News
- 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
- Women’s History Month – A tribute to Fatimah Collier Jackson - Fatimah Collier Jackson was born in Denver, Colorado in 1950. Her maternal great-grandmother was a Choctaw Native American of the Bell Clan and a traditional herbalist and midwife. Growing up, Jackson’s family was poor, but she had a large, close-knit... Read More
- Women’s History Month – A tribute to Maria Constanza Ceruti - By Ann Eberwein María Constanza Ceruti is an archaeologist, anthropologist, and mountaineer with an impressive list of accomplishments. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1973 and her parents, who were both doctors, took her to many museums and... Read More
- Women’s History Month – A tribute to Mary Brodrick - By Ann Eberwein Mary Brodrick (1858 – 1933) was an archaeologist and Egyptologist of great distinction and was one of the first women to excavate in Egypt. She began her academic career at age thirty after a trip to Egypt... 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
- Women’s History Month – A tribute to Harriet M. Smith - By Ann Eberwein Born is 1911, Harriet M. Smith was the first female archaeologist in Illinois and led early excavations at Cahokia including the salvage excavation of Murdock Mound (Mound 55). Smith received her Doctorate in Anthropology from the University... Read More
- New Research into Hittite Collapse - By Ann Eberwein Between 1200 and 1150 BC, cities, regions, and empires across Asia Minor and the Eastern Mediterranean experienced sudden decline and fragmentation in what is termed the Late Bronze Age collapse. Many explanations, both environmental and cultural, have... Read More
- Anthropology Events and News - By Ann Eberwein Upcoming Wisconsin Archaeology Event Madison College and the Center for Wisconsin Archaeology will host “An Evening with Artifacts” on Tuesday, February 21, from 6:30-8:30pm on the Madison Area Technical College Truax Campus. More information can be found... 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
Events
- 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
- Reimagining Leadership Through Games - As part of the Honors College’s efforts to make the HC a more radically welcoming and equitable space, the Equity Team and the Digital Cultures Collaboratory are hosting a game night designed to foster deeper conversations about the nature and... Read More
- Upcoming AIA Lecture, October 17th - This Sunday, October 17th, the Archaeological Institute of America-Milwaukee Society will be hosting a free online lecture by Lesley A. Gregoricka titled, “Aridity and Adaptation among Arabian Bronze Age Communities: Investigating Mobility and Climate Change Using Isotope Analysis”. See below... 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