Congratulations Prisha Vaidya
Anthropology grad student, Prisha Vaidya (MA) has received the Tina and Morris Wagner Foundation Fellowship for 2024W. The Tina and Morris Wagner Foundation Fellowship was established through a bequest from Mr. and Mrs. Morris Wagner for students in the Humanities. Congratulations Prisha – well done and well deserved!
Protecting India’s Sanitation Workers: Addressing Period Taboos in Menstrual Waste Management
Congratulations to Anthropology PhD student, Younus Mushtaq Ahmed whose op-ed was recently published in BMJ Global Health.
Amrit Tamang Receives 2024 Himalayan Studies Fellowship
Congratulations to Anthropology Ph.D. student Amrit Tamang who has received a Fellowship in Himalayan Studies through the Association of Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS) and funded by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC). This year’s competition yielded altogether 46 proposals submitted by applicants from around the world. Project: Re-centering Indigenous Tamang Labor in […]
Congratulations to the Anthropology Graduating Class of 2024!
Please join us in celebrating the class of May 2024 graduates. We are incredibly proud of our students’ achievements, and we wish you all the best in your future endeavours.
The Ethnograph, Volume 8 Now Available
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 submissions from a wide range of anthropological subfields, including, but not limited to: sociocultural anthropology, archaeological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, medical anthropology, and applied anthropology.
2023-2024 Anthropology Dissertation Writing Award
A big congratulations to our 5 awardees for this year’s Anthropology Dissertation Writing Award. This award is open to Anthropology PhD students writing their dissertations. Students apply after a call goes out from Anthropology Graduate office. The Anthropology Dissertation Writing Awards are adjudicated by the Anthropology Graduate Studies Committee (AGSC). 2023-2024 Awardees Byron Clark Caitlyn […]
Urban Ethnographic Field School Application Deadline Extended to March 29
There’s still time to apply to the Urban Ethnographic Field School for the 2024 Summer term. Click on the link below and apply before March 29! Urban Ethnographic Field School (UEFS). The UEFS is a six-week, six-credit intensive course during the first summer term, with students meeting four days a week (Monday to Thursday). If […]
Temporal Recalibrations: Learning to See in the Liminal Spaces of Post-Wildfire Landscapes
Maya Daurio (PhD candidate) was featured in Engagement, the official blog of the Anthropology and Environment Society (AES), a section of the American Anthropological Association (AAA). It features first-hand accounts by anthropologists and other social scientists who bring an anthropological approach to understanding the pressing environmental issues of our time. Maya’s article Temporal Recalibrations: Learning to […]
New Summer 2024 Courses
New courses for Summer 2024 term are now listed on the SSC and our website. Summer 2024 Anthropology Courses ANTH 100 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology |Dr. David Ryniker Basic concepts and methods of anthropology; culture and race; comparative study of social systems, religion, symbolism, art, and other institutions. Examples are drawn from a variety […]
First Annual Anthropology TA Awards
Earlier this month the Anthropology department hosted the First Annual TA Awards. The event was established to recognize the valuable work and outstanding commitment of our many teaching assistants. Winners Megan and Sophie (Michelle not pictured) with Dr. Amirpouyan Shiva Our first awards went to the following TAs: Megan Nguyen, Most Engaged UTA award Megan has […]