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

Wednesday, December 4 2024 - Wednesday, December 4 2024 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Sabin Hall, G90

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 has been cancelled due to illness.

More information coming soon!

 

ONEIDA POTTERY: JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND YEARS

Friday, May 3 2024

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Main Campus. Sabin Hall, var. rooms. See registration information.

Sabin Hall
3413 N. Downer Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53211

 

 

 

 

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4th Unhopped Iron Brewer Challenge: Unhopped and Unplugged Brews – April 6th, 2024

Saturday, April 6 2024 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

UWM Honors College Building, Room HON 196 located at 3363 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211

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 top three brews, all of whom are professionals associated with local businesses involved in brewing, dispensing, and/or reporting on fermented beverages.

The judges for 2024 are: Joe Yeado, Gathering Place Brewing; Jerry Janiszewski, Pabst Mansion and Wisconsin Historical Foundation Board of Directors; Rob Novak, The Brewing Experience, Old World Wisconsin. There will also be a People’s Choice award with non-contestants casting their votes via ballot for their favorite brew. Joe Yeado has generously agreed to offer the winner the opportunity to brew their beer using a new pilot brewing system at Gathering Place in River West with a launch party at GP to follow.

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Anthropology Colloquium Series: Aaron R. Atencio – Friday, March 15th @ 3:30 PM

Friday, March 15 2024 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Sabin Hall, Room G90, located at 3413 N. Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211

Edges In: A Theoretical Perspective of Cultural Preservation through Photo Documentation

Photo of ylanh-ylang worker by Aaron Atencio

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 show distressing subjects.)

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

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 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

The Origins of the Thanksgiving Meal

By Aislinn Sanders As the temperatures drop and snow begins to fall, people are undoubtedly imbued with the classic holiday spirit that comes with this time of year. Thoughts of holiday-specific food and drink, story telling with friends and family,… Read More

Ancient Beer and Brewing with Bettina Arnold

By Aislinn Sanders Recently, Bettina Arnold was interviewed by the Wisconsin Public Radio Morning Show and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for her knowledge on ancient beer brewing methods. It is her hope that she can get those uninterested in conventional… Read More