The Department of Anthropology is delighted to congratulate graduate students Kunal Joshi and Perry Maddox on the successful defense of their doctoral dissertations. On June 23, Perry Maddox defended Burnt […]
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
Anand Pandian Featured in Baltimore Banner for “Jones Falls 2076” Art Project
The Baltimore Banner has profiled Anthropology faculty member Anand Pandian and his work on Jones Falls 2076, a public art project asking Baltimore residents to envision the city’s buried Jones […]
Sabine Mohamed co-edited an Open Book on Capture/Connect/Shift with Jatin Dua (U. of Michigan)
This Open Book project is a space for experimental, peer-reviewed digital scholarship curated by Cultural Anthropology’s editorial collective under the directorship of AbdouMaliq Simone. The eight original inquiries in this collection […]