Feb 11, 11:30-12:30 pm | AnSo 134  | Join us in learning about the methods and results that have come from walking along side of, and learning from, Mati as a proxy for humans in the context of cultural resurgence –relearning and re-establishing our relations with Mati within our shared laxyuup.

WEDNESDAY, February 26, 2020 | 5:00 PM | This talk by University of Victoria’s Brian Thom will follow the distinct and sometimes divergent melodies of recent maps produced in collaboration with Indigenous communities, revealing their potential (and pitfalls) for ethnographic evocation.

The lineup for Term 2’s Collloquia speakers has been announced. The Department of Anthropology Colloquium is the department’s speaker series that invites a mixture of anthropologists from within and outside of UBC to present their research.

Tuesday |  January 21, 2020 | 12:00-1:00 pm | ANSO 134 Dr. John Barker will discuss his field research on the Maisin people of Papua New Guinea, a socio-linguistic group of around 3,000 people living in Oro Province on the northeast coast of the country.

CORNELL UNIVERSITY | Practicing Medicine: Health Care Culture and Careers is seeking to hire up to 4 teaching assistants to support engaged student learning using experiential learning approaches, ethnographic methods and reflection processes. Training will be provided.

UBC Okanagan School of Social Work is seeking a full time post-doctoral student for a 2 year period with the possibility of renewal, in any social science, health, or professional discipline. The successful candidate would work with an experienced team of social work, nursing, medicine, business administration, social science, engineering, neuroscience, and related disciplines in a multi-nodal homelessness prevention research program centered in Kelowna, British Columbia.

The UBC Major External Awards page has been updated. To view the list of programs released in the previous round plus new competitions, please visit here.

The United Way of the Lower Mainland invites graduate students and faculty to collaborate on a research project that would involve developing and validating a community cohesion index to assess loneliness in communities. Further information can be found here.

Graduate students or early career researchers are invited to apply for “Forgotten Pasts and Social Futures” which will take place at the School of Irish Studies at Concordia University, Montréal, on January 31st- February 1st 2020. Keynote speaker is Professor Guy Beiner. Please send your abstracts to irishstudiesgraduateconferce@gmail.com before December 13th, 2019. Partial travel funding may be available […]

The Department of Anthropology office will be closed on Monday, December 23rd – Wednesday, January 1st. Regular office hours will resume on Thursday, January 2nd. Have a safe and happy holiday!