As the second oldest anthropology program in Canada, our dedicated community advances the study and constructive understanding of human diversity and existence across the globe through collaborative teaching, learning and research.
Congratulations to the new Director of Lab of Archaeology, David Pokotylo and the new Archaeological Curatorial Research Assistant, Erina Perez. The Laboratory of Archaeology (LOA) is committed to the scholarly study of the material evidence of past cultures. LOA is a teaching and research unit within UBC’s Department of Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts.
Anthropology is offering a new course, Anthropology of Sports, Culture and Society. Find out in ANTH 240 – available on the SSC. Click to learn more.
Anthropology is offering a new course, Anthropology of Insurrections and Revolution. Find out in ANTH 205 – available on the SSC. Click to learn more.
Anthropology is offering a new course, Anthropology of the Supernatural. Find out in ANTH 206 – available on the SSC. Click to learn more.
Dr. Shaylih Muehlmann offers a new course about the anthropology of drugs. ANTH 203 is available on the SSC now. Click for more information.
Leslie Robertson has received a SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant for “Re-inhabiting history: Making the past in Nak’azdli territory by re-animating customary memory genres.”
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