Full applications are now being accepted for the 2019 Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters competition. The deadline for applications is 5pm on November 12, 2019. (Research teams needed to submit a short Notice of Intent (NOI) to apply by  September 23rd, 2019.) More information available here.

The Politics of Language Contact in the Himalaya This highly original and timely collection brings together case studies from salient areas of the Himalayan region to explore the politics of language contact. Promoting a linguistically and historically grounded perspective, The Politics of Language Contact in the Himalaya offers nuanced insights into language and its relation to power […]

The Department of Anthropology’s Colloquium Series brings in exciting and engaging guest speakers whose lectures span all the sub-disciplines of Anthropology and Archaelogy. The Colloquium Series runs throughout the academic year. Please view of event poster here.

The UBC Department of Anthropology and the Faculty of Arts are pleased to present the Anthropology Talk Series Thursday, October 17, 2019 @ 11:30 am / Light reception will follow in ANSO Lounge ANSO 134 (UBC), Anthropology and Sociology Building, 6303 NW Marine Dr., Vancouver, BC   “Seed Bombing the Anthropocene” As evidence mounts that […]

  The Department of Anthropology is saddened to report the passing of Kenelm Burridge on May 21 at age 97. Kenelm came to UBC in the late 1960s after a distinguished career in Australia, Malaysia, Iraq and Oxford. He was a major figure in the study of millenarianism and a pioneer in what has become […]

The Department of Anthropology remembers Professor Emeritus, Cyril S. Belshaw who was acting head of the Department of Anthropology, Criminology and Sociology at UBC.

From October 2018, Memory is available through UBC Press. Co-edited by UBC Anthropology faculty member Mark Turin, Philippe Tortell (Peter Wall Institute) and Margot Young (UBC Law), the collection has contributions from seven UBC Anthropology faculty and community members, including Wade Davis, Nicolla Levell, Andrew Martindale, Sara Shneiderman, Diana Marsh and Laura Osorio Sunnucks. Taking the 100th […]

Inaugurated in 2015, the UBC Public Scholars Initiative (PSI) is designed to support UBC doctoral students as they strive for purposeful social contribution, produce new and creative forms of scholarship and dissertations, and explore diverse career pathways. Through the PSI, UBC seeks to assist PhD students as they rise to address complex challenges in new, […]

Dr. Speller, we’re delighted to welcome you to the UBC Anthropology Department. Please can you share with us a little about your career and work to date?   I’m delighted to be at UBC, and really appreciate the Department’s warm welcome. I’m an archaeological scientist at heart, and my research explores how humans have shaped […]

Great news for the Department & The Ethnographic Film Unit at UBC. Plans are underway for a new, purpose-built lab for the Film Unit which will release the unit’s current space for student study space.