New Spring’22 Course: AN598 “Cultural Evolution”
Looking for an interesting course for Spring 2022? Check out AN 598 Cultural Evolution with Prof Luke Glowacki! See the poster below for more details!
New Spring’22 Course: AN594 “Anthropology of Empires”
Check out Professor Thomas Barfield’s new course: AN 594 “Anthropology of Empires!” Offered Spring 2022, the course covers the political, social and economic structures of empires in Eurasian and North Africa. See the poster below for more details!
New Spring’22 Course: AN327 “Islam in Africa”
Looking for a course on Africa? Interested in Islam? Looking to fulfill some hub units? AN 327 Islam in Africa will meet MWF 4:40-5:30 with Professor Fallou Ngom! This course examines the Islamization of Africa and the processes of adaptation of Islam in the continent. Course explores the religious beliefs, cultures, and histories of Muslim communities […]
New Spring’22 Course: AN585 “Advanced Readings in African Ethnography”
Check out Professor Mark Auslander’s new course: AN 585 “Advanced Readings in African Ethnography!” Offered Spring 2022, the course will focus on African diaspora and trans-Atlantic circulations. See the poster below for more details!
BU LGBTQIA+ Scholars Series: Queering the Field: Fostering a More Equitable Experience for LGBTQ+ Researchers in Field-Based STEM Research
BU LGBTQIA+ Scholars Series: Queering the Field: Fostering a More Equitable Experience for LGBTQ+ Researchers in Field-Based STEM Research Thursday, October 28 from 12-1:00pm via Zoom. Featuring Christopher A. Schmitt, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology and Biology, College of Arts & Sciences Via Zoom, Register here: https://bostonu.zoom.us/…/tJEtc-qrqzguEtRLBTSTCy8XvvgjY… Although being queer or LGBTQ+ is increasingly accepted in academic […]
Congratulations to Prof Christopher Schmitt for an article in (Anthropology and Biology) Year in Review for American Anthropologist
Congratulations to Prof Christopher Schmitt, who has an article in (Anthropology and Biology) Year in Review for American Anthropologist. “Year Without End: Primatology in 2020” was just published online. In this review of the field of primatology in the first year of the pandemic, he discusses the ways in which primatological research pivoted to address […]
Professor Thomas Barfield weighs in on Afghanistan in ‘The Brink’ article
“My concern is that the Taliban have promised a lot of things, but now that they occupy the capital, what are they actually going to do?” Professor Barfield gave his thoughts on the developing situation in Afghanistan in a new article from The Brink entitled “As Taliban Retakes Afghanistan, Experts Say Biden Administration Made Strategic […]
Professor David Carballo writes article about the Fall of the Aztec Empire!
Marking 500 years since the fall of the Aztec Empire, the article, entitled “Native conquistadors: the role of Tlaxcala in the fall of the Aztec empire,” was published on Oxford University Press’s Academic Insights for the Thinking World blog. Read it here!
New course “Cognition & Culture” offered for Fall 2021!
Exciting New Course Fall 2021! AN321: Cognition & Culture is taught at the undergraduate level, but Professor Glowacki is willing to offer a graduate version of the course as a directed study for those who are interested. Please contact him directly.
New article by Professor Frank Korom published online!
The article, written by Professor Frank Korom and entitled “Guru Mahatmya,” was published on the Museum of International Folk Art’s website. Read it here!