Congratulations!
Denise Green and Dada Docot have been awarded Canadian Vanier Scholarships in support of their PhD research.
Natalie Baloy has received the Killam Graduate Teaching Award, one of only three awarded in the Faculty of Arts.
Lara Rosenoff awarded Trudeau Scholarship
Lara Rosenoff is the 17th UBC PhD student since 2003 to receive this highly prestigious award from the Trudeau Foundation, and the second from Anthropology. Click here to learn more about Lara's innovative research, media contributions and advocacy for internally displaced people in northern Uganda.
Welcome to New Anthropology Faculty!
Dr Darlene Weston. Biological anthropology.
ANTHROPOLOGY
The Department of Anthropology advances the study and constructive understanding of human diversity and commonality, across the globe and throughout the long span of human existence. We pursue this aim through excellence in research, teaching, and community collaboration, grounded in multiple analytical and interpretive methods that share a commitment to field-based inquiry.
The Department of Anthropology acknowledges the hospitality of
the Musqueam people, on whose ancestral and unceded territory UBC is located.
Anthropology Graduate Conference
Call for Papers
Culture and Change: Towards a Dynamic Anthropology
March 2-3, 2012
March 2-3, 2012
For more information or to register, please go to http://anthgradconf.alyanne.net/
Aboriginal Oral Histories in the Courtroom
Join Bruce Miller and others for an expert discussion of critical questions relating to Aboriginal oral narratives as they are used in the courts, and reflect on the extent to which scholarship can transform the process of Aboriginal rights litigation.
Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Time: 2:30–4:30pm
For more information on where to get FREE TICKETS to this limited capacity event, visit: www.bit.ly/UBCOralHistory
UBC Anthropologists in the News
PhD candidate Emily Birkey undertook a highly successful mission to an Anishinabe tribal center in Michigan. She carried human remains and 250 artifacts housed at the Museum of Vancouver since 1906 back to Michigan. The event and reburial ceremony conducted by the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe is described here.
A Vancouver Sun feature article: "Homicide or History? Coroner, Anthropologist Solve Bone Mysteries" reveals how Michael Richards is applying forensic techniques to solve several cold cases in the BC Coroner's Office.
Anthropology PhD candidate, Iain McKechnie, is one of several archaeologists featured in a 10-page BC Magazine article on archaeological research in Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island. Check it out.
Bruce Miller was interviewed for the Christian Science Monitor regarding US federal practices of the recognition of tribes, the subject of Miller’s book, Invisible Indigenes. Miller commented on the tactics states used to disqualify tribes for legal status.
- Harry Hawthorn in 1963
Celebrating 60+ years of Anthropology at UBC!
Thanks to our students, staff, alumni and faculty for making the Department's 60+ Full Cycle Anniversary celebration such a huge success!