Events

The Undergraduate Anthropology Club and the Anthropology Department host a number of events throughout the semester. Scroll down this page for a list of upcoming events, as well information about events that the club and the department have held in the past. Make sure to check out our calendar for a complete list of events and deadlines that may be of interest to our members.

Upcoming

Speaker Series

  • October 5, 2017 Miriam Ticktin " Border Walls: Transnational Design and the Politics of Humanity"
  • October 12, 2017 Rachael Watkins " An Alter(ed)native Perspective on Bioanthropology"
  • *October 24, 2017 (TUESDAY) Seth Holmes "Immigrant Farmworker Health and Challenging Inequity"
  • November 2, 2017 Ken Nystrom "The Bioarchaeology of Inequality"
  • February 15, 2018 Deborah Thomas "Political Life in the Wake of the Plantation: Affect, Witnessing, Repair"

Workshops

The Undergraduate Anthropology Club is hosting its first workshop this week:

Come join us on Thursday, November 9th at 4:00PM in 411 Lyman Hall for our Applying to Grad School Workshop!

A panel of 5 of the anthropology department's graduate students specializing in Historical Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, and Medical Anthropology will be sharing their experiences applying to grad school and will be answering any and all of your questions!

Department 'Meet & Greet's

The club is currently planning "Meet & Greet"s for undergraduates to get to know the graduate students and faculty and learn about all of the fascinating work they are doing! Each Meet & Greet will feature a presentation and Q&A session with a selected graduate student or faculty member.

If you are a faculty member or graduate student interested in being featured, or you are an undergraduate who would like to suggest a faculty member or grad student please get in touch with the club by sending us an email.

Past Events

nystrom flier (original).pdf

Thank you Dr. Nystrom for a thought provoking lecture! We enjoyed having you and hearing about your work and your thoughts on the future of the field of bioarchaeology.

-- The Undergraduate Anthropology Club

Thanks to everyone who came and found us in HBC and contributed to another successful event! We enjoyed chatting will you all and hope you're inspired to register for an anthropology course next semester and consider a major/minor or even a career in anthropology!

-- The Undergraduate Anthropology Club

Holmes Poster.pdf

Thank you, Dr. Seth Holmes for coming all the way out from California to give a fantastic lecture on Tuesday and giving a guest lecture in ANT 185: Global Encounters. We thoroughly enjoyed hearing about all of the exciting projects you are working on!

-- Sarah and Nathan, Co-Presidents of the Undergraduate Anthropology Club

Watkins Poster.pdf

Thank you Dr.Rachel Watkins for another wonderful lecture! We thoroughly enjoyed having you, and hope to see you again.

-- Undergraduate Anthropology Club Executive Board

Understanding Bodiam_ Landscapes of Work at a Late Medieval English Castle.pdf

A big thanks to Dr. Miriam Ticktin for the wonderful lecture and for sitting down with a few of our undergraduates for coffee beforehand! It was lovely getting to know Dr. Ticktin and we all received wonderful advice regarding our various capstone and research projects.

-- Sarah Farmer and Nathan Shearn, Co-Presidents of the Undergraduate Anthropology Club

A huge "thank you" to everyone who came out to our first event of the year! It was a huge success, and we hope to see all of your lovely faces in the future.

-- Sarah Farmer and Nathan Shearn, Co-Presidents of the Undergraduate Anthropology Club