Anthropology

Join us for delicious café beverages, good conversation, and a chance to celebrate our anthropology community, including our fabulous graduating seniors. There will also be an opportunity to learn more about Anthro Action, the department’s new student-run magazine. Bring your hopes, plans and news to share. Anthro-curious friends are very welcome!

Ancilleno Davis, Michelle LeFebvre, and Alexis Mychajliw in conversation

Ancilleno Davis is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Science at the University of the Bahamas and Faculty Programs Coordinator of UB North Field Station. He grew up on New Providence Island in The Bahamas and has visited more than 13 countries and territories to deliver scientific talks or presentations on ecology and conservation.

Grab some lunch and stop by the Atwater seminar room for lighthearted conversation about all things Anthropology! Students, faculty and affiliates welcome.

Grab some lunch and stop by the Atwater seminar room for lighthearted conversation about all things Anthropology! Students, faculty and affiliates welcome.

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Security and Global Affairs presents “War and Forced Displacement: A Global Reckoning” with David Vine.

Want to know more about political ecology and environmental politics? Come visit our poster session! Two classes will be presenting their term paper projects on topics from every corner of the planet!

Profs. Michael Sheridan (ANTH) and Kemi Fuentes-George (PSCI)

Alexa Duchesneau will deliver the final talk in the Anthropology J-term Speaker Series. Optimal nutrition is important to the survival and reproduction of many species, especially those requiring: a) long periods of development and b) those living in unpredictable nutritional landscapes. The white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) of Costa Rica, fulfill both of these criteria and are useful models for investigating the relationships between nutrition, life history and climate change.

The second segment of the Anthropology J-term Speaker Series will feature a talk by Amanda Kaminsky ‘13. In Kenya, where a small Chinese community is establishing itself as a result of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, locally sourced crayfish are common in Chinese markets and restaurants. Kenyans themselves, however, rarely eat crayfish and often regard them as invasive pests.

Join us on January 15 for the first segment of the Anthropology J-term Speaker Series! During this career-oriented workshop, we will discuss the range of careers available within the global public health space, the profile(s) that the industry is looking for, whether and when you need a graduate degree, and how bring your resume to the top of the stack. 

Asli Ü. Bâli is the Howard M. Holtzmann Professor of Law at Yale Law School. She is an expert in international human rights law and comparative constitutional law focused on the Middle East. Dr. Bâli received her doctorate in Politics from Princeton University in 2010 and her law degree from Yale. Before her academic career, she worked for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and as an associate at Cleary Gottlieb. Shen then went on to UCLA where she was a founding faculty director of the Promise Institute for Human Rights. Dr.