Cultures and Traditions

The Department of Anthropology specializes in socio-cultural anthropology: the study of social and cultural forms of human life using ethnographic, historical, and comparative methods.

  • Degrees Offered BA, PhD
  • Major Anthropology
  • Minor Anthropology

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Graduate Program

Train in anthropological theory, using regional and cultural understanding to cross-cut problems, and ethnographic research methods conducted through intensive fieldwork.

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Faculty

Faculty explore themes such as the everyday, the state, religion, media, and health; focusing on the challenges of our own moment in history.

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Major in Anthropology

Undergraduate coursework introduces the methodologies and theories of anthropology through discussion and directed research.

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JHU Anthro. Colloquium Series: Amy Moran-Thomas

"Redacted Reckoning: An Anthropology of Institutional Silences After Tuskegee Study Researchers' Experiments in Guatemala" Co-sponsored by the Program in Medicine, Science, and Humanities, the Program in History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, […]

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Naveeda Khan’s Field Dispatches from Bangladesh

Professor of Anthropology Naveeda Khan has provided detailed accounts of the escalating conflict between Bangladeshi student protesters and the government. Naveeda’s research highlights the broader implications of this incident, revealing […]

Anand Pandian Writes for the Baltimore Beat

Anthropology professor Anand Pandian, in collaboration with Cornell University’s Chloe Ahmann, has recently published a thought-provoking op-ed in the Baltimore Beat. The piece delves into the discriminatory history of waste […]