-
Bruker Industries XRF Training Workshop at MSU
On September 7th and 8th the Department of Anthropology hosted an X Ray Florescence (XRF) training workshop by Dr. Bruce Kaiser and Mr. Zach Dismukes of Bruker Industries. The workshop was attended by 22 faculty, and graduate and undergraduate students from the Departments of Anthropology, Geology, and Forestry at MSU. Dr. Kaiser reviewed the basics of […]
-
Department of Anthropology to Host Distinguished Antiquities Trafficking Scholar, Dr. Donna Yates
The Department of Anthropology is pleased to announced that it will be hosting Dr. Donna Yates from October 24th to 28th. Yates is a Lecturer in Antiquities Trafficking and Art Crime at the University of Glasgow’s Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research. An archaeologist by training, she is based out of a criminology department […]
-
Barbara Rose Johnston selected to deliver Michael Kearney Memorial Lecture
Dr. Barbara Rose Johnston, Adjunct faculty member, was selected to deliver the Michael Kearney Memorial Lecture at the annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) this past spring (2016). The SfAA honors the memory of Michael Kearney by selecting an outstanding contemporary scholar to present on a topic relevant to the three themes central in his work: migration, human rights, and […]
-
Dr. Anne Ferguson Selected as Co-recipient of the 2016 Beverwyk Award
Dr. Anne Ferguson and Dr. Lisa Fine (History) will be honored at the 2016 Lavender Reception and Mosaic Awards as recipients of the 2016 Beverwyk Award. The two professors are Co-Directors of the MSU Center for Gender in Global Context (GenCen) and were instrumental in the creation of the LBGTQ+ Studies minor, which became available in 2015. Deanna […]
-
Kathryn Meyers Emery Awarded Excellence-in-Teaching Citation & Other Awards
Kathryn Meyers Emery was recently awarded one of the highest honors a graduate student at Michigan State University can receive, the Excellence-in-Teaching Citation, presented at the All-University Awards Convocation on February 9, 2016. She was given this award for both her formal and informal teaching of students in a variety of contexts, including Introduction to […]
-
2016 Winners of the Annual Fieldwork Photography Contest
First place: “Layene religious ceremony” by Emily Riley. Yoff-Layene, Senegal. 2014 Second place: “Vietnamese Boats” by Edward Glayzer. Hue, Vietnam. 2012 Third place: “Peruvian Dyes” by Nicole Williams. Chinchero, Peru. Honorable Mention: “The Duck Delivery” by Edward Glayzer. Hue, Vietnam. 2012 Honorable Mention: “Wedding Blessing” by Emily Riley. Bambey, Senegal. 2014 […]
-
Dr. Najib Hourani Speaks at the Harvard Arab Weekend
This past November, Dr. Najib Hourani was invited to participate in the Harvard Arab Weekend on a panel sponsored by the Graduate School of Design. The annual event brings together notable academics, political figures, business leaders and diplomats to discuss the pressing issues facing the Arab world. The panel on which Hourani spoke, entitled Reconstruction […]
-
Lisa Bright Wins SCA Outstanding Student Paper Competition
Graduate student Lisa Bright was awarded the Society for California Archaeology Student Paper Competition in March (2016) for her paper titled “Differentiating Hospital Interred Individuals from the Larger Cemetery Population: The Curious Case of SCVMC’s Buttons.” She drew on data from 2012-2014 excavations of the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Historic cemetery (circa 1875-1935), which included 1,004 […]
-
GSA organizes water drive for Flint residents
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE GSA: We have all heard about the water crisis happening in Flint. Please consider donating bottled water in any size or quantity. The state says groups are accepting full cases of commercially packaged water (no loose bottles) and commercially sealed gallon containers of water. Not accepted are canned water, carbonated water, flavored water. Your donations […]
-
Julie Fleischman Receives Grant for Humanitarian Forensics Project
Julie Fleischman, PhD Candidate, has received funding from the American Academy of Forensic Sciences’ Humanitarian and Human Rights Resource Center to oversee a new osteological project at Krang Ta Chan (a former Khmer Rouge security center and mass gravesite in Takeo Province). The funded research will be conducted by Mr. Veon Vuthy, Director of the […]