ANT 4930 Ethnoarchaeology and Experimental Archaeology

Dr. Katherine Grillo Archaeology isn’t only about excavations: Since the 1960’s, archaeologists have also examined aspects of life in the present as a way to better interpret material culture found at ancient sites. Ethnoarchaeology uses ethnographic field methods among modern peoples to develop informed hypotheses about life in the past. Experimental archaeology uses controlled scientific experiments to develop […]

ANT 4930 Humans and Animals

Dr. DeFrance Humans and Animals examines the complex and multiple relationship that people have with animals using the lens of anthropology. Throughout human history we have developed social, economic, and symbolic connections with animals. In addition to insights from cultural anthropology, archaeology, and biological anthropology, this course draws on research from multiple other disciplines to […]

ANG 6286 The Urban Reality

Dr. Heckenberger What is the city, or urbanism? What variation in urban form, content, or history can be delineated across time and space? What differences can be inferred between cities and urbanized populations – lived worlds, built environments, and representations of urban life – in the contemporary world. The course reviews materials from pre-modern (pre-colonial […]

ANT 3451 Race and Racism

Dr. Gravlee You’ve probably heard someone say “race is a social construct, not biology.” What exactly does that mean? How are we to understand the relation between race and human biological difference? How exactly is race “constructed,” and what does that have to do with legacies of slavery, racism, privilege, and power? This course tackles […]

ANT 4273 Anthropology of Law

Dr. Kernaghan How do taboos and norms infuse ordinary life and how do people make sense of their transgression? What binds rules to coercion and under what circumstances may lethal force be deemed legitimate? In this introduction to legal anthropology we frame law as an eminently plural phenomena that operates unevenly across multiple social domains […]

ANT 3153 North American Archaeology

Left to right: artist’s rendition of Cahokia (Illinois) at height of its history, ca. A.D. 1200; aerial view of Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon (New Mexico), a ritual center of the Ancestral Pueblo during the 12th century A.D.; artist’s rendition of an Iroquois longhouse, ca. A.D. 1600, New York; aerial view of Serpent Mound in […]

ANT 2410 Cultural Anthropology

Dr. Schwartz What is culture, and why is it important? If you’re curious about culture, this course is for you! We cover how anthropologists have defined culture and how the anthropological culture concept has been influential in the military, corporations, and politics. We explore anthropological discoveries about kinship, gender, and sexuality; compare political and […]

ANG 6930 Foundations for a Career in Anthropology

Dr. A. Johnson This course prepares graduate students for a research career in Anthropology. Specifically, students will learn how to develop, fund, present and publish their independent research. Students will develop their research projects over the course of the semester, from abstract to proposal to grant review to elevator pitch. They will also develop their […]

ANG 6930 Gender, Sex, and Ethnographic Research

Dr. A. Johnson This course centers questions of gender, sex, and sexuality in an exploration of ethnographic practice and knowledge production. Through close-reading and seminar-style discussion of classic and contemporary ethnographies, we will ask how the ethnographer is gendered – historically, normatively, and in practice. We will examine how the embodiment and subjectivity of the […]

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