Past Events

Thursday, March 21 2019 3:00 pm

AIA Lecture: Turi King, King Richard III: The Resolution of a 500 year old Cold Case

The AIA will be holding it's next meeting on Sunday, March 21, 2019, 3:00 PM. They will be inviting Turi King, the Director of the Forensic and Ancient Biomolecules (FAB) Group at the University of Leicester, England, to discuss her...

Saturday, March 9 2019 9:30 am

ASU Colloquium: Subterfuge? Ethics and Practice in Social Science

The Anthropology Student Union and Department of Anthropology will be hosting the ASU Colloquium: Subterfuge? Ethics and Practice in Social Science on Saturday, March 9th beginning at 9:30 AM with light refreshments. The colloquium is free and open to the...

Friday, March 8 2019 3:30 pm

UWM Anthropology Department Colloquium: Friday 3:30 PM, Sabin G28

This is a special event to welcome our newest colleagues from affiliated UW-Milwaukee campuses.  Our Colleagues will be presenting on their latest research. Christopher Hays, Professor of Anthropology, UW-Milwaukee at Washington County will be presenting:             “Investigating Poverty Point: A...

Friday, February 22 2019 6:00 pm

Evolution to Revolution: Ancient Brews to Craft Brews

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

Friday, February 15 2019 3:30 pm

Colloquium: Macaque attack

Friday February 15, 2019
UWM Anthropology Colloquium series presentation “Macaque attack: Covariation among dental wear, craniofacial morphology, and pathologies in Macaca fascicularis” by Claire A. Kirchoff.

Wednesday, February 13 2019 7:00 pm

Wisconsin Archaeological Society Lecture – Natalie Carpiaux

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....

Friday, January 11 2019 6:00 pm

2nd Annual Unhopped Iron Brewer Competition this Friday!

Please join us in Sabin Hall G90 for the 2nd Annual Unhopped Iron Brewer Competition this Friday at 6 PM. Please see the flyer for more information!

Sunday, December 2 2018 3:00 pm

AIA Lecture Series Presents: Kingship and Compassion: The Paradox of Jayavarman VII, Emperor of Angkor; Dr. Alan L. Kolata

Abstract: After destroying multiple political rivals from neighboring kingdoms in Thailand and Vietnam, the Southeast Asian monarch known as Jayavarman VII (c.1125 to 1218 CE) reigned over the largest geographical expanse ever attained by the Angkorean Empire. Jayavarman VII’s instruments...

Friday, November 30 2018 3:30 pm

Colloquium: Weathering the Middle Ages

Friday, November 30, 2018
UWM Anthropology Colloquium series presentation “Weathering the Middle Ages: Bioarchaeological Research in Southern Germany” by Leslie Lea Williams, Asst. Professor of Anthropology, Beloit…

Sunday, November 4 2018 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Archaeological Institute of America Lecture: Dr. Eric H. Cline

1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed November 4 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Sabin G90 Abstract: For more than three hundred years during the Late Bronze Age, from about 1500 BC to 1200 BC, the Mediterranean region played host...