Distinguished Professor Emeritus Mischa Penn passed at age 89. He taught for more than 50 years at the University and was the recipient of numerous teaching awards. Penn's home department was anthropology and worked on a committee that led to the creation of the Department of African American Studies.
We are inviting applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in biological anthropology at the assistant professor level beginning fall semester 2020 (08/31/2020). The priority application deadline is October 18, 2019
Associate Professor David Valentine is a cultural and linguistic anthropologist who researches commercial space settlement movement. Valentine believes that studying outer space can help shed light on possible ways of approaching the current climate change crisis.
Rebecca Bria directs the archaeological research project Proyecto de Investigación Arqueológico Regional Ancash (PIARA) to investigate the rise and fall of ancient Peruvian societies while collaborating with indigenous communities to preserve their heritage.
Professor Gloria Goodwin Raheja has worked in archives across Appalachia and conducted oral history interviews to explore the ways American vernacular music registered transformations in the social and economic landscapes of coal mining communities in the 1920s and 1930s.
Anthropology and history student Dana Queen reflects on her time at the University of Minnesota as she prepares to graduate in the spring. Her dedication to creating programs for informal learning spaces in libraries has been nurtured by her liberal arts education and experiences.
Dana Queen’s variety of earned scholarships have allowed her to develop her deep interest in history. Additionally, Queen’s learning abroad experience in York, England taught her to embrace the unknown. Now in her last semester, she looks forward to finishing her degrees in history and anthropology.
Through an interactive app that blends anthropology and technology, PhD student Samantha Porter transforms the Minneapolis Institute of Art into a puzzle room for its patrons.
The Department of Anthropology will be hosting the 2019-2020 Daphne Berdahl Memorial Lecture on Monday, March 2, 2020. The lecture will begin at 4PM with a reception following. The speaker...
A key problem for any evolutionary explanation of human cooperation is why humans tend to have a very low propensity for face-to-face aggression because, without this unusual feature, trust...
