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Why Do We Play Games? Professor Malaby quoted in recent NYT for Kids article. - Professor Malaby contributed to the article, “Why do we play Games?”, in a New York Times for Kids print-only issue published on August 29th, 2021. Professor Malaby was quoted as saying, “Games can be a project of inclusion”, when referring... Read More
Congratulations to Aislinn Sanders, Recipient of 2021 Ritzenthaler Award - 2021 Ritzenthaler Museum Research Internship Award
New Web Series: Student Spotlight now available! - The UWM Department of Anthropology has a brand new web series, Student Spotlight. Student Spotlight is a web series where we ask students about their experiences at UWM and abroad. Episodes focus on an individual or a group... Read More
Follow the Progress of Our Field School on Our New Blog! - Follow the link below to follow the 2021 UWM Archaeological Field School with weekly updates and photos of their work and artifacts! UWM Field School Discovers Large Pit Features & Post Holes Despite Rain in Week 5
PhD Candidate Michelle LaBerge Wins First Prize for Dissertation Research - Anthropology PhD candidate Michelle LaBerge has won first prize for a poster on her PhD thesis research at the Iron Age Research Student Symposium, an annual event held in the UK that provides postgraduate researchers with the opportunity to present... Read More
Ask a Professor! Ep. 3: The Political Crisis and Coup in Myanmar. Special Guest: Professor Ingrid Jordt - Ask a Professor! Ep. 3: The Political Crisis and Coup in Myanmar, with Professor Ingrid Jordt is now available to stream on our new videos page www.uwm.edu/anthropology/videos or simply click on the video link below! Hello everyone, welcome to Ask... Read More
New Course Spotlight: Games and Society – Anthro 140 - Anthropology 140: Games and Society Course Description: Games and Society is a new course that serves as an introduction to the place of games in human society. This course examines several facets of this phenomenon, including: the anthropological foundations of... Read More
New Episode of Ask a Professor Now Available! - Ask A Professor! Ep. 2: The Life and Career of Archaeologist Robert Jeske is now available to view on our new Videos page! Or watch on YouTube by clicking here. In this episode we will ask Bob about how he... Read More
Now Accepting Applications for 2021 Archaeological Field School - Archaeology Field School
Don’t Miss Professor Nitzan Shoshen’s Upcoming Presentation: On the Immediacy of Home(land): Heimat politics in Germany – April 9th - Join us for our first Anthropology Colloquium this year! On the Immediacy of Home(land): Heimat politics in Germany by Nitzan Shoshen Nitzan Shoshen is a political anthropologist who studies nationhood, governance and the political uses of affect and emotion. He... Read More

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Don’t Miss Professor Nitzan Shoshen’s Upcoming Presentation: On the Immediacy of Home(land): Heimat politics in Germany – April 9th - Join us for our first Anthropology Colloquium this year! On the Immediacy of Home(land): Heimat politics in Germany by Nitzan Shoshen Nitzan Shoshen is a political anthropologist who studies nationhood, governance and the political uses of affect and emotion. He... Read More
Professor Jordt will join other Burma Experts in Virtual Flash Panel on Feb. 9th - Ingrid Jordt will join other Burma and democracy experts to discuss the recent coup in Myanmar. Drawing on research from a book she is completing entitled, Karmic Kings: Pretenders to the Throne in Post-Independence Burma, Dr. Jordt will discuss how Burmese Buddhist ideas... Read More
Virtual Colloquium: The Warrior that Wasn’t: Politics and the Archaeology of Gender presented by Dr. Bettina Arnold - UWM Department of Anthropology Virtual Colloquium Series Presents: The Warrior that Wasn’t: Politics and the Archaeology of Gender Bettina Arnold, PhD Professor, Department of Anthropology University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Adjunct Curator of European Archaeology – Milwaukee Public Museum Friday,... Read More
Virtual Colloquium: A Retrospective: Twenty-Eight Years of the Milwaukee County Poor Farm Cemetery Project presented by Dr. Patricia B. Richards - Come join us for our first-ever virtual colloquium presented by Dr. Patricia B. Richards on October 9th at 2:30 PM via Zoom! A Retrospective: Twenty-Eight Years of the Milwaukee County Poor Farm Cemetery Project From 1878 through 1974 Milwaukee County... Read More
Virtual Colloquium: “Hearst Ginda Verde: Following a Textile Pattern, Unraveling a Global Mimetic Meshwork” presented by Dr. W. Warner Wood - Come join us for our first-ever virtual colloquium presented by Dr. W. Warner Wood on September 18th at 3:00 PM via Zoom! “Hearst Ginda Verde: Following a Textile Pattern, Unraveling a Global Mimetic Meshwork” This talk traces a textile pattern’s... Read More
AIA Lecture Series: When Did Vesuvius Explode? - Sunday, February 9, 2020, 3:00pm Pedar Foss, Professor, Classical Studies, DePauw University, Indiana Title: When Did Vesuvius Explode? It has long been held, on the basis of a letter of Pliny the Younger, that Mt. Vesuvius erupted on 24 August,... Read More
AIA Lecture Series: Ancient Maya Political Integration: A Case Study from Copán, Honduras - This Saturday, December 7th is the next lecture in the AIA series. In this lecture Dr. Landau addresses the questions of how political leaders come to power and why others choose to follow. This talk examines the dynamics of political... Read More
AIA Lecture: Missing in Action, Body Not Recovered: DPAA Archaeological Activities in Southeast Asia - Sunday, November 10, 2019 , 3:00pm Michael M. Gregory, PhD, SNA International Title: Missing in Action, Body Not Recovered: DPAA Archaeological Activities in Southeast Asia Abstract: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is tasked with providing “the fullest possible accounting”... Read More

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