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  • Undergraduate Video Competition

    March 12, 2019

    See details here: Call for Entries for Undergrad Video Contest Make a video explaining either why anthropology is an important major or what you love about anthropology at the University of Florida, and you could win $50 and have your video shown ...
  • Friday Scrapbook March 1, 2019

    March 1, 2019

    Friday Scrapbook March 1, 2019
    Hi All, After a one-week hiatus, the Scrapbook is back. Here’s a few things happening around the Department: Announcing some New Hires in Anthropology I am pleased to welcome two new hires to our Department, who will join us in August: Dr. Gabriel Prieto ...
  • Today’s the day, Gators!–Friends of Anthropology and Gator Nation Giving Day

    February 26, 2019

    Currently CLAS is # 10 in the leaderboards for Gator Nation Giving Day………I’m hoping that you all might be interested in making a gift, any gift you can afford, to show your department/college spirit.  If you would like to be ...
  • Friday Scrapbook February 15, 2019

    February 15, 2019

    A Quick Scrapbook today, as it is Graduate Recruitment Weekend! Grad Recruitment Weekend Activities Happy Hour at First Magnitude: Come to First Magnitude tonight at 6:30 to meet and mingle with some of our new graduate students.  FASA has arranged for some ...
  • Monday Scrapbook February 11, 2019

    February 11, 2019

    Hi all, I am happy to report that it was a possum-free, hacking-free week last week.  Here’s what’s coming up:   We have two more job candidates, both for our Digital Anthropology position this week Join us later today, 3 pm, for a lecture ...
  • Friday Scrapbook February 1, 2019

    February 1, 2019

    Hi All, It’s been an exciting week in the department.  Apologies to anyone who received an email yesterday morning, supposedly from me, asking if you had a minute to spare and oh by the way could you go purchase some iTunes gift ...
  • Friday Scrapbook January 25, 2019

    January 25, 2019

    Hi All, Tonight is Burns Night, the celebration of the life and poetry of Robert Burns, who was born on this day in Alloway, Scotland, 1759.  Dust off your bagpipes and pour a glass or two of your favorite single malt. ...
  • AAA Honors Distinguished Members Including UF’s Russ Bernard, Paul Doughty, David C. Grove, Maxine Margolis, and Anita Spring

    January 24, 2019

    AAA Honors Distinguished Members Including UF's Russ Bernard, Paul Doughty, David C. Grove, Maxine Margolis, and Anita Spring
    See the AAA Listing for more information. Thank you to all for your years of dedication to AAA and the discipline! Read more "AAA Honors Distinguished Members Including UF’s Russ Bernard, Paul Doughty, David C. Grove, Maxine Margolis, and Anita Spring"
  • Friday Scrapbook January 18, 2019

    January 24, 2019

    Hi All, Some news and notes from around the department:   Job Candidate Lectures We have two candidates for the Archaeology position in next week: Join us on Tuesday, January 22, at 3 pm, for a  lecture by Dr. Gabriel Prieto, “Beyond Human and Camelid ...
  • Friday Bulletin January 11, 2019

    January 24, 2019

    Hi All, Some news and notes from around the department:   Job Candidate Lectures Next Week Primatology Search Join us on Monday, January 14, at 3 pm, for a lecture by Dr. Dena Clink: “Eavesdropping on Southeast Asian primates – What bioacoustics can teach us about ...
  • Friday Scrapbook January 4, 2019

    January 7, 2019

    Hi All, Welcome back!  I hope everyone had a relaxing break.  Some news and notes around the Department: First Find of a Temple to the Flayed Lord Dr. Susan Gillespie was featured in an AP article discussing a recent find at the Popoloca ...
  • Friday Scrapbook December 14, 2018

    December 16, 2018

    Hi All, Some news as the semester winds down and we’re furiously completing final exams, grading them, or, for some of you, both! Graduations and other Milestones The close of the semester is a time for many of us to depart Gainesville for ...
  • Friday Scrapbook November 30, 2018

    December 4, 2018

    Hi All, I hope everyone enjoyed a few days off for the holiday.  Here are a few things of note: Federal Grants and CAS Exemptions If you currently have federal funding and need to expend funds that require a CAS Exemption, I’d encourage ...
  • Friday Scrapbook November 16, 2018

    November 23, 2018

    Spring Travel Apps are due by the end of the day today Graduate students should submit their application to Nita Bagnall, faculty to Karen Jones.   Course Syllabi It doesn’t feel like it, but the semester is rapidly winding down and spring semester will ...
  • Friday Scrapbook November 9, 2018

    November 15, 2018

    Hi all, Here are some possum-free items of interest happening in and around the department: Congratulations to CLAS Dissertation Fellowship and Eddy Dissertation Fellowship Awardees: Kia Fuller was awarded CLAS Dissertation Fellowships for her dissertation work, “Investigating the relationship between genetic variation, social ...
  • Friday Scrapbook Special Homecoming Edition, November 1, 2018

    November 6, 2018

    Hi All, It might seem like a slow week, but there was plenty of excitement in the department: Department of Anthropology Office to Change Name to Possum Lodge Earlier this week, the department, after years and years of searching for a totem animal, ...
  • Friday Scrapbook October 26, 2018

    October 28, 2018

    Some news, notes, and items from in and around the department: Student Awards Congratulations to three recipients of Fulbright-Hayes Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Awards! Netty Carey will be studying “Precarious Property on Ghana’s Eroding Coast” Megan Cogburn’s research is entitled “Pushing Institutional Deliveries: An ...
  • Dr. Pete Collings’ research featured in UF News, asks what if your age was defined by your wisdom?

    October 28, 2018

    To read the full article, click here. Read more "Dr. Pete Collings’ research featured in UF News, asks what if your age was defined by your wisdom?"
  • Congrats to Fulbright-Hays DDRA Awardees Netty Carey, Megan Cogburn, and Cady Gonzalez

    October 19, 2018

      Congratulations to the three most recent recipients of Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad awards:   Netty Carey will be studying “Precarious Property on Ghana’s Eroding Coast.” Megan Cogburn’s study is entitled “Pushing Institutional Deliveries: An Ethnography of Childbirth Care in Rural Tanzania” Cady Gonzalez will investigate ...
  • Lecturer Job Search

    October 19, 2018

    University of Florida Department of Anthropology, Lecturer in Cultural Anthropology The Department of Anthropology at the University of Florida, College of Liberal Arts and Science, invites applications for a full-time, nine-month, renewable, non-tenure accruing position at the rank of Lecturer, beginning August 16, ...