Jonas Stark Johnson presented a paper titled “The Gunsmith: Curators of America’s Gun Culture” at the inaugural Bringing Research and Innovation into the Debate on Guns in Society (BRIDGS) symposium, […]
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.
Faculty
Faculty explore themes such as the everyday, the state, religion, media, and health; focusing on the challenges of our own moment in history.
Major in Anthropology
Undergraduate coursework introduces the methodologies and theories of anthropology through discussion and directed research.
News & Announcements
JHU Anthropology Student, Talia Katz, Publishes Article in International Journal
We are pleased to announce that Talia Katz‘s article, “A Ring Transforms: Children Learning Life and Death in Lod,” has been published in Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry and is now […]
JHU Anthropology Presentations @ 2024 AAA Meeting
Johns Hopkins University students and faculty are set to present their research at the 2024 American Anthropological Association (AAA) Annual Meeting, held November 20–23 in Tampa, Florida. This year’s theme, […]