Next week, 3/10 at 12PM — "To Feel Well Late in Life." Part of Anthropology's Spring Colloquium Series. Presented by Aalyia Sadruddin, Assistant Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology at @wellesley.edu. Learn more and explore other talks in this series:

If you want to go behind the headlines about violence in Mexico and understand what and why is happening, join us for the human rights lecture and symposium on Mexico's Disappeared @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social on 3/11 with the keynote by @marcelaturati.bsky.social events.brown.edu/chrhs/event/...

Brown professor rethinks violence in precolonial Mayan civilization in new book — A new piece from The Brown Daily Herald highlights Anthropology and Archaeology Professor Andrew Scherer's latest book, "As the Gods Kill: Morality and Social Violence among the Precolonial Maya." Read the article:

Next week, 2/23 at 12PM: "Back from the Field Poster Presentations." Anthropology and affiliated graduate students will share pre-dissertation field research from the summer 2025 season. Sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS). Registration required to attend!

In a new graduate student spotlight with the department, fourth-year Ph.D. Candidate Alyssa Bolster shares updates from her Fulbright-funded dissertation fieldwork in Peru. Bolster has co-directed excavations and is now working to analyze artifacts from each site. Read more:

Myles Lennon: 'Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism' — In this #podcast episode from @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, Assistant Professor of Environment and Society and Anthropology Myles Lennon discusses his book, "Subjects of the Sun." player.fm/series/new-b...

In this graduate student spotlight, Paul Tamburro shares insights into his forthcoming co-authored book with Professor Stephen D. Houston and offers an update on his fieldwork at Tikal, Guatemala.

A campuswide University Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, Feb. 7, to honor the lives of students Ella Cook and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov and bring the community together in a shared moment of remembrance, healing and recovery. Full details: events.brown.edu/university-e... 📸 Nick Dentamaro

Thursday, 2/19 at 12PM: Join the Anthropology Department and a panel of outstanding alumni as we celebrate World Anthropology Day! Hear from our speakers as they share their journeys from anthropology concentrators to professional careers. Learn more:

Next week, 2/10 at 12PM — "Starchy Insights into Indigenous Foodways: A 18th Century Diné Case Study from NW New Mexico." Part of Anthropology's Spring Colloquium Series. Presented by Wade Campbell, @bostonu.bsky.social. Learn more: bit.ly/3ZcyQtZ

Brown University students/postdocs are invited to the environmental humanities workshop “Wet Ethnographies” Feb. 3, 4–6:30 pm. Explore “wetness” & “fluidity” as theoretical tools to challenge hegemonic terraforming projects. Registration required: buff.ly/2so0Ybu

Brown professor rethinks violence in precolonial Mayan civilization in new book — A new piece from The Brown Daily Herald highlights Anthropology and Archaeology Professor Andrew Scherer's latest book, "As the Gods Kill: Morality and Social Violence among the Precolonial Maya." Read the article:

Congratulations to Eliza Ge, a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology, who has received first place in the Peter K. New Student Research Competition for her M.A. paper entitled, “The Ethics of Trying: Patient-Funded Experimental Gene Therapy in China.” Read more:

At the end of the fall semester, M.A. students in the Department of Anthropology presented their research papers in front of faculty and peers. The presentation topics ranged from governance and borders to archaeology and culture — and beyond. 🌎 Learn more: bit.ly/3LO5Rtj

It’s the first day of the spring semester, and our Brown community is back together on campus. The path to repair and recovery following the tragic events of Dec. 13 looks different for everyone, but we are grateful for the resilience, caring and strength that defines Brown. We are ever true. 🐻🤎

Next week, 1/27 — "Resting the Anatomized Dead: Ethical Entanglements and Unsilencing the Disappeared Dead in Anatomical and Legacy Collections." Join us for the first colloquium talk of the spring semester. Presented by Carlina de la Cova, University of South Carolina. Learn more: bit.ly/4r5icIt

Holding space for community in 2026. See you soon, Brunonia ❤️

Today, 12/9 at 12PM — "Endangered and Defiant: The Part-Whole Root of Cheran’s Bonfire Revolution." Join us for the final colloquium talk of the fall semester. Presented by Niku T’arhechu T’arhesi, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Rhode Island. Learn more:

We're Hiring! Louise Lamphere Visiting Assistant Professorship in Anthropology, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Appointment effective July 1, 2026 and jointly affiliated with @pembrokecenter.bsky.social. Learn more and apply by February 15, 2026: @americananthro.bsky.social

Next week, 12/9 at 12PM — "Endangered and Defiant: The Part-Whole Root of Cheran’s Bonfire Revolution." Join us for the final colloquium talk of the fall semester. Presented by Niku T’arhechu T’arhesi, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Rhode Island. Learn more:

Thursday, 12/4 at 4PM — "Back from Belém: Reflections on the COP30 Climate Conference." Join Myles Lennon and other scholars from across @brown.edu as they share their reflections on their participation in the COP30 Climate Conference, held this year in Belém (Brazil). Sponsored by CLACS.

Researchers think the largest and oldest monumental Maya site is a map of the universe — In this piece from @thejerusalempost.bsky.social, Stephen Houston and Andrew Scherer provide commentary on new research findings about the design of the ancient Mayan architectural site known as Aguada Fénix.

What's in a name? In the case of Leo XIV, lessons in bridging historical shifts — In this piece from @nytimes.com, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Italian Studies David Kertzer provides context on papal names and the history of Pope Leo XIII.

Myles Lennon: 'Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism' — In this #podcast episode from @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, Assistant Professor of Environment and Society and Anthropology Myles Lennon discusses his book, "Subjects of the Sun."

Care and Agency: The Andean Community through the Eyes of Children — In this piece from the Population Studies and Training Center at Brown, Cultural Anthropologist and Anthropology Dept. Chair @jessacabeza.bsky.social examines the various ways that children receive, are denied, and provide care.

WATCH | “Subjects of the Sun”: Rethinking solar justice with Myles Lennon. During an October 18 book talk hosted by @brown-ibes.bsky.social, Assistant Prof Myles Lennon challenged audiences to see solar energy as not only a climate solution, but a reflection of deeper social and economic inequities.

Student Spotlight: America Marin ‘26 — In this piece, the department sits down with America to learn more about her decision to concentrate in Linguistic Anthropology and Computer Science.

Today, 11/18 at 4PM — "Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America." A discussion with author Paola Ramos and Professor of Anthropology @ievajusionyte.bsky.social. Sponsored by @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social and the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies.

In September, @brown.edu hosted “Environmental Anthropology: Praxis,” a two-day conference led by Prof. Myles Lennon that brought together over 50 environmental anthropologists and scholars to explore how their work can more directly engage today’s urgent ecological challenges in a warming world.

OPPORTUNITY: Led by Paja Faudree, @pembrokecenter.bsky.social will award residential Postdoctoral Research Associate positions to scholars from any field whose research relates to the theme, "The Meanings of Merit: Labor, Categories of Difference, and the Creation of Knowledge." Learn more & apply:

Today, 11/14 at 12PM — "Crafting Home in Hostile Spaces: Materiality and the Politics of Belonging on a Chesapeake Plantation." Ph.D. Student Macie Clerkley will present at this virtual event hosted by the Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS). Learn more and tune in:

Congratulations to the graduate student recipients of the 2025-26 Pembroke Center student research grants! Read about their projects here: pembroke.brown.edu/news/2025-11... @brownpublichealth.bky.social

Sydney Giacalone Awarded the Society for the Anthropology of North America’s St. Clair Drake Travel Award — The grant supports students traveling to the @americananthro.bsky.social 2025 Annual Meeting in late-November and is awarded on a competitive basis. Congratulations, Sydney! bit.ly/4nTY0r1

Researchers think the largest and oldest monumental Maya site is a map of the universe — In this piece from @thejerusalempost.bsky.social, Stephen Houston and Andrew Scherer provide commentary on new research findings about the design of the ancient Mayan architectural site known as Aguada Fénix.

Save the Date! 11/11 at 12PM — ‘A Conspiracy of Industry and Violence’: Caribbean Plantations and the (Un)making of the Plantationocene. Presented by Khadene Harris, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Rice University. Part of Brown Anthropology's Fall 2025 Colloquium Series. Learn more:

Mussolini decides: Determining racial identity under Italy’s racial laws — A new paper co-authored by David Kertzer examines how Italy’s Fascist regime enforced its 1938 racial laws and the contradictions within its own ideology.

Despite its benefits, “renewable energy can simultaneously redress & re-entrench unjust fossil-fueled structures of power,” Asst Prof Myles Lennon told audience members during his Family Weekend book talk. Bathsheba Demuth Brown Anthropology Brown History Department Learn more + view a recording ⤵️

Archaeologist and art historian Lothar von Falkenhausen (UCLA) explores Chinese material heritage in the talk “Actively Living in the Past: Traces of the Behavior of Chinese Antiquarians” Thursday, Nov. 6, 4–5:30 pm, on campus. buff.ly/OZtX0pD

This Sunday, 11/2 at 5:30PM: Halloween is on everyone’s mind, but just around the corner is our favorite day of remembrance, Día de Muertos. Join the Brown and greater PVD community at North Burial Ground to celebrate and partake in a short candle-lighting ceremony. Learn more:

Anthropology dept. showcases documentaries, art, project at fall research symposium — A recent piece from the Brown Daily Herald (BDH) highlights Anthropology's Fall 2025 Symposium, held last month in Pembroke Hall.

Congratulations to IBES and @brownanthro.bsky.social Assistant Prof Myles Lennon, who has been named the Fall 2025 Urban Sustainability & Justice Faculty Fellow at @umich.edu's School for Environment and Sustainability Detroit Sustainability Clinic!

Tomorrow, 10/21 at 12PM: "The Corporate Alibi: Capitalism and the Cultural Politics of U.S. Investments in Africa." Part of Anthropology's Fall 2025 Colloquium Series. Presented by Amy Stambach, @uwmadison.bsky.social. Co-sponsored by the Africa Initiative at @brown.edu.

Tomorrow, 10/18 at 10AM: Join the Brown community on Family Weekend for a book talk with Myles Lennon featuring his latest publication, "Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism." Sponsored by @brown-ibes.bsky.social. A livestream of this event will be available.

Last month, @brown.edu hosted “Environmental Anthropology: Praxis,” a two-day conference led by Prof. Myles Lennon that brought together over 50 environmental anthropologists and scholars to explore how their work can more directly engage today’s urgent ecological challenges in a warming world.

Brown University anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte awarded MacArthur ‘genius grant’ — @ievajusionyte.bsky.social, a cultural and legal anthropologist who leads the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social won an $800,000 grant to advance her work.

Applications open for 26-27 postdocs. Welcoming apps from any field that relates to the theme of the Seminar, "The Meanings of Merit: Labor, Categories of Difference, and the Creation of Knowledge." See: pembroke.brown.edu/funding-oppo.... Due 11/24. @pajaf.bsky.social @brownanthro.bsky.social

Student Spotlight: America Marin ‘26 — In this piece, the department sits down with America to learn more about her decision to concentrate in Linguistic Anthropology and Computer Science.

Saturday, 10/18 at 10AM: Join the Brown community on Family Weekend for a book talk with Myles Lennon featuring his latest publication, "Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism." Sponsored by @brown-ibes.bsky.social. A livestream of this event will be available.

This Week — Thursday, 10/2 at 12PM: Rachel Thimmig, a doctoral student in Anthropology, will present her research in an informal lecture entitled, “Damming the Reservation: Hidden Histories of Salvage Archaeology and Domestic Life on the Great Plains.” Sponsored by @brownarchaeology.bsky.social.

Applications open for 26-27 postdocs. Welcoming apps from any field that relates to the theme of the Seminar, "The Meanings of Merit: Labor, Categories of Difference, and the Creation of Knowledge." See: pembroke.brown.edu/funding-oppo.... Due 11/24. @pajaf.bsky.social @brownanthro.bsky.social