Anthropology

African Studies Professor Dr. Charles Bwenge is the inaugural feature of the Career Resource Center’s Career Buzz blog’s new “International Gators” section. Dr. Bwenge is a senior lecturer in the Languages Department and an affiliate professor of the Anthropology Department. ...

Distinguished Scholar Seminar The Florida Climate Institute is proud to host Professor Charles Godfray for our Distinguished Scholar Seminar, “The Role of Sustainable Intensification in Global Food Security,” in the University Auditorium from 2:00 until 3:30 pm on April 4. This ...

Over 97,00 Spanish artifacts from St. Augustine were donated to the Florida Museum of Natural History; museum archaeologists, including Anthropology adjunct professor Dr. Kathleen Deagan, are continuing work on the source site, the first Spanish colony in the New World ...

Dr. Peter Schmidt has been elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology (PGIAR) in Colombo, Sri Lanka, by the PGIAR Board of Managers at their 243rd meeting. This is a lifetime appointment. Congratulations to Dr. Schmidt! Read ...

The Huffington Post has a feature article about Dr. Faye V. Harrison and her work with engaged and feminist anthropology: For University of Florida anthropologist Faye V. Harrison, the term engagement is not an appropriated buzzword. Grounded in global critical race ...

Faye Harrison has been elected President of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. Congratulations to Faye! The IUAES is a world organization of scientists and institutions working in the fields of anthropology and ethnology, but also of interest to ...

Michael Edward Moseley, distinguished professor of anthropology, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences: One of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies, the Academy is also a leading center for independent policy research. Members contribute to Academy publications ...

Dr. Susan Gillespie has been appointed as an Elizabeth Wood Dunlevie Honors Term Professor for a new course, Consumer Culture. The professorships are made possible by a generous endowment gift from Elizabeth Wood Dunlevie, a UF graduate. The goal of the ...

Dr. Anthony Oliver-Smith became the second UF-Anthro faculty member to receive the prestigious Malinowski Award from the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA). The award was presented to Oliver-Smith at the annual SfAA meetings held in Denver between March 19 and ...