Featured Event
Lambda Alpha Induction
22 ten Hoor Hall TuscaloosaCassie’s invitation to the annual Lambda Alpha induction ceremony is on Friday, April 29 at 6 PM in 22 tenHoor. Each year, new and old members gather to welcome inductees and share a meal. It would be great to have a good showing of faculty at the event. If you are already a member, please
Tina Thomas’ Dissertation Defense
117 ten Hoor Hall , United StatesTina Thomas' Dissertation Defense "Sociocultural HIV Risk Knowledge and Behavior Among Female African-American Adolescents and Emerging Adults in the Southeast" Event Flyer
Annual Potlach
SubheaderIt's time again for the annual kick off party for the school year! Time to welcome new members to the department and welcome back old friends! There will be eating, drinking, and making merry as well as the much famed potlatch where we unload old artifacts to increase our prestige and clear them off our
Fieldwork Q&A with Greg Batchelder
117 ten Hoor Hall , United StatesCome for a slideshow followed by Q&A session about UA PhD student Greg Batchelder’s anthropological fieldwork in the indigenous Bribrí community of Yorkín, Costa Rica. Senuk Buae: Living Good (Session Flyer)
Guest Lecture: Dr. Michaela Howells
21 ten Hoor Hall TuscaloosaOn Thursday, September 1, 2016, Dr. Michaela Howells from the University of North Carolina Wilmington will be giving a lecture in ten Hoor Room 21 from 12-1:30. Event Flyer
MMBAC: Mind, Medicine, Brain, and Culture Meeting
21 ten Hoor Hall TuscaloosaThis meeting of Mind, Medicine, Behavior, and Culture will focus on discussing Chapter 2 of The Brain's Body: Neuroscience and Corporeal Politics (2016) by Victoria Pitts-Taylor
Anthropology Club Meeting!
22 ten Hoor Hall TuscaloosaThe first Anthropology Club Meeting will be next Friday, September 2, 2016 at 5:00 pm. We'll be discussing the Moundville Native American Festival, S.L.A.M. mentoring program, camping trips, and Fall semester conference travel reimbursement! Anyone who is interested in anthropology is invited to join us.
Friday Anthropology Brown Bag Luncheon
21 ten Hoor Hall TuscaloosaGraduate Student Brown Bag Luncheon Our own Mirjam Holleman will be speaking on the topic of Anthropology and Activism. Her talk will be based on her field experiences in Poland, followed by a discussion about the balance between the academic responsibility of objectivity and the social responsibility of wanting to make a difference in the
NSF Program Officer Visit
21 ten Hoor Hall TuscaloosaJeff Mantz, program officer for the cultural anthropology program at NSF, will discuss the NSF application process for dissertation fieldwork grants (DDRIG), he will also be available to “workshop” grant proposals and answer questions for any graduate students who come prepared with specific questions and issues. Jeff Mantz is Program Director in Cultural Anthropology and Human
Friday Anthropology Brown Bag Luncheon
Graduate student brown bag luncheon