Congrats to our graduates! So proud of you all! #umncla #umnproud

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How do you read an animal's energetic condition from the way it moves? PhD candidate Leonie Gussone has been awarded a Bell Museum Fellowship and Natural History Award to support her research on the links between movement ecology and energetics in red-tailed monkeys in Uganda. #umncla #umnproud

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Please join the Department of Anthropology as we congratulate our 2025 Anthropology Undergraduate Prize Winners! More info cla.umn.edu/anthropology...

Today, join us for a discussion between Professor Vivian Choi and Professor Sugi Ganeshananthan about Professor Choi's book Disaster Nationalism: Tsunami and Civil War in Sri Lanka (Duke University Press, 2025). Info cla.umn.edu/anthropology...

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Monday, join us for a discussion between Professor Vivian Choi and Professor Sugi Ganeshananthan about Professor Choi's book Disaster Nationalism: Tsunami and Civil War in Sri Lanka (Duke University Press, 2025). Info cla.umn.edu/anthropology...

Join us today for the 5th Annual Gudeman Lecture featuring a presentation from Dr. J.C. Salyer more information about this lecture can be found at z.umn.edu/GudemanInfo Register for the lecture and reception at z.umn.edu/GudemanLectu... #umncla #umnproud

Our Chair, Professor Stuart McLean, was recently interviewed about anthropology and the craft of writing by the substack Write What You Like. Also featured is his cat, Moira. open.substack.com/pub/writewha...

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April 27th 4pm join us for a discussion between Professor Vivian Choi and Professor Sugi Ganeshananthan about Professor Choi's book Disaster Nationalism: Tsunami and Civil War in Sri Lanka (Duke University Press, 2025). Info cla.umn.edu/anthropology...

Congratulations to Anthropology faculty member Dr.Maria Nieves Colón who was awarded a 2026 McKnight Land-Grant Professorship. This award recognizes the careers of outstanding assistant professors at the UMN 🥳🎓. scholarswalk.umn.edu/university-a...

Join us with the Department of French and Italian and others to welcome Professor Doyle Calhoun (University of Cambridge) as they discuss their book The Suicide Archive: Reading Resistance in the Wake of French Empire on April 20th 4:30pm 135 Jones Hall.

Join us for the 5th Annual Gudeman Lecture on April 20th at 4pm featuring a presentation from Dr. J.C. Salyer more information about this lecture can be found at z.umn.edu/GudemanInfo Register for the lecture and reception at z.umn.edu/GudemanLectu... #umncla #umnproud

Sign up for fall courses with the Department of Anthropology! Registration open now!

April 27th 4pm join us for a discussion between Professor Vivian Choi and Professor Sugi Ganeshananthan about Professor Choi's book Disaster Nationalism: Tsunami and Civil War in Sri Lanka (Duke University Press, 2025). Info cla.umn.edu/anthropology...

Happy Grad Appreciation Week to our grad! We are so grateful for all you do!

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Join us for the 5th Annual Gudeman Lecture on April 20th at 4pm featuring a presentation from Dr. J.C. Salyer more information about this lecture can be found at z.umn.edu/GudemanInfo Register for the lecture and reception at z.umn.edu/GudemanLectu... #umncla #umnproud

Today! Michael Taussig of Columbia University will be presenting ""I'm from Minnesota;" Reflection as Soul"

Join the Department of Anthropology and the Science Museum of Minnesota for the 2026 Archeological Field School! Spots are limited. Details below to join! The priority deadline for the application is tomorrow!

Join us for the 5th Annual Gudeman Lecture on April 20th at 4pm featuring a presentation from Dr. J.C. Salyer more information about this lecture can be found at z.umn.edu/GudemanInfo Register for the lecture and reception at z.umn.edu/GudemanLectu... #umncla #umnproud

Michael Taussig of Columbia University will be presenting ""I'm from Minnesota;" Reflection as Soul" on April 2nd at 4pm. Register at z.umn.edu/Reflection_a...

Michael Taussig of Columbia University will be presenting ""I'm from Minnesota;" Reflection as Soul" on April 2nd at 4pm. Register at z.umn.edu/Reflection_a...

Today at 4pm, join us as we welcome April Kamp-Whittaker, Assistant Professor - California State University, Chico, to present Networks at Play: Sports and the Archaeology of Community in a WWII Japanese American Incarceration Center. The talk will be held in Humphrey 25

Michael Taussig of Columbia University will be presenting ""I'm from Minnesota;" Reflection as Soul" on April 2nd at 4pm. Register at z.umn.edu/Reflection_a...

Join the Department of Anthropology and the Science Museum of Minnesota for the 2026 Archeological Field School! Spots are limited. Details below to join!

Join us for a two-day, hybrid symposium March 18th & 19th which will convene leading experts to the global issue of self-Indigenization Tickets and Schedule can be found at z.umn.edu/hold_our_gro...

Wednesday, March 18th 6-8pm in the Pillsbury Hall Attic Room 412, Join our own Stuart McLean. Then see panelists Dina Gilio-Whitaker, author of Who Gets to be Indian?, in conversation with Audra Simpson Register here learning.umn.edu/portal/event...

Join us as we welcome April Kamp-Whittaker to present her talk titled Networks at Play: Sports and the Archaeology of Community in a WWII Japanese American Incarceration Center. The talk will be held in Humphrey 25 on March 23rd at 4pm. Register at z.umn.edu/Networks_at_...

Join the Department of Anthropology and the Science Museum of Minnesota for the 2026 Archeological Field School! Spots are limited. Details below to join!

Join us for a two-day, hybrid symposium March 18th & 19th which will convene leading experts to the global issue of self-Indigenization Tickets and Schedule can be found at z.umn.edu/hold_our_gro...

Wednesday, March 18th 6-8pm in the Pillsbury Hall Attic Room 412, Join our own Stuart McLean. Then see panelists Dina Gilio-Whitaker, author of Who Gets to be Indian?, in conversation with Audra Simpson Register here learning.umn.edu/portal/event...

Join us as we welcome April Kamp-Whittaker to present her talk titled Networks at Play: Sports and the Archaeology of Community in a WWII Japanese American Incarceration Center. The talk will be held in Humphrey 25 on March 23rd at 4pm. Register at z.umn.edu/Networks_at_...

Join the Department of Anthropology and the Science Museum of Minnesota for the 2026 Archeological Field School! Spots are limited. Details below to join!

New book freshly off the presses by UMN Anthropology Alum! Learn more about the 18th-c fur trade in Minnesota in Amélie Allard’s book “Community politics of the Fur Trade"! #HistoricalArchaeology #Minnesota #GreatLakes #FurTrade #Archaeology #History #UniversityPressofFlorida #umnproud #umncla

Join us as we welcome April Kamp-Whittaker to present her talk titled Networks at Play: Sports and the Archaeology of Community in a WWII Japanese American Incarceration Center. The talk will be held in Humphrey 25 on March 23rd at 4pm. Register at z.umn.edu/Networks_at_...

Join the Department of Anthropology and the Science Museum of Minnesota for the 2026 Archeological Field School! Spots are limited. Details below to join!

Join the Department of Anthropology and the Science Museum of Minnesota for the 2026 Archeological Field School! Spots are limited. Details below to join!

Happy World Anthropology Day! #umncla #umnproud

Join the Department of Anthropology and the Science Museum of Minnesota for the 2026 Archeological Field School! Spots are limited. Details below to join!

Today at various locations Archives on Screen (AoS) will bring rare, unseen archival films from around the globe to Minnesota! Please see mspfilm.org/il-cinema-ri... for more information and to purchase tickets.

Next week (February 12th-15th) at various locations Archives on Screen (AoS) will bring rare, unseen archival films from around the globe to Minnesota! Please see mspfilm.org/il-cinema-ri... for more information and to purchase tickets.

It is with sorrow that we announce the passing of Dr. Frank C. Miller, socio-cultural anthropologist and Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the UofM. Professor Miller's research focused on cultural changes in Mexico. We join the family in mourning the loss of Professor Miller.

Emily Briggs will begin a postdoc in the Department of Anthropology at Lakehead University analyzing archaeological bison samples from Ontario and Alberta to understand their diet, environment and movements. She will also participate in community engagement and mentorship #umnproud #umncla

February 12th-15th at various locations Archives on Screen (AoS) will bring rare, unseen archival films from around the globe to Minnesota! Please see mspfilm.org/il-cinema-ri... for more information and to purchase tickets.

February 12th-15th at various locations Archives on Screen (AoS) will bring rare, unseen archival films from around the globe to Minnesota! Please see mspfilm.org/il-cinema-ri... for more information and to purchase tickets.

Welcome back, students. We are so excited you are here!