![Installation view of “Designers of Mountain and Water.” Photo: Justin Knight.](/sites/g/files/omnuum6776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/ExhibitionIntro.jpg?itok=b794IZBm) [### Four 2026 Hoopes Prize–Winning Projects Emerge from Harvard Anthropology ](/news/2026/05/four-2026-hoopes-prize-winning-projects-emerge-harvard-anthropology) May 06, 2026 The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is delighted to share that four undergraduate projects connected to the department have been recognized with the 2026 Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize, an award honoring exceptional scholarly work and... ![Harvard Anthropology Logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum6776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Anthro%20Logo.jpg?itok=ysBtUI6Y) [### Revisiting Ireland’s Past: Andrew Bair Explores the “Invisible People” of the Middle Ages ](/news/2026/05/revisiting-irelands-past-andrew-bair-explores-invisible-people-middle-ages) May 05, 2026 The Department of Anthropology is pleased to share a recent feature from Harvard Griffin GSAS News, “Looking for Ireland’s ‘Invisible People,’” highlighting the work of Anthropology PhD candidate Andrew Bair (expected May 2026). Bair’s dissertation... ![Photo of Andrew Bair](/sites/g/files/omnuum6776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/202604_ABair_CR_002.jpg?itok=zS8hm0Gd) [### Christina Warinner Elected to the National Academy of Sciences ](/news/2026/05/christina-warinner-elected-national-academy-sciences) May 01, 2026 The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is thrilled to announce that Christina (Tina) Warinner, Professor of Anthropology and Human Evolutionary Biology, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Warinner is among 120 newly... ![Screenshot of NAS 2026 Elections List](/sites/g/files/omnuum6776/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/NAS_2026_Warinner.jpg?itok=MUuEGOeP) [### Anya Bernstein Awarded 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship for Research on Climate, Extinction, and the Russian Arctic ](/news/2026/04/anya-bernstein-awarded-2026-guggenheim-fellowship-research-climate-extinction-and) April 30, 2026 The Department of Anthropology is pleased to share that Professor Anya Bernstein has been named a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow. 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