News
- 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
- Congratulations to our Dean’s List Honor Students! - The Anthropology Department celebrates the accomplishments and hard work of our Anthropology Majors this past semester. Great job and have a wonderful summer! Ryleigh Carroll Crystal Hernandez Keni Thiesen DeAmayiah Clayhiggs Laila Howe Elsie Touchstone Angelina Collura Heather Kluczykowski Lauryn... Read More
- New Faculty Book, Anthropological Archaeology Underwater, Now Available Free for Limited Time - The Department of Anthropology is very proud to announce that Professor Ashley Lemke’s new book, Anthropological Archaeology Underwater, is now available. You can purchase a physical copy or download a free copy for a limited time (until June 14th) here.... 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
Events
- 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
- 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