News
- Abstracts for Annual Anthropology Student Union Symposium Due March 15, 2025 - 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... Read More
- Anthropology Colloquium, Wednesday 3/5 @ 4 PM: The Rise of Bronze Age Societies: A View from the Maros Culture (Southeastern Europe) presented by Dr. Amy Nicodemus - 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... Read More
- Free AIA Lecture: Sunday, Feb. 23rd @ 3 PM – Dr. Ashley Lemke Presents, “An Archaeology of Our Cultural World Submerged: Underwater Archaeology in the Great Lakes” - 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... Read More
- Professor Ashley Lemke Featured in History Channel Show - 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... Read More
- Congratulations to PhD Candidate, Amy Klemmer, on her recent edited volume, Zooarchaeology Beyond Human Subsistence - 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,... Read More
- Join us at our next Department Colloquium, “Deciphering Diets”, presented by Dr. Margaret Bryer – Dec. 4th 4:00 PM
- UWM Anthropology SURF Students Present at Annual MAC Conference - 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... Read More
- Anthropology Department Colloquia Return Wednesday Dec. 4th - The Department of Anthropology will hold its first colloquium on December 4th at 4:00 PM in Sabin Hall, room G90 on the ground floor. Students, Faculty, and Public are all welcome to attend for free. Unfortunately, our November 6th Colloquium... Read More
- Distinguished Professor Emerita, Trudy Turner, Receives Edward Spaights Plaza Award - Distinguished Professor Emerita of Anthropology, Dr. Trudy Turner, was honored on October 9th at the annual UWM Employee Excellence Awards Ceremony. Dr. Turner was a professor of Anthropology from 1977 to 2021 and served as the Secretary of the University... Read More
- Alum Kevin Cullen, Director of the Wisconsin Maritime Museum, discovers 130 ft Schooner on bottom of Lake Michigan - UWM Anthropology is proud to announce that alum Kevin Cullen, along with his team, recently discovered the final resting place of a 131-year old Schooner named the Margaret A. Muir at the bottom of Lake Michigan near Algoma, WI. Kevin... Read More
Events
- Anthropology Colloquium, Wednesday 3/5 @ 4 PM: The Rise of Bronze Age Societies: A View from the Maros Culture (Southeastern Europe) presented by Dr. Amy Nicodemus - 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... Read More
- Free AIA Lecture: Sunday, Feb. 23rd @ 3 PM – Dr. Ashley Lemke Presents, “An Archaeology of Our Cultural World Submerged: Underwater Archaeology in the Great Lakes” - 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... Read More
- Join us at our next Department Colloquium, “Deciphering Diets”, presented by Dr. Margaret Bryer – Dec. 4th 4:00 PM
- Anthropology Department Colloquia Return Wednesday Dec. 4th - The Department of Anthropology will hold its first colloquium on December 4th at 4:00 PM in Sabin Hall, room G90 on the ground floor. Students, Faculty, and Public are all welcome to attend for free. Unfortunately, our November 6th Colloquium... Read More
- ONEIDA POTTERY: JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND YEARS - Click Here to register!
- 4th Unhopped Iron Brewer Challenge: Unhopped and Unplugged Brews – April 6th, 2024 - On Saturday April 6, 2024 from 5:00-7:00pm in the Honors College (HON 196), 3363 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211 the Hortus Academicus/Brew Garden initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will hold a tasting competition with three judges choosing the... Read More
- Anthropology Colloquium Series: Aaron R. Atencio – Friday, March 15th @ 3:30 PM - Edges In: A Theoretical Perspective of Cultural Preservation through Photo Documentation Aaron R. Atencio, PhD Research Curator of Cultural Sciences Milwaukee Public Museum Friday March 15, 2024 @ 3:30 pm Sabin Hall G-90, UW-Milwaukee (Some photographs in this presentation will... Read More
- Anthropology Colloquium Series: Molli A. Pauliot – Friday, February 23rd @ 3:30 PM - A Collaborative Future: Changes and Trends in Museum Practice Molli A. Pauliot, M.S.W., M.A. PhD candidate, Department of Anthropology University of Wisconsin-Madison Friday, February 23 2024 @ 3:30 pm, Sabin Hall G-90, UW-Milwaukee Molli Pauliot is a doctoral candidate at... Read More
- UWM Anthropology Colloquium Series: Friday December 1, 2023 - Nutritional “rules of engagement”: Foraging choices & survival in wild primates Professor Mitchell Irwin, Dept. of Anthropology, Northern Illinois University Friday December 1, 2023 @ 3:30 pm, Sabin Hall G90, UW-Milwaukee
- UWM Anthropology Colloquium Series: Friday, November 10, 2023 - UWM Anthropology Colloquium, Co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Ocomtún: A Recently Discovered City in the Maya Lowlands Professor Ivan Šprajc Professor, Director of the Institute of Anthropological and Spatial Studies Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts... Read More