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Harvard Anthropology | Spring 2026 Seminar Series

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Harvard Anthropology's Spring 2026 Seminar Series lineup is now available. This semester’s series brings together scholars from across anthropology, archaeology, and related disciplines to explore a wide range of questions, research approaches, and the...

Four 2026 Hoopes Prize–Winning Projects Emerge from Harvard Anthropology

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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...

Anya Bernstein Awarded 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship for Research on Climate, Extinction, and the Russian Arctic

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The Department of Anthropology is pleased to share that Professor Anya Bernstein has been named a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow. She is one of six Harvard faculty members recognized this year, joining a distinguished cohort of scholars and artists whose work...

The Joan Andrea Kleinman Travel and Language Grant | Applications due February 20, 2026

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The Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, invites undergraduate students of Harvard College and MD and MD-PhD students of Harvard Medical School to apply for the Joan Andrea Kleinman Travel and Language Grant. This award...

Ruben Oliven Appointed DRCLAS Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professor for 2026–2027

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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...

Keri Burge Wins Best Poster Award at International Conference on Palaeogenomics

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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...

Professor Carrasco Selected for the Harvard Latino Faculty Award

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The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is pleased to share that t he Harvard Latino Alumni Alliance has selected Davíd Carrasco, Neil L. Rudenstine Professor for the Study of Latin America, to receive its 2026 Harvard Latino Faculty Award...

Anya Bernstein CV 2026

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Ryo Morimoto

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Ryo Morimoto is a first-generation college graduate and scholar from Japan, an assistant professor in anthropology, and the 2026-2027 Cabot House Scholar-in-Residence at Harvard University. An environmental anthropologist and ethnographer of human-nuclear...

Ryo Morimoto Appointed to Editorial Collective of Cultural Anthropology

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Harvard Anthropology Assistant Professor Ryo Morimoto has begun a new role as an Editorial Collective Member (2026–2030) of Cultural Anthropology, the peer-reviewed journal of the Society for Cultural Anthropology, a section of the American...

Harvard Anthropology Faculty and Fellow Featured in PBS Documentary Secrets of the Dead: China's Bronze Kingdom

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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...

Harvard Anthropology seeks tenured professor in medical anthropology

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The Department of Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School seek to appoint a tenured professor in Medical Anthropology. The appointment is expected to begin on July...