Dr. Adam Gamwell: Beyond Academia: Anthropology and Culture in the Public Eye
Our undergraduate club Anthropology in the Works hosted a discussion with Dr. Adam Gamwell titled Beyond Academia: Anthropology and Culture in the Public Eye on Wednesday, November 2nd. Dr. Adam Gamwell is the host of This Anthro Life, an interdisciplinary podcast on all things business, culture, technology, and design. Dr. Gamwell discussed changes in the field of anthropology […]
Department Talk: Dr. Amanda Leiss
Our next Department Talk will be on Thursday, Nov. 10 at 12pm in PLS 505. Dr. Amanda Leiss will speak on “Faunal evidence for paleoenvironmental change coincident with the emergence of Acheulean technology at Gona”. The Gona research area in Ethiopia has the longest continuous record of Early Stone Age (ESA) archaeology in eastern Africa […]
11/08 Contemporary Chinese Culture Lecture Series: Dr. Julie Chu
Please join the Anthropology Department for our first Contemporary Chinese Culture Lecture: “Constancy and the Supply Chain of Human Feeling (人情)” with Dr. Julie Chu (Univ. of Chicago) on Tuesday, November 8 at 3:30pm in CAS 132. Please RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/contemporary-chinese-culture-lecture-tickets-444736116697 This talk takes up the figure of the supply chain to think about the […]
Prof. Robert Hefner delivers the annual Franz lecture at Gordon College
Professor Robert Hefner gave the 28th annual Franz Lecture at Gordon College on April 7, 2022. Hefner’s lecture was titled “A Common Crisis of Public Ethics? Citizenship and Pluralism in Muslim and Western Nations.” Read more about the talk here: 28th Annual Franz Lecture Hefner Delivers Gordon College’s Annual Franz Lecture
Emerging Scholars: Using Ancient DNA to Revisit the Historical Record of Latin America
Please join us in our next installment of the Emerging Scholars Presentation Series Friday, April 22 at 3:30PM on Zoom! We are joined by Dr. Maria Nieves-Colón from the University of Minnesota for a talk called “Using Ancient DNA to Revisit the Historical Record of Latin America”.
Dividual Economies, Of Data, Of Flesh: Maiming as Global Governance
Please join us for the next installment of the Seeing and Not Seeing Seminar Speaker Series, led by Jasbir Puar! The event will be Wednesday, April 20 at 4:00PM on Zoom!
WATCH: Mart Cartmill & Kaye Brown’s University Dialogues in Biological Anthropology
The Dialogues are a series of public debates and discussions concerning controversial issues in the field. Each Dialogue consists of an hour of presentations and discussions by leading experts with diverse opinions, followed by a 90-minute round-table involving BU students and faculty. Eight of these Dialogues are now available on YouTube for use by students […]
BioAnthro Dialogue with Dr. Ralph Holloway (Columbia) & Dr. Robert D. Martin (Field Museum of Natural History)
Over the past 20,000 years, the volume of the human braincase has shrunk–as much as 10%, by some estimates. Some experts say that this shrinkage just mirrors a shrinkage in body size resulting from poor nutrition in farming societies. Others believe that evolution has worked to conserve calories by making the human brain smaller and […]