News
- Dr. Bettina Arnold Weighs in on Nebra Disk Debate - Dr. Bettina Arnold, a Professor of Anthropology at UWM is an expert in European Prehistory. She has recently weighed in on the controversy surrounding the Nebra Disk, a now famous metal artifact thought to be the oldest representation of the... Read More
- UWM-CRM Excavations in the Spotlight - UWM-CRM Archaeologists Dr. Jennifer Haas and Dr. Seth Schneider were interviewed by CBS 58 news about their recent excavations at an Oshkosh golf course. Read the article and view the interview here
- Anthro PhD Advances Fight against COVID in Milwaukee County - Alum Katinka Hooyer (PhD 2015), a medical anthropologist and assistant professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), is working with community members to increase awareness about Covid-19 through the use of art and creative messaging. Read more about their... Read More
- UWM Alum Kevin Garstki publishes new book: Digital Innovations in European Archaeology - The UWM Department of Anthropology is proud to announce a new book by Alum Dr. Kevin Garstki, Digital Innovations in European Archaeology, part of the series “The Archaeology of Europe” published by Cambridge University Press and the EAA. Please note:... 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
- Museum Studies Program Receives Spotlight in Latest Issue of InFocus - Click on the link below to access the latest InFocus article featuring a story about UWM Anthropology’s relationship with the Milwaukee Public Museum.
- 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
- Ashley Brennaman wins Lambda Alpha Graduate Research Grant Award - Congratulations to the doctoral student Ashley Brennaman for winning the Lambda Alpha Graduate Research Grant Award! Sponsored by Lambda Alpha — the national honor society for anthropology — this award is one of only six given nationwide each year. Ashley’s... Read More
- Alum Nikita Sessler Werner featured in recent Discover Magazine article - UWM Anthropology is proud to share that Nikita Sessler Werner’s 2019 MS thesis on the archaeological evidence for child labor in prehistoric European mining contexts is featured in the June 2020 issue of Discover magazine. You can read the article... Read More
Events
- 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