Apply by Nov. 8 | Hugh Gusterson’s Lind Initiative Seminar
UBC students are invited to apply to the 3-credit Phil Lind Initiative Seminar on the topic of the 2024 Phil Lind Initiative series, What It Means to Be “American”: Navigating Identity in a Changing Nation, taking place in the Winter Term-2 semester of 2025.
Anthropology & Surveillance Webinar
Dr. Hugh Gusterson was one of six panelists on a webinar focused on anthropology and surveillance. The webinar was presented by the World Anthropological Union (WAU), the field’s primary international organization. The WAU aims to bring awareness of global anthropological thought and perspectives to international science and policy discussions, while facilitating conversations and collaborations among […]
Call the Mothers: Searching for Mexico’s Disappeared from the War on Drugs
Congratulations to Dr. Shaylih Muehlmann on the publication of her latest book Call the Mothers: Searching for Mexico’s Disappeared from the War on Drugs (University of California Press). About the book A gripping portrait of the relentless women taking missing persons, kidnapping, and extortion cases into their own hands—and building a movement for one another. […]
Field School in Alaska with Kristen Barnett
Anthropology assistant professor, Kristen Barnett, will be leading a 6-credit GoGlobal field school in Alaska. This course begins with on-campus coursework and preparation including lectures, readings, and field preparedness on February 1, 2025 and ends on June 1, 2025.
Field School in Sardinia with Sabina Magliocco in Summer 2025
Anthropology Professor Sabina Magliocco will be leading a 3-credit GoGlobal field school in Sardinia, Italy in the first summer term of 2025. Apply through the link below by December 5, 2024!
Religion, Death & the Senses
Honorary Research Associate, Kate Kingsbury has contributed a chapter in the newly released collection “Religion, Death & the Senses (Equinox Publishing, 2024). Kingsbury’s chapter is titled: Images of Death and their Metamorphosis: From The Grim Reaper to Santa Muerte. Chapter Description: In the Western world images of death have overwhelming arisen from Medieval European Catholic […]
Congratulations to our SSHRC Insight Grant and Insight Development Grant Awardees
Congratuations to Anthropology’s Dr. Shaylih Muehlmann and Dr. Mark Turin who have been awarded SSHRC Insight Grants, and Postgraduate Fellow Courtneay Hopper who has received an Insight Development Grant.
Call for Nominations: Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
The UBC Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowships are provided annually from the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Fund for Advanced Studies and are available for most fields of research. The number of awards offered presently varies between four and six per year. Value: Annual stipend of $60,000 for a maximum of two years. The application and nomination process is […]
2024/25 Anthropology Colloquium Series Fall Line Up Announced
We are excited to share our line up of speakers for the 2024/25 Anthropology Colloquium Series.All Events: 12:30pm – 2:00pm in ANSO 207.We hope to see you there!
The Ethnograph is Open for Submissions and Volunteers
The Ethnograph is now open for submissions for Volume 9! AND They are also looking for volunteers for a number of positions. The Ethnograph is an annual, peer-reviewed academic journal that strives to showcase outstanding pieces of undergraduate scholarship at UBC. Managed by the Anthropology Students’ Association alongside the Department of Anthropology, this journal accepts […]