Faye Harwell presents at the AABA meeting
Faye Harwell, PhD alum and current Visiting Assistant Professor at BU presented a talk at the AABA meeting on “Sex Differences in Estimated Lean Body Mass of Captive and Wild Orangutans” which highlights some of her findings on orangutan muscle mass, part of her dissertation work.
Prof. Rob Weller delivers talks at the British Academy, London, & the University of Michigan
Professor Robert Weller delivered a talk, “Broken Rhythms and the Silences of Gods, Mothers and Sons,” at the British Academy, London. In April, he delivered another talk, “Divine Intimacy, Madness, and the Frustration of the City: Changing Transhuman Kinship in China,” at the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan.
READ: Prof. John Marston’s new articles, “Climate, political economy, and agriculture in 1st and 2nd millennium CE Anatolia” and “Wood fuel use in the Predynastic Upper Egypt Nile Valley”
Professor John Marston has recently published two articles: “Climate, political economy, and agriculture in 1st and 2nd millennium CE Anatolia” (Antiquity, 2025) and “Wood fuel use in the Predynastic Upper Egypt Nile Valley” (Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2025), which includes AN doctoral student Peter Kovacik as a co-author.
Prof. Carolyn Hodges-Simeon wins the Frank and Lynee Wisenski Award for Teaching Excellence
Professor Carolyn Hodges-Simeon was awarded the Frank and Lynee Wisenski Award for Teaching Excellence from the College of Arts & Sciences for her outstanding contributions to undergraduate Education.
READ: Prof Luke Glowacki’s blog post & article, “Robust evidence that mobile hunter-gatherers participated in war: Comment on Fry”
Professor Luke Glowacki published a new article, “Robust evidence that mobile hunter-gatherers participated in war: Comment on Fry (2025),” and blog post, “the controversial origins of war and peace,” in Human Behavior and Evolution Society.
READ: Prof Joanna Davidson’s co-edited volume, “Pathos and Power: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Widowhood in Africa, Past and Present”
Professor Joanna Davidson’s new co-edited volume, Pathos and Power: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Widowhood in Africa, Past and Present, hits the shelves this July.
Professor Wade Campbell receives the CAS IDEAL award
Wade Campbell is one of two faculty recipients of the 3rd annual CAS Inclusion, Diversity, Access and Leadership (IDEAL) Award. The CAS IDEAL award honors CAS community members annually for leadership that advances the College’s strategic diversity, equity, and inclusion priorities and best exemplifies CAS’s aspiration to create a welcoming and inclusive community for all.
Prof. Robert Weller delivered talks at British Academy in London and the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies of the University of Michigan
Prof. Robert Weller delivered a talk at the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies of the University of Michigan on April 1, 2025: “Divine Intimacy, Madness, and the Frustration of the City: Changing Transhuman Kinship in China.” And another talk at the British Academy, London, on January 21, 2025: “Broken Rhythms and the Silences of Gods, […]
AN Faculty Wade Campbell and Student Ruofei Shang are awarded 2025 IDEAL Awards
Two Anthropology Department members are awarded 2025 IDEAL Awards! Professor Wade Campbell is one of two faculty recipients of the 3rd annual CAS Inclusion, Diversity, Access and Leadership (IDEAL) Award. AN undergraduate major, Ruofei Shang, was the recipient of the undergraduate award. The CAS IDEAL award honors CAS community members annually for leadership that advances the […]
READ: Prof Shipton’s co-edited book, Family Beyond Family: The Varieties of Kinship Experience
Prof Parker Shipton has a new co-edited volume (with James P. Ito-Adler) out with Berghahn Books that includes chapters not only by himself but also by several past and present members of the faculty and/or alums including Prof. Shahla Haeri, the late Prof. Charles Lindholm, the late Prof. Robert LeVine, and doctoral alumna and CGS Lecturer Chun-yi Sum; former Visiting Lecturer Mark Auslander, […]