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10/14/2024

Congratulations to Minhgyue Hyang for curating "self-ethnography" in Paris as part of her Ph.D. field research at UCR Riverside.

06/07/2024

09/28/2022

The Western Bioarchaeology Group Conference (WeBiG) is coming to Riverside on Oct. 21-22nd!

We welcome students at all levels and anyone with an interest in bioarchaeology, archaeology, or forensic anthropology to attend!

Friday is an open plenary session with Dr. Sabrina Agarwal from UC Berkeley who will talk about "Envisioning Bioarchaeological Futurisms."

Saturday will have a series of speakers who will discuss bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology. The Conference will end with a networking session with snacks and an open bar.

This Saturday, Oct. 1 is the last day to get the cheaper early bird registration!

The Western Bioarchaeology Group (WeBiG) was founded in 2012 with the mission of organizing an annual meeting in Western North America. The aim of the annual meeting is to facilitate collegial engagement and networking and promote discussion of issues in bioarchaeological theory and method.

09/06/2022

Registration for WeBiG 2022 REGISTRATION FEES & INFORMATION - PLEASE NOTE, ALL REGISTRATION IS VIA ELECTRONIC PAYMENT Registration includes all Saturday events: conference talks and posters at the California Museum of Photography, continental breakfast and coffee, closing reception including

08/03/2022

Hi all - PLEASE SHARE WIDELY!
The Western Bioarchaeology Group conference (WeBiG) is Oct. 21-22 this year in lovely sunny Riverside, CA.

Call for posters is open! Please see below about registration and costs. We super encourage students to submit posters!!

Also, note that the conference costs include the conference on Saturday, American-style breakfast with coffee/tea + pastries, as well as an post-conference networking event with free appetizers and drinks, including beer + wine.

Registration for WeBiG 2022 REGISTRATION FEES & INFORMATION - PLEASE NOTE, ALL REGISTRATION IS VIA ELECTRONIC PAYMENT Registration includes all Saturday events: conference talks and posters at the California Museum of Photography, continental breakfast and coffee, closing reception including

04/05/2022

The Center for Ideas and Society presents a Hot off the Presses Book talk with Susan Ossman, Department of Anthropology "Shifting Worlds, Shaping Fieldwork, a Memoir of Anthropology and Art" Reflecting on fieldwork for the twenty-first century, anthropologist and artist Susan Ossman invites readers....

02/23/2022

https://news.ucr.edu/ucr-magazine/winter-2022/living-the-good-life-in-little-ethiopia?utm_source=UC+Riverside+Master+List&utm_campaign=08d8113992-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_02_22_05_56&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6a473f0f9b-08d8113992-87788165

LIVING ‘THE GOOD LIFE’ IN LITTLE ETHIOPIA By Holly Ober | Photos by Stan Lim veryone wants to live “the good life,” but that means different things to different people — and there are many different paths to achieve it. For some, it means leaving your home country to follow your dreams in ...

12/02/2021

https://insideucr.ucr.edu/stories/2021/12/01/how-do-diasporic-ethiopians-make-their-futures-southern-california

Anthropologist Worku Nida and a team of international scholars have just launched an ethnographic study of how Ethiopian immigrants make their futures and good life through informal savings and insurance associations

05/27/2021

Congratulations to graduating senior Leana Rudolph who has done a fascinating ethnographic Honors project on Buddhism in the Inland Empire, providing a great example of how to do fieldwork in the pandemic and a great resource for future work.

See https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3ebdc7e51d664208be33bfe7e03f5cb6 and https://youtu.be/xmFBlNDXBWo .

Buddhist Oral Histories Made Digital

05/20/2021

Anthropology's Mellon-Mays Undergraduate Fellows Heading to Grad School

Two anthropology undergraduates are featured in the upcoming 2021 Celebration for the Mellon-Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program, on May 24, 2021 5-6:30 PM (PST). Registration details are at https://bit.ly/MMUF2021

Isabella Araiza, Biological Anthropology
"Is Ulna Curvature in the StW 573 Australopithecus Normal or Pathological?"
Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Berger

Rita Fessehaie Tesfai, Anthropology
"The Melody of Rebellion: Sonic Agency, Cultural Memory, and the Music of the Kel Tamasheq"
Mentor: Dr. Worku Nida

Moreover, both of them are heading to grad. school this Fall. Isabella will be starting a Master’s in Anthropology at New York University this Fall. Rita will be starting a Master’s in Anthropology at the University of Chicago this Fall.

Please join the department in congratulating Isabella and Rita for their hard work, and offering our very best wishes for continued success in the field!

Register for a special end-of-year event to celebrate the graduating seniors, incoming new fellows and continuing fellows. May 24, 2021 @ 5:00 PM on Zoom.