New Volume on Asian Ethnology edited by Professor Frank Korom has come out!
Check out the new volume here: https://asianethnology.org/volumes/145
Professor Christopher Schmitt featured in a new The Brink article!
Boston University’s The Brink recently published an article about the new Dragon Man cranium featuring an interesting and thoughtful interview with Professor Christopher Schmitt about its significance. Read the article here!
Catherine West promoted to Research Associate Professor!
Congratulations to Catherine West who has just been promoted to Research Associate Professor!
The Graduation edition of the Anthropology Department Newsletter has been posted!
Our latest Department of Anthropology Newsletter, the Graduation Edition, has been posted to the Department website. Read it here!
Times Higher Education mentions former BU professor Jenny White’s new graphic novel in an online article
The Times Higher Education mentioned Jenny White’s graphic novel Turkish Kaleidoscope: Fractured Lives in a Time of Violence in an online article that questions whether graphic novels can be taken as seriously as research outputs. Turkish Kaleidoscope, published earlier this year, was illustrated by Ergün Gündüz and written by Jenny White, a former anthropology professor at BU. […]
Faculty promotion!
Ayşe Parla has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure! Congratulations, Prof. Parla!!
Prof. Knott receives LfA award!
Professor Cheryl Knott wins the BU Learn from Anywhere Creativity and Spirit Award! Congratulations, Prof. Knott!
Webinar with Prof. White on Coffee Life in Japan May 4 @ 4:30pm
Join the book discussion webinsar on Zoom with Prof. Merry (Corky) White on Tuesday, May 4 @ 4:30pm. Coffee shops offer their customers a special place in their urban lives, and offer observers a window on social and cultural norms and realities. Japan’s kissaten have long been unscripted places for an escape from the programs […]
BU Anthropology has a huge presence at AAPA 2021 & NEEP 2020
A number of our current and former undergraduates, graduates, post-docs and faculty presented or were co-authors on papers or posters at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical (now Biological) Anthropologists in April 2021. These included, graduate student Christian Gagnon, Andrea Blackburn (GRS 2021), Amy Scott (GRS 2021), Andrea DiGiorgio (GRS 2019), Caitlin […]
Prof. Arkin wins CAS advising and mentoring award!
Prof. Kimberly Arkin wins one of three CAS Templeton Awards for Excellence in Student Advising and Mentoring! Awardees are nominated through a polling of the senior class. The common theme among all of the nominations was the how much students appreciate when their advisor/mentor gets to know them well and the relationship extends beyond just course […]