Anthropology at UNCG

Events

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Graduation 2011

UNCG commencement exercises will be held at the Greensboro Coliseum at 10 am on Friday May 6th. On the same day, starting at 1 pm, there will be a special ceremony to honor the 2011 graduates in anthropology. Check back for pictures and details of the event!

News

2011 Harriet Elliott Lecture Series

As hosts of the 2010-2011 Harriet Elliott Lecture Series, the Anthropology Department at UNCG is pleased to announce the upcoming keynote ap class="news"ress and panel discussion on the theme, "Our Genetic Past and Genomic Future: Connecting the Science of Human Origins to Contemporary Life." This year's events will be held on Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Please see the lecture series website and blog for more information.


Recent Anthropology Faculty Publications:

Gary Ferraro and Susan Andreatta
Cultural Anthropology: An Applied Perspective. 8th edition.
Cengage Publishers, 2009

Eric C. Jones and Arthur D. Murphy (eds.)
The Political Economy of Hazards and Disasters
AltaMira Press, 2009

Sarah Wagner
To Know Where He Lies: DNA Technology and the Search for Srebrenica's Missing.
University of California Press, 2008.

Dorothy Davis (ed)
Cultures in Contact
Kendall/Hunt Publishing, 2008

Dorothy Davis
A Study Guide for Contemporary Non-Western Cultures
Kendall/Hunt Publishing, 2008


Student Anthropological Society

The Student Anthropological Society will update their bulletin board regularly with opportunities and other news. The club maintains a calendar with meeting dates and other events for Fall and Spring Semesters.

Anthropology Distinguished Alumni Award

The 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award will be announced in the fall of 2009. For past award winners and information about the award, click here.