Spring

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. Ryo Morimoto M 3:00-5:45pm The rapid growth of applied robotics and remote and automation technologies is reconfiguring the human-machine relationship from industry to commerce, education, healthcare, public safety, security, and warfare. Machines’...

Prof. Ryo Morimoto W 12:00-2:45pm How have the global, historical engagements with nuclear things had latent colonization effects on the contemporary and future ecologies and generations? How have the toxic effects of nuclear things been (re)presented...

Dr. Damina Khaira W 3:00-5:45pm How are stories told? How do anthropologists render lived experiences into ethnographic text? How might ethnography - as a mode of witnessing and a way of knowing - be distinct from other genres of writing? Geared towards...

Dr. Lindsey Zeve T 12:00-2:45pm In recent decades, macroscale demographic and epidemiological trends have led to a marked increase in the number of older adults as a proportion of the global population. This transition is predicted to accelerate...

Prof. Ping-hsiu Lin Th 12-2:45pm This course explores fundamental questions about economic life through an anthropological lens: What is a market, and how do different societies understand and practice exchange? How do gifts differ from commodities, and...

Dr. Lindsey Zeve Th 3:00-5:45pm Social medicine is a multidisciplinary field of practice that draws insights from the social sciences to improve care delivery and address health inequities. Medical anthropology is a core contributing discipline to the...

Prof. Jason Ur M 3:00-5:45pm Course open to First-Year Students Only. Trips will be included at no cost to the student. Students will get to know Greater Boston by getting out of the classroom and getting off campus.

M 9-11am Dr. Lindsey Marten Zeve This is an introductory social medicine discussion seminar designed specifically for undergraduate students who are interested in applications of medical anthropology to health and medicine. Social medicine uses insights...