Prof Shohet selected to receive the 2024 Boston University Undergraduate Academic Advising Award
Prof Merav Shohet has been selected to receive the 2024 Boston University Undergraduate Academic Advising Award in the Faculty Academic Advisor Category.… More
AN major Katrina Tronco presents at Harvard’s National Collegiate Research Conference
AN major Katrina Tronco, a junior undergrad with a sociocultural concentration, presented her UROP project "For my Family: Transnational Kinship, Care and… More
The Anthropology Department fondly remembers Jane Guyer after her passing
We remember fondly Jane Guyer, former Professor of Anthropology and the African Studies Center at Boston University. She passed away in January… More
Prof. Annemarie Samuels Gives Department Talk: Narrating Immanent Finitude: Silence, Ambivalence, and an Ethics of Care at the End of Life in Indonesia
Narrating Immanent Finitude: Silence, Ambivalence, and an Ethics of Care at the End of Life in Indonesia "In this talk I reflect… More
READ: Prof David Carballo has published a book in the new Cambridge Elements series
Professor David Carballo's new book with Gary Feinman, Collective Action and the Reframing of Early Mesoamerica, can be found in Cambridge Elements:… More
Prof. Chris Schmitt has just been awarded a Leaky Foundation Grant for his project, Fission-Fusion Dynamics in a High-Altitude Atelin Primate (Lagothrix flavicauda)
Prof. Chris Schmitt has just been awarded a Leaky Foundation Grant for his project, Fission-Fusion Dynamics in a High-Altitude Atelin Primate (Lagothrix flavicauda).… More
Prof Tom Barfield’s new book, Shadow Empires, is reviewed in the New York Times!
Prof Tom Barfield's new book, Shadow Empires, is reviewed in the New York Times! "Being good at conquest isn’t just about logistics… More
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… More
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… More
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… More