News Archive
In the Field with Aidan Paul in Peru!
July 5, 2018 Report from the First Week of Excavation at the UNC Archaeology and Bioarcheology Field School in Peru Aidan Paul This summer marks the 20th annual UNC ChapelRead more
Canine Cultures Class Featured in Durham Herald Sun and University Gazette
June 15, 2018 A dog may be man’s best friend, but the relationship is far more complex than most folks think. That’s what students in a Maymester course titled CanineRead more
Congratulations Class of 2018!
May 14, 2018 Congratulations to the Anthropology class of 2018! Watch the ceremony here
Dr. Angela Stuesse receives multiple grants
May 9, 2018. This semester Angela Stuesse had some success securing internal research support, including a Junior Faculty Development Award, a University Research Council Grant, and a CFE Research CommunicationRead more
Department Celebrates Faculty and Graduate Student Achievements!
May 7, 2018 Katie Barrett received a Royster award for the dissertation completion. Ashley Peles was awarded fellowship support for dissertation completion. Anusha Hariharan has been awarded an off-campus dissertationRead more
Anthropology Graduate Students Receive Summer Awards
May 3, 2018 Lauren Nareau received a Wenner-Gren Dissertation fieldwork Grant, as well as the Summer Research Fellowship from the Graduate School for her research in Cuba. Sugandh Gupta was awardedRead more
Department of Anthropology Statement Concerning UNC’s Confederate Monument
Department of Anthropology Statement Concerning UNC’s Confederate Monument Anthropology is a discipline of engagement with social issues that matter. As such, anthropologists are acutely aware of inequality and the way thatRead more
Human Biology Association Awards
April 26, 2018 Caroline Owens received the Spielvogel Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Student Presentation or Poster and Isa Godinez who received the Edward E. Hunt, Jr. Award for Outstanding Graduate Presentation or Poster. EffectsRead more
Prehistoric Art course features Masks
April 25, 2018 For the past four years Professor Silvia Tomaskova has been teaching a large lecture class on Prehistoric Art, a survey of creativity around the globe, from theRead more
Anthropology PhD Student, Achsah Dorsey – Iron Woman Crosses Hemispheres to Wipe Out Anemia
April 23, 2018 During her initial pre-dissertation fieldwork in Lima, Achsah Dorsey met with a number of women about their primary health concerns. “Every person I spoke to wanted toRead more
Performance and workshop focus on why art matters in medicine
April 10, 2018 What does art do and why does it matter in medicine? Performance artist Marina Tsaplina, who has lived with Type 1 diabetes since she was 2, attemptedRead more
Department Celebrations
April 6, 2018 Dottie Holland will receive the 2018 Ned Brooks Award for Public Service today in the Carolina Club, Alumni Center. Guy Shalev was awarded the prestigious Dan DavidRead more
Anthropology undergrad Alex Polydoroff selected as Burch Fellow
April 2, 2018 Five students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s College of Arts and Sciences were selected as recipients of the 2018 Burch Fellowship to pursueRead more
FYS visits International Civil Rights Center and Museum
March 27, 2018 First Year Seminar students in the Anthropology course “Race, Racialization, and Blackness: A Multidimensional Approach,” visited the International Civil Rights Center and Museum and the Beloved CommunityRead more
Graduate Students present at joint American Ethnological Society/Society for Visual Anthropology Conference
March 26, 2018 Graduate Students Yioula Sigounas and Bryan Dougan presented at the joint American Ethnological Society/Society for Visual Anthropology Conference in Philadelphia, PA this past weekend (March 22-24). Yioula presented her paperRead more