• Department Involvement in Major Conferences – 2012

    72nd Annual Meeting of The Society for Applied Anthropology (SFAA) -Baltimore, MD; March 27 – 31, 2012       Emily Altimare, graduate student, gave the following paper presentation: “Living and Learning: Exploring Education in a Residential College Setting.” Dr. Keri Brondo (ANP alum) gave the following paper presentation: “A Vacation of Mud, Blood, and Sweat: Voluntouring […]

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  • Najib Hourani

    As an Assistant Professor appointed in Anthropology and the graduate Global Urban Studies Program (GUSP), Najib Hourani’s research and teaching reflects the commitment of both the College of Social Science and the Department of Anthropology to furthering interdisciplinary research at MSU. Trained in Middle East Politics (PhD NYU, 2005), and having taught History at Fordham […]

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  • PhD Candidate Terry Brock Launches “All of Us Will Walk Together” Digital Project

    Although most people think of 17th-century archaeology when they think of St. Mary’s City, its space contains many more stories from later eras.  One is the 19th-century story of slavery and freedom at a large slave plantation.  This story is being told on a digital exhibit and blog, All of Us Will Walk Together (www.stmaryscity.org/walktogether), published by MSU Department […]

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  • New Book published by Dr William Lovis – The Geoarchaeology of Lake Michigan Coastal Dunes

    The Geoarchaeology of Lake Michigan Coastal Dunes, the recently released book coauthored by Drs. William Lovis (MSU Anthropology), Alan Arbogast (MSU Geography), and G. William Monaghan (Indiana University), is the culmination of almost seven years of research and writing.  Published in the Michigan Department of Transportation Environmental Series, edited by MSU alumnus James Robertson, and […]

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  • Anthropology PhD Student Meskerem Glegziabher awarded a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad

    The Department of Anthropology is very pleased to announce that PhD Student Meskerem Glegziabher has been awarded a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad award Her research project is entitled “India Rising: Understanding Development, Gender and Urban Poverty Alleviation in Delhi’s Jhuggi Jhopris.” She will be conducting ethnographic and archival research in Delhi, India and will […]

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  • Anthropology PhD Student Emily Riley awarded a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad

    The Department of Anthropology is very pleased to announce that PhD Student Emily Riley has been awarded a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad. Emily’s research, entitled “The Fight Against Wastefulness’: Legal and Political Engagement in Senegal,” will investigate the legal and political efforts for social change in Senegal, specifically examining the history and current impacts of […]

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  • Department of Anthropology Sponsors Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference on Migration

    The Department of Anthropology is happy to announce that it will be sponsoring Migration without Borders, an interdisciplinary graduate student conference on migration at Michigan State University on October 5th & 6th. This conference aims to facilitate and foster an interdisciplinary, trans-institutional cohort of scholars interested in issues of migration and mobility. Panelists are scholars at various […]

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  • Dept of Anthropology Morton Village Archaeological Fieldschool Launches Blog

    In order to document and communicate their ongoing research and outreach activities, the MSU Department of Anthropology Morton Village Archaeological Fieldschool in launching a blog this season.  Located at mortonvillage.anthropology.msu.edu, the blog will feature regular posts and videos by fieldschool staff and students. Located in the central Illinois River Valley near Lewiston, Illinois, the Morton Village […]

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  • The 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology

    Michigan State University’s department of anthropology was very well represented at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.  The meeting was held April 18-22, 2012, in Memphis, TN.     Jennifer Bengtson presented a paper co-authored by Dr. Jodie O’Gorman and Ryan M. Tubbs entitled: “Impacts of Social Interaction among Women in […]

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  • Terry Brock Receives Dissertation Research Grant

    Congratulations to Terry Brock on being awarded an SRI Foundation Dissertation Research Grant for his research entitled: “We All Walked Together”: The Transition From Slavery to Freedom on a 19th century Maryland Plantation.    

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