News
- PhD Student to Present at Upcoming LACUSL Speaker Series, Dec. 5th. - Cheri L. Price, a PhD Student from the Department of Anthropology, will be presenting, “When Life Hands you Tikuee Iya, Make Ndute Tukuee Iya: A research Journey with Pottery and the Mixtec Language in Oaxaca, Mexico”, December 5th in the... 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
- Students Show Off Research at the Midwest Archaeological Conference - By Pete Geraci UWM Anthropology students and faculty attended the 66th Annual Midwest Archaeological Conference this month in Bowling Green, Kentucky. This year’s conference theme was Engaging With Communities, celebrating the efforts of Archaeologists to... Read More
- UWM Anthropology Colloquium Series: Friday, October 20, 2023 - “Between Mobility and Control: The Production of Global Migratory Corridors across the Americas” By Professor Soledad Alvarez Velasco (Anthropology Dept, University of Illinois-Chicago) UWM Anthropology Colloquium, co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Friday, October 20, 2023... Read More
- Dr. Lemke Presents at Freshwater Sciences Colloquium, Oct. 10th - Dr. Ashley Lemke will be presenting her research at the next Freshwater Sciences Colloquium tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday Oct. 10th at 1:00 PM. The event will take place in GLRF 3080 at the Great Lakes Research Facility, 600 E Greenfield Ave,... Read More
- UW System Awarded NAGPRA Documentation and Consultation Grant by National Park Service - The UWM Archaeological Research Laboratory Center led by Dr. Jennifer Haas, has been awarded a NAGPRA Documentation and Consultation Grant by the National Park Service. This grant will help facilitate repatriation efforts and strengthen relationships between the state of Wisconsin... Read More
- Submerged Prehistory - By Ann S. Eberwein “Beneath the surface of our oceans, lakes, rivers, and wetlands lies a physical record of humankind preserved in prehistoric and historic shorelines, shipwrecks, inundated cities, harbors, and other traces of our past.” – Advisory Council on... Read More
- Congratulations to our Class of 2023! - Anthropology successfully graduated a substantial amount of students this year and we couldn’t be more proud of them. This year we had six PhD students, seven Master’s students, and almost 20 undergraduates finish their degrees. PhD dissertations... Read More
- Students and Faculty Impress Judges at the 2023 UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium - Congratulations are in order for all those who participated in the 15th Annual UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium! The Department of Anthropology had seven students and three faculty members participate this year, one of our largest cohorts yet. The symposium celebrates... Read More
Events
- 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
- UWM Anthropology Colloquium Series: Friday, October 20, 2023 - “Between Mobility and Control: The Production of Global Migratory Corridors across the Americas” By Professor Soledad Alvarez Velasco (Anthropology Dept, University of Illinois-Chicago) UWM Anthropology Colloquium, co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Friday, October 20, 2023... Read More
- Upcoming Anthropology Events - The Archaeological Institute of America’s Archaeology Abridged series presents: Traitors or Native Conquistadors? The Role of Tlaxcala in the Fall of Aztec Mexico A free lecture by David Carballo on Thursday, March 23 at 1pm CT Following three centuries of... Read More
- UWM Anthropology Colloquium Series: Friday, March 3, 2023 - Water insecurity, human health, and well-being in Indonesia and Peru Dr. Paula Skye Tallman Assistant Professor, Dept of Anthropology, Loyola University Chicago Friday, March 3, 2023 at 3:30 pm Sabin Hall G28 (3413 North Downer Avenue, Milwaukee) Abstract: Globally, scientists... Read More
- UWM Anthropology Colloquium Series Event: Friday, February 3 @ 3:30 PM - The Scarcity Slot: Excavating Histories of Food Security in West Africa Professor Amanda L. Logan Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology Northwestern University Friday, February 3, 2023 @ 3:30 pm Sabin Hall G28 (3413 North Downer Avenue, Milwaukee) Abstract: African foodways... Read More
- Save the Dates: Department Colloquia are back! -
- Join us for this year’s GIS Days Programming! - This week, from April 6-8, UWM’s Golda Meir Library Conference Center will be hosting GIS Days. This year’s theme is “Empowering Communities Through GIS”. This year, the event is going to be a hybrid of in-person and online sessions. On... Read More
- Department Colloquium: Dr. Melanie Beasley, April 8th 3:00PM - On Friday, April 8th the Department of Anthropology will be holding its first in-person colloquium in Sabin Hall, room G28, at 3:00 PM. We have invited Dr. Melanie Beasley from Purdue University to speak about her current work with stable... Read More
- Anthropology Student Union Colloquium 2022 - This year’s ASU Colloquium will be taking place on March 27th from 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM in SAB G90 with a reception immediately following in the UWM Student Union Ballroom. ASU 2022 Colloquium Program Register Here