Prof. Merav Shohet published a new article in American Anthropologist: Silenced Resentments and Regrets: Aging in a Changing Kibbutz.
Prof Merav Shohet has a new article in American Anthropologist. Shohet, Merav. 2023. “Silenced Resentments and Regrets: Aging in a Changing Kibbutz.” American Anthropologist 125(4): 896-899.
Prof Catherine West is featured in the BU Brink: CLAMSHELLS AND CLIMATE CHANGE: WHAT SEAL BONES AND CLAMSHELLS TEACH US ABOUT PAST CLIMATE
Prof Catherine West is also featured in an earlier piece on climate change in the Aleutian Islands in the BU Brink. CLAMSHELLS AND CLIMATE CHANGE: WHAT SEAL BONES AND CLAMSHELLS TEACH US ABOUT PAST CLIMATE https://www.bu.edu/articles/2017/dutch-harbor-middens/?fbclid=IwAR2CXyKwjHgF2fR72CRc6PPKMyjsqf5tGj4BE4_plnOoPz_Hmfv2E4bUEEM
Prof. Catherine West’s course, Peoples of the Arctic, CAS AR291/AN291, is featured in BU Today: “Two New BU Classes to Offer a Wider, Deeper Look at the Arctic”
Prof Catherine West’s course, Peoples of the Arctic, CAS AR291/AN291, is featured in BU Today! Two New BU Classes to Offer a Wider, Deeper Look at the Arctic: “Not just a climate lab,” but home to millennia of indigenous civilization https://www.bu.edu/articles/2023/new-bu-classes-offer-deeper-look-at-the-arctic/?utm_campaign=bu_today&utm_source=email_20231204_full&utm_medium=1_featured_story&utm_content=university&fbclid=IwAR1INGF6ILELomMth6QbY5-xMGKmLL1fbw6tN4CtmgSyfdANJncVsAvGJy8
READ: Prof. Luke Glowacki featured in History.com Article “When Did Humans Start Waging Wars?”
When Did Humans Start Waging Wars? Organized warfare appears to have started in the Neolithic Age and then ramped up during the Bronze Age.
READ: Prof. Fallou Ngom and Dr. Daivi Rodima-Taylor co-edited a special issue in Islamic Africa, titled “Ajami Literacies of Africa: The Wolof, Mandinka, Hausa, and Fula Traditions”
Prof. Fallou Ngom and Dr. Daivi Rodima-Taylor co-edited a special issue in Islamic Africa (vols. 14.2 and 15.1), titled “Ajami Literacies of Africa: The Wolof, Mandinka, Hausa, and Fula Traditions” (with David Robinson and Rebecca Shereikis). The double special issue situates African Ajami studies within participatory multimedia and digital archiving approaches, and centers around the knowledge generated through the African […]
Prof. Frank Korom speaks at Music & Folklore concert
Music & Folklore This chamber music concert will feature CCM faculty artists soprano Rose Hegele, violinist Angel Valchinov, and pianist Yoko Hagino, with guest speaker Frank Korom, Professor of Religion and Anthropology at Boston University and Associate of Folklore and Mythology at Harvard College. Experience how this music brings to life the spirit and the magic of the […]
Featured Faculty: Andreana Cunningham
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Archaeology, African American & Black Diaspora Studies Dr. Andree Cunningham joined Boston University in Fall 2023 as an Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Archaeology, and African American & Black Diaspora Studies. She research focuses on African diaspora, migration history, non-invasive bioarchaeology, osteology, biosocial variation, interdisciplinary archaeology, and community-based research. We sat […]
Prof. Ben Finkel delivers Anthro Department Talk on “The Challenges of Senescence for Wild Male Chimpanzees”
Longevity is a hallmark of human evolution. Yet little comparative work has investigated aging primates in the wild, and the uniqueness of our aging phenotype remains unclear. In our closest and particularly long-lived relative, chimpanzees, old males reproduce less and have lower dominance rank, but maintain certain aspects of body condition and continue to sire […]
Prof. Catherine West produced a coloring book that explores many aspects of Kodiak Alutiiq fishing
Dr. Catherine West produced a coloring book that explores many aspects of Kodiak Alutiiq fishing, from the species caught to the seasonal rhythm of fishing and the tools used in harvesting. The publication features original drawings by Alutiiq artist Hanna Sholl, Alutiiq language vocabulary shared by Elder Alutiiq speakers, and a brief introduction to Alutiiq […]
Prof. Bob Hefner featured in Youtube “Khanversation” on Islam and Democracy
On September 4, Bob Hefner was the featured interviewee in a forty nine minute videotaped interview that has subsequently been uploaded to youtube. The interview was conducted by Dr. Muqtedar Khan, a Delaware-based academic and public intellectual who for the past few years has conducted videotaped interviews with Muslim politicians and intellectuals as well as […]