Welcome to all of our students, staff, friends, and faculty! We will kick off the new academic year with First Friday events on September 7, 2018: New Grad Student Meetings: Archaeology Section from noon-1 pm …
UW-Madison Anthropology News
Nam C. Kim and Marc Kissel’s new 2018 book, “Emergent Warfare in Our Evolutionary Past,” published
Why do we fight? Have we always been fighting one another? This new book published by Nam C. Kim and Marc Kissel (Routledge Press) examines the origins and development of human forms of organized violence …
Congratulations to undergraduate Hiwot Adilow who has won the 6th Brunel International African Poetry Prize
Emeritus Professor T. Douglas Price elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Professor J. Mark Kenoyer receives the Hilldale Awards for distinguished contributions to teaching, research and service.
Prof. J. Mark Kenoyer named the George F. Dales Jr. and Barbara A. Dales Professor of Anthropology
Congratulations to Prof. Jerome Camal 2018 Recipient of the Chancellor’s Inclusive Excellence Teaching Award
Geoffrey Ludvik Receives 2017 Campus-Wide TA Award
Congratulations to Geoffrey Ludvik, who will be recognized with the Campus-Wide TA Award in a ceremony and reception on February 20, 2018, 3:30-4:30 pm, in 911 Van Vleck Hall.
Salomon’s new 2017 book, “At the Mountains’ Altar,” published by Routledge
In high-Andean Peru, Rapaz village maintains a temple to mountain beings who command water and weather. By examining the ritual practices and belief systems of an Andean community, this book presents major theories of religion …