News Archive
Dr. Steponaitis and RLA Featured
Dr. Vin Steponaitis was featured in a UNC Spotlight recently. The feature detailed his work with Drs. Steve Davis, Jr. and Brett Riggs in the field of Archaeology. Included inRead more
Graduate Student Awarded Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Duke
Vincent Joos has been awarded the Thompson Writing Program Post-Doctoral Fellowship — a five year post-doctoral fellowship at Duke University. Congratulations Vincent!
Graduate Student Wins Place in Institute on Digital Archaeology Method & Practice
Chosen from among 200 applicants, Ashley Peles has won a place in the Institute for Digital Archaeology Method and Practice, which is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. TheirRead more
Dr. Tomášková Featured in Wired Magazine Article
Wired Magazine has featured Dr. Silvia Tomášková in an article entitled We Need to Stop Ignoring Women Scientists. The article reports on Tomášková’s own efforts to raise her student’s consciousness whenRead more
Dr. Catherine Besteman to Give Talk on Somalia
Anthropologist Dr. Catherine Besteman of Colby College will visit UNC at Chapel Hill for two major events. On Tuesday, April 7th at 12:30 PM in Room 4003 of the FedExRead more
Collaborative Archaeological Heritage Project in the Yucatan
Using a site preservation grant from the AIA and as members of the Proyecto Arqueologíco Colaborativo del Oriente de Yucatán, Patricia McAnany and Sarah Rowe are working with Ivan Batún of the State ArchivesRead more
Phi Beta Kappa 2014-2015 Initiates
The Department of Anthropology congratulates our undergraduate majors and minors named among Phi Beta Kappa’s Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 initiates! Majors *Arthur Cade Barefoot *Nicole Davis *Madeline McCleary Gillon *CorinneRead more
Statement of Solidarity with the Real Silent Sam Coalition
Statement of Solidarity March 1, 2015 Dear Carolina Community, We, the undersigned, are faculty in the Department of Anthropology at UNC Chapel Hill who would like to voice our strongRead more
Graduate Student Presents Co-Edited Book, Featured by UNC Global
Diana Gomez Correal will be presenting and discussing Weaving Another Way: Feminism, Epistemology and Decolonial Projects in Abya Yala on Saturday, February 14th, 2015 from 3:45 – 5:15 PM. Diana,Read more
RLA Wins Harvey Award
The Research Laboratories of Archaeology (RLA) has been selected as a recipient of the 2014 C. Felix Harvey Award for Institutional Priorities at the University of North Carolina atRead more
Steven Salaita Visit
Professor Steven Salaita, Palestinian American author and scholar, will be speaking at UNC-CH about academic freedom, uncivil speech and uncivil acts, and censorship. The event will be held on Thursday,Read more
Spring 2015 Colloquium Schedule
The Anthropology Colloquium Committee is very excited to announce our Colloquia for the Spring 2015 semester. There may be some additional sessions scheduled in the future. Unless otherwise noted, allRead more
In Memory of Bill Lachicotte
It is with great sadness that the Department of Anthropology announces the passing of Bill Lachicotte. Bill was a much beloved teacher, mentor, and brilliant thinker. He lost his battleRead more
Dale Hutchinson Named AAAS Fellow
Dale Hutchinson is among six UNC Chapel Hill scientists (and eight anthropologists nationally) who have been elected as a Fellow of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science. ThisRead more
Peter Redfield Joins DSMB
Peter Redfield has been invited to be a member of the Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) for the therapeutic clinical trial: “Efficacy of favipiravir in reducing mortality in adultsRead more