The Department of Anthropology very much hopes to admit an incoming class of PhD students in each sub-field (Biological Anthropology, Archaeology, Sociocultural Anthropology) for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Megan Moore (Anthropology) has been awarded an Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship (IDF) with the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science for the 2020-2021 academic year.

This virtual workshop hosted by the Interdisciplinary Collaborative Workshop (ICW) will focus on the dynamics of protest in historical and comparative perspective, and the political, social, and cultural impact of protest, examining the conditions under which protests produce, or fail to produce, enduring institutional, cultural, and personal change. 

The Department of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities condemns the murder of George Floyd, demands accountability for all four police officers directly involved in his killing, and calls for systemic change against institutional racism.