Anthropology

Candidates for Chair of Anthropology will make presentations to the entire department on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 in Turlington 1208A

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences invites applications for Chair of the Department of Anthropology. This position is open to only current members of departmental faculty. The deadline for applications is November 30, 2023. Click here for further information.

The next meeting of the Search Committee for Department Chair will be held in Turlington 1208A at 3:00 on Friday, December 8, 2023

The Search Committee for Department Chair will convene via Zoom on Thursday, December 14 at 2:00

Boarding Schools and American Indian Dispossession Professor Brenda Child, University of Minnesota and Guggenheim Fellow Government boarding schools went hand in hand with the American Indian land dispossession policies of the United States.  Professor Child's grandparents were among the thousands who attended the schools. She draws on her own family story to humanize the broader …