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: … Continue Reading »
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!… Continue Reading »
Alexis Jordan receives Predoctoral Fellowship and History Prize
Congratulations to Alexis Jordan for receiving the 2019 National Humanities Without Walls Predoctoral Fellow as well as the Carew-Rendle History Prize awarded by the Royal Cornwall Museum for best essay in Cornish history or prehistory! www.humanitieswithoutwalls.illinois.edu https://www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/competitions… Continue Reading »
Dr. Bernard Perley to give keynote address to the Native American Foreign Affairs Council (NAFAC) at the U.S. Department of State Today
Congratulations to Bernie who was invited by the Native American Foreign Affairs Council (NAFAC) at the U.S. Department of State to give a keynote address (Thursday Nov. 29) to help them celebrate Native American Heritage Month 2018!… Continue Reading »
Dr. Middleton Interviewed about the Forensic Program by UWM’s InFocus
Visiting Assistant Professor, Dr. Emily Middleton, a recent addition to the Department of Anthropology, was interviewed about the growing Forensics program for the October edition of the College of Letters and Science InFocus Magazine. Read the full transcript Here!… Continue Reading »
Spring 2019 – New Course!
Anthro 212 – The Past on Tap: The Archaeology of Fermented Beverages This course provides an introduction to the archaeological, historical, physical, ethnographic and experimental evidence for the production and consumption of beer, wine, and other fermented beverages in the … Continue Reading »
Embattled Earth: Commodities,Conflict and Climate Change in the Indian Ocean
Amitav Ghosh, one of the most important novelists and essayists of our time, traces the entangled history of commodities, conflict and climate change in the Indian Ocean. Since the time of Vasco da Gama’s voyage, the Indian Ocean has been … Continue Reading »
Recent Graduate Rick Edwards is Awarded MAC Dissertation Award
Recent graduate Rick Edwards has been awarded the Midwest Archaeological Conference-University of Notre Dame Press Dissertation Award. Rick’s dissertation, The Canine Surrogacy Approach and Paleobotany: An Analysis of Wisconsin Oneota Agricultural Production and Risk Management Strategies, was selected by the Editors and Editorial Board … Continue Reading »
Recent PhD Kevin Gartski has chapter published in edited volume
Recent PhD Kevin Garstki, now a post-doc at the University of Buffalo, has authored a chapter in an edited volume published by Cambridge University’s MacDonald Institute on Authenticity and Cultural Heritage.… Continue Reading »
Allyse Freeman receives the Association of Midwest Museums Promising Leadership Award
2014 Anthropology MS/Museum Studies graduate and current Curator at the Minnesota Discovery Center, Allyse Freeman, has received the Association of Midwest Museums Promising Leadership Award for her professionalism and direction of the museum to extraordinary heights while demonstrating leadership abilities … Continue Reading »