Anthropology student researchers were well-represented at this year’s UWM Student Research Symposium. Anthropology students presented 17 papers and posters this year. Topics included Human and Animal Osteology, Mapping, Museum Studies, and Archaeology overseen by six faculty and staff. Noelle Wallisch …
The ASU Symposium on April 5th was a great success! Seventeen students presented on their research with the addition of our keynote speaker, Dr. Elizabeth Briody, who talked about career readiness in the anthropological field. Many other subjects were presented …
Bring it Back, Move it Forward: Indigenous Resurgences in the Upper Mekong Micah F. Morton Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Southeast Asian Studies Northern Illinois University. Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 Time: 4 pm Place: Sabin Hall G-90, UWM, 3413 …
The Anthropology Student Union (ASU) is accepting abstracts for their annual research symposium. This year’s theme is “Career Readiness and Anthropology in the Real World” featuring Dr. Elizabeth Briody as the keynote speaker. Dr. Briody is a cultural anthropologist with …
The Rise of Bronze Age Societies: A View from the Maros Culture (Southeastern Europe) Presented by Amy Nicodemus Associate Professor, Dept of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Date: Wednesday, March 5 2025 Time: 4 pm Place: Sabin Hall …
The Milwaukee Society of the AIA is pleased to have UWM’s own Ashley Lemke (Anthropology) who will deliver an in-person lecture on “An Archaeology of Our Cultural World Submerged: Underwater Archaeology in the Great Lakes.” Dr. Lemke’s talk will present …
UWM Anthropology Professor Ashley Lemke, an expert in underwater archaeology, appears on The History Channel’s new show, “Mysteries Unearthed,” hosted by actor Danny Trejo. Professor Lemke was interviewed to provide a scientific point of view about various underwater mysteries around …
PhD Candidate, Amy Klemmer and colleague, Gillian L. Wong, co-edited the recently published volume, Zooarchaeology Beyond Human Subsistence. In this volume, “they present seven groundbreaking chapters that delve into the diverse ways humans have interacted with animals in the past, …
A new open-access archaeology lab has just dropped! UWM Support for Undergraduate Research (SURF) students Elsie Touchstone and Rachel Stewart along with their research mentor, Dr. Shannon Freire, presented their co-created Archaeological Dating Lab at the 2024 Midwest Archeological Conference …