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Dr. Sofía Pacheco-Forés received a Social Science Research Grant to support her research on migration and state formatio...
10/16/2026

Dr. Sofía Pacheco-Forés received a Social Science Research Grant to support her research on migration and state formation in San Martín Tilcajete, Oaxaca. She will analyze tooth chemistry of 2,000-year-old burials to identify ancient migrants at the Tilcajete archaeological site.

Join Professors Valentine and Tostevin to learn about how to apply to grad school and get some free pizza!
10/14/2026

Join Professors Valentine and Tostevin to learn about how to apply to grad school and get some free pizza!

Monday, October 19th, 2:30pm Join professor Erin L. Durban and author Danilyn Rutherford for a conversation and reading ...
10/12/2026

Monday, October 19th, 2:30pm Join professor Erin L. Durban and author Danilyn Rutherford for a conversation and reading about Danilyn's book Beautiful Mystery. Details: https://z.umn.edu/AnthBeautifulMystery

Join the Department of Anthropology as we help the Department of Chicano & Latino Studies host the 6th Annual Ramona Arr...
10/09/2026

Join the Department of Anthropology as we help the Department of Chicano & Latino Studies host the 6th Annual Ramona Arreguín de Rosales Lecture: "Where Do We Go From Here?: The Young Lords Speak and the Protracted Struggle for Liberation" October 15, 2026, 5:00pm-8:00pm, at the Best Buy Theater, Northrop details z.umn.edu/Rosales2026

Serra M. Hakyemez is in conversation with Nadia Abu El-Haj and William T. Mazzarella on the University of Minnesota Pres...
10/02/2026

Serra M. Hakyemez is in conversation with Nadia Abu El-Haj and William T. Mazzarella on the University of Minnesota Press Podcast to talk about her new book, Deadly Refusals: Kurdish Decolonization in Times of Counterterrorism. Set in counterterrorism courts and maximum-security prisons of Northern Kurdistan, DEADLY REFUSALS examines how prosecuted and imprisoned Kurds from different socioeconomic backgrounds organize in refusal of the criminalization and colonization of their demands and desires. The podcast touches upon issues ranging from the relationship between revolution and decolonization in the Middle East to the stakes of psychoanalytical theory in anthropological thinking.

Please see a new publication from Alex Nelson, who was an undergraduate major in our department some years ago and has j...
09/22/2026

Please see a new publication from Alex Nelson, who was an undergraduate major in our department some years ago and has just co-edited a new Rutgers book, “Love Apocalypse: New Intimacies and the Decline of Marriage and Fertility”. Congrats Alex!

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