PhD Student Josh Rivers Receives Leifur Eiriksson Foundation Fellowship

PhD student Josh Rivers has received the Leifur Eiriksson Foundation Fellowship to conduct his dissertation research in Iceland. The foundation is a more localized version of a Fulbright Commission, more information on the foundation can be found here. Josh will… Read More

PhD Candidate Allison Kotowicz Awarded Prestigious Fulbright-Hays Fellowship

Allison Kotowicz, a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology, has been awarded the prestigious Fulbright-Hays Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship for her work with the Maasai people in Tanzania. Read more about her here!

Professor Bettina Arnold and PhD Candidate Josh Driscoll participate in Ancient Beer Workshop in Germany

Anthropology Professor Bettina Arnold and PhD candidate Josh Driscoll were invited speakers at the University of Hohenheim in Germany in the European Research Council PLANTCULT Workshop “Ancient Beer: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Identification in the Archaeological Record”, February 7-9, 2019. Their talks were entitled, respectively, Tapping into the Past:… Read More

Lynne Goldstein honored by the Society of American Archaeology with a lifetime achievement award

Congratulations to former Department of Anthropology faculty member and longtime Department Chair Lynne Goldstein who will be honored by the Society of American Archaeology with a Lifetime Achievement Award this April!

Evolution to Revolution: Ancient Brews to Craft Brews

Friday, February 22 2019 6:00 pm

Event Organized by: Brew City MKE Beer Museum, Milwaukee County Historical Society

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In partnership with the Anthropology Department at UW-Milwaukee, Brew City MKE will delve deeper than ever before, discussing and tasting what ancient brewing around the world may have been, and the current interpretations now being undertaken in the creative way that only American Craft brewers can produce.

Joining us in this discussion is Bettina Arnold, Professor in the Department of Anthropology at UW-Milwaukee; Josh Driscoll, PhD student and Ancient Brewing expert; John Degroote part Owner/Brewer of New Barons Brewing Cooperative; Corey Blodgett, head brewer of Gathering Place Brewing; Adam Thomas head of Barrel Operations/Brewer MobCraft Beer; Ryan Williams, PhD, Associate Curator & Professor of Anthropology, Head of Social Sciences/Integrative Research Center, at the Field Museum & University of Illinois at Chicago; and Eric Gutbrod, Draft & Vessel Cicerone will act as moderator.

Available for tasting/purchase during the event is truly a taste of the ancient world and craft brewing today:
New Baron’s Otis Kyutbier (medieval peasant beer, brewed with oats); Gathering Place’s Little Bjorn (brewed with Norwegian kveik yeast); MobCraft’s Ode Etta Sahti (Finnish-style ale brewed with spruce and juniper); Sprecher’s Shakparo (fire-brewed African style-ale); a selection of northern and temperate European brews based on archaeological evidence from the Bronze Age and pre-Roman Iron Age; and Off Color Wari (Chicha-style ale brewed for the Field Museum).

Admission to this World Class Panel Event is $7, Ancient Craft Brew Flight is available for an additional $13 (total for event and tasting is $20).

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Wisconsin Archaeological Society Lecture – Natalie Carpiaux

Wednesday, February 13 2019 7:00 pm

Sabin Hall G90

Come join us for the first WAS talk of the year on February 13, 2019 in Sabin Hall G90 at 7:00 PM to hear Alumnus, Natalie Carpiaux, speak about her work on the Koshkonong Creek Village Site in SE Wisconsin.

See the flyer below for more information!