Guest Lecture with Dr. John Kappelman
30 ten Hoor 350 Marrs Spring Rd, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesOn Thursday, April 6th, Dr. John Kappelman will be giving a guest lecture entitled Solving a 3.2-Million-Year-Old Mystery: How Lucy Died? from 5:30-7pm in ten Hoor rm. 30. Dr. Kappelman's publication of high resolution CT scans of "Lucy," and his provocative interpretation of her death made big waves in the paleoanthropological community and beyond in 2016. We hope
Talk by Dr. John Kappelman
30 ten Hoor 350 Marrs Spring Rd, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesProfessor John Kappelman (University of Texas at Austin) will present his recent hypothesis about how Lucy, the most famous fossil on the planet, met her demise 3.2 million years ago. The fossil was discovered over 40 years ago; until now, her cause of death was listed as “undetermined.” Dr. Kappelman and his team conducted high
DeJarnette Barbecue
Moundville Archeaological ParkPlease mark Saturday, April 8th on your calendar for the annual DeJarnette Barbecue at Moundville. As usual, the event will be held at the Nelson B. Jones Conference Building on the river bank at Moundville Archaeological Park, with food served at 1:00 pm. (PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF TIME TO EAT!!!!) You'll get another invitation
Graduate Student Appreciation Day Luncheon
21 ten Hoor Hall TuscaloosaDear Graduate Students, Please put “Free Lunch” on your respective calendars! On Thursday April 13, from noon until 1:30 in Rm. 21 we will have our annual Graduate Student Appreciation Day Luncheon. This event is mostly supported by College of Arts and Sciences Dean Bob Olin, for which we are very grateful. The two recipients
Mind, Medicine, Body, and Culture Series
ten Hoor 21MMBAC (Mind, Medicine, Body, and Culture series) schedule for the semester is as follows: FEB 3 MARCH 3 APRIL 14 MAY 5 If you are interested in leading any of the sessions with a relevant journal article, conference presentation, or manuscript contact one of us.
Friday Anthropology Brown Bag Luncheon
21 ten Hoor Hall TuscaloosaGraduate student brown bag luncheon.
Anthropology is Elemental Course
“Anthropology is Elemental” is a course open to Anthropology majors/minors who have taken the 4 cores courses in Biological Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology, and Anthropological Linguistics and have at least a 3.0 GPA in Anthropology and to Anthropology graduate students. “Anthropology is Elemental” is a truly unique anthropology course that you would not be able
Lambda Alpha Induction Ceremony
Hello Lambda Alpha members and recruits! We have set a date for the Induction Ceremony for Thursday night the 27th of April, 2017. This will be at or around 5:00 and will include dinner. The precise time and location will be determined and a formal notice sent at a later date. Please mark this on
Summer Thesis Colloquium
22 ten Hoor Hall TuscaloosaOn Friday, April 28, starting at 4pm we will have our summer MA thesis colloquium in Rm. 22 ten Hoor. Please mark it on your calendar so we can all come out to support our graduating thesis-track masters students, and learn about their fascinating work!
2017 Annual Conference of the Association for Gravestone Studies
The University of Alabama is hosting the 2017 Annual Conference of the Association for Gravestone Studies on June 20-25. This is sponsored by both the Department of Anthropology and the University of Alabama Museums. If you are interested in attending, the registration information and the conference schedule are on this website, https://www.gravestonestudies.org/conference/register All evening lectures