Department of AnthropologyPast Events
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Stephanie Levy - (Department of Anthropology, Hunter College-CUNY) - “Do early-life environments shape brown fat activity in adulthood? Implications for human energetics, adaptation, and health
December 4, 2023
Museum 345
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Emily Lindsey (Excavation Site Director, La Brea Tar Pits and Museum) - "Dawn of the Anthropocene: How Humans in a Warming Climate Drove Pleistocene Mammal Extinctions and Re-shaped California’s Landscapes"
November 27, 2023
Museum 345
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Coren Apicella - (Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania) - "Hunter-Gatherer Insights on the Puzzle of Cooperation"
November 6, 2023
Museum Room 345
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Molly Zuckerman - (Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University) - “Using Bioarchaeological Data to Inform Diagnostic Criteria for Acquired Syphilis in Clinical Care"
November 6, 2023
Museum Room 345
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Elizabeth Mallott - (Department of Biology, Washington University) - “Social and Environmental Factors Associated with Human Microbiome Variation”
October 30, 2023
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Gabriel Prieto - (Department of Anthropology, University of Florida) - “Multidisciplinary Studies in the Reconstruction of the Social Dynamics and Economic Interactions of the Chimu Empire, North Coast of Peru”
October 23, 2023
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Emily Hammer - (Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania) - Spatial Ethnoarchaeology of Change in Mobile Pastoralist and Marsh-Dwelling Communities
October 16, 2023
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Maria Nieves Colón - (Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota) - "The ‘Proyecto de Investigación de La Quebrada’: A Community-Engaged Study of Afro-Descendant Ancestry and Archaeology in Peru”
October 9, 2023
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Kristen Ghodsee - (Russian and East European Studies, University of Pennsylvania) - “Everyday Utopia: Family Expansionism and the Struggle Against Inequality, Isolation, and the Climate Crisis”
October 2, 2023
More information coming soon.
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Theodore Schurr - (Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania) - “Community Engaged Ancient DNA and Microbiome Research Provides Insights Into the Lives of 18th Century African Descendants in Charleston, South Carolina”
September 25, 2023