News & Events

In case you missed it, here is your second chance to watch Professor Sarah Kurnick's TEDxMileHigh: RISE Talk about Aliens & Archaeology: Why Do We Get History Wrong on Purpose?

The Anthropology department invites undergraduates and faculty to attend Sounds from Around the World Religious pop music from Indonesia. Ringtail lemur calls from Madagascar. Campfire songs from Mongolia. Hear sounds from anthropological fieldwork around the world. Attend and gain a whole new playlist to accompany your final weeks of study...

Congratulations to Bailey Duhé for being recognized as the recipient of a Fall 2020 Graduate Part-Time Instructor Appreciation Award!! The recognition is for “how you have risen to the challenges presented by teaching during the pandemic.”

Sexual Citizens: Social Science, Public Health, and the Future of Campus Sexual Assault Prevention Thursday, October 29 th , 12:30-1:30 PM (MST) Dr. Jennifer Hirsch, Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health Dr. Shamus Khan, Professor of Sociology, Columbia University Zoom link: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/99138645922 Cosponsored by the Department...

Congratulations to Grace Bowland (Anth 2019)! Her senior honors thesis work, part of a large collaborative project with Jeremy Koster at University of Cincinnati, has been published (open access) in Frontiers in Veterinary Science: https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.565346

Black and Indian and Biracial Woman: A VP Forum Wednesday, October 21 – 5-6 pm MDT Join us for a discussion where our panel will share their thoughts on the issues of identity and representation that Senator Kamala Harris’ Vice Presidential nomination signifies. This event will be moderated by our...

Please join the climate committee ((Brent, Kate, Matt, Sam, Sandy, & Scarlett) for a "virtual coffee" Monday, 10/26, from 11 am to 12 pm. We will use breakout rooms and some structured convo starters to get things chatting and offer the chance to field concerns and ideas for stuff that...

Melanie Matteliano, Masters student in Cultural Anthropology Discussant: TBD Date: Friday, October 30 ​Time: 12:30-2pm Location: Zoom “Pruning Lets the Light In”: Seeking Beneficial Land-based Livelihoods in Colorado’s North Fork Valley Abstract: The North Fork Valley is home to an agricultural community that contains the highest concentration of small organic...

A global team of researchers led by a CU Boulder prof has received a $1.5 million NSF grant to study the classic-period collapse in Mesoamerica Why did the Mesoamerican classic period, an era of great social and cultural development for millions of people in central America and Mexico, abruptly end?...

Our graduate student Carlton Gover will be presenting on the breadth of human occupation in the central Plains, from the arrival of the Clovis populations to the re-introduction of horses in the Americas, via Zoom on October 28th! The event will be hosted by the Museum of the Pawnee Nation.