Events

  • Feb 21: Anthropology Spring Open House

    Join the Department of Anthropology at the Spring Open House. This is a great opportunity to tour the labs and learn about ongoing research being conducted by professors and students. Information about upcoming field...
  • Feb 25: Emergent Warfare in Our Evolutionary Past

    Dr. Marc Kissell from Appalachian State University will give a talk titled "Emergent Warfare in Our Evolutionary Past" as part of the Department of Anthropology Proseminar series.

  • Mar 04: Aging in Biocultural Perspective

    Dr. Peter Gray from the UNLV Department of Anthropology will give a talk titled "Aging in Biocultural Perspective" as part of the Department's Proseminar series. 

  • Mar 11: Selling Buddha in the United States and Thailand

    Dr. Jiemen Bao from the UNLV Department of Anthropology will give a talk titled "Selling Buddha in the United States and Thailand" as part of the Department's Proseminar series.

  • Mar 25: Indigenous Child Labor in Western Alaska, 1890-1951

    Dr. Liam Frink from the UNLV Department of Anthropology will give a talk titled "Feeding the Mission: Indigenous Child Labor in Western Alaska, 1890-1951" as part of the Department's Proseminar series.

  • Mar 27: Death and Rebirth: Religious Change in the Copper Age

    Dr. Yorke M. Rowan from the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago will give a talk titled "Death and Rebirth: Religious Change and Reincarnation during the Copper Age in the Southern Levant" as part of the...
  • Apr 01: The Evolution of Homo and Paranthropus

    Dr. Brian Villmoare from the UNLV Department of Anthropology will give a talk titled "The Evolution of Homo and Paranthropus" as part of the Department's Proseminar series. 

  • Apr 08: Sex, Sleep, and Well-Being

    Dr. Sean Prall from the University of California Los Angeles will give a talk titled "Sex, Sleep, and Well-Being: How Reproductive Investments Influence Health in Himba Pastoralists" as part of the Department of Anthropology...
  • Apr 15: Biocultural Response to Infectious Disease

    Dr. Eric Stattuck from the University of Texas at San Antonio will give a talk titled "Sickness Behavior: A Biocultural Response to Infectious Disease" as part of the Department of Anthropology Proseminar series. 

  • Apr 25: Faith and Human Nature

    The College of Liberal Arts’ University Forum Lecture Series presents “Faith and Human Nature,” a talk by Mel Konner, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology, Emory University. In recent years, some scientists and...