News Dr. Starkweather Publishes Article in PNAS Dr. Katie Starkweather has co-authored a publication in PNAS titled “Women’s subsistence strategies predict fertility across cultures, but context matters.” ABSTRACT: While it is commonly assumed that farmers have higher, and foragers lower,… Graduate Student Sonia Saxon Awarded Fellowship UIC Anthropology graduate student Sonia Saxon has been awarded a Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) and Place Fellowship, which is a virtual program run out of UIUC aiming to teach students how to… OBITUARY - Emeritus Professor Jim Phillips We regret to report that UIC Anthropology Emeritus Professor Dr. Jim Phillips passed away on February 9. A proud North Side Chicagoan, Dr. Phillips was a Professor at UIC until he retired and… Three Graduate Students Present at Midwest Andean Meeting Three UIC Anthropology graduate students presented at the 50th Midwest Conference on Andean and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory in Ann Arbor, Michigan last weekend. “Analyzing Metals from the Yaguachi Chiefdom” by Maria Isabel… Graduate Student Dipti Sherchan Awarded Fellowship UIC Anthropology PhD student Dipti Sherchan has been awarded a Forsyth Visiting Graduate Student Fellowship by the University of Michigan. Dipti will spend the next year in Ann Arbor working on her research… Dr. Feinman Publishes Article in "Frontiers in Human Dynamics" MacArthur Curator of Anthropology at The Field Museum Dr. Gary Feinman has co-authored a new publication in Frontiers in Human Dynamics: Institutions and Collective Action titled “New views on price-making markets and the… Three Graduate Students Awarded Fellowships for International Research Three UIC anthropology PhD students have been awarded the Graduate College’s new Fellowships for International Research. These funds are designed to help graduate students do extended work overseas, providing cover for both research… Dr. Cveček Publishes Article in "Anthropology Today" Dr. Sabina Cveček, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow at The Field Museum, has published an article entitled “Why kinship still needs anthropologists in the 21st century” in Anthropology Today. The article is open-access and… Dr. Rabie Featured on "Macrodose" Podcast Dr. Kareem Rabie was featured on the “Macrodose” podcast hosted by labor journalist Sarah Jaffe along with fellow anthropologist Dr. Laleh Khalili (University of Exeter) in a roundtable discussion of the political economy… Dr. Gül Publishes Reflection in "American Ethnologist" Dr. Zeynel Gül, a Bridge-to-Faculty Post-Doctoral Scholar specializing in sociocultural anthropology, has published a reflection in American Ethnologist, the flagship journal of the AAA’s American Ethnological Society as part of the “Data/Bigdata in… Dr. Solinis Casparius Awarded NSF Grant Dr. Rodrigo Solinis Casparius has been awarded an NSF Senior Archaeology Award in the amount of $307,769. The project, which is co-directed by Dr. Christopher Fisher at CSU, is titled “Becoming Purepecha: Genesis… Dr. Álvarez Velasco Publishes Article in "Geopolitics" Dr. Soledad Álvarez Velasco has published an article in Geopolitics entitled “Between ‘Trochas’, Orphans and Mourning: Migrant Mobilities and the Effects of the US ‘Soft’ Remote Control in Ecuador.” Dr. Reddy Publishes Article in "American Anthropologist" Dr. Gayatri Reddy has published an article in the prestigious journal American Anthropologist, the flagship journal of the American Anthropological Association. The articled is titled “‘Our Blood is Becoming White’: Race, Religion, and… CRIM Featured in UIC Today Article The Center for the Recovery and Identification of the Missing (CRIM), which is affiliated with the UIC Anthropology Department, has been featured in an article in UIC Today. Check out the article below! Dr. Feinman Publishes New Book Dr. Gary Feinman (MacArthur Curator of Mesoamerican, Central American, and East Asian Anthropology at The Field Museum and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at UIC) has published a new book in the Cambridge Elements… Dr. Reddy and Dr. Guevarra Awarded Dr. Scholl's Foundation Scholarship Dr. Gayatri Reddy and Dr. Anna Guevarra received a Dr. Scholl’s Foundation Scholarship for Advancing Global Human Rights and Environmental Justice. In partnership with the Law School and School of Public Health, they… Alum Dr. Ridge's Dissertation Recognized with Honorable Mention from Graduate College Dr. William Ridge, PhD from UIC in 2023, has been recognized by the Graduate College with Honorable Mention in the Outstanding Thesis competition for his dissertation “Sociocultural and demographic change in villages on… Fall 2023 End of Semester Graduate Student Awards Four anthropology PhD students have been awarded funding for their dissertation projects. Congratulations! Award for Graduate Research (UIC Graduate College) Cyrus Banikazemi – “Community and Reorganization After the Fall of States: A Study… Dr. Rabie Interviewed About West Bank by "The Baffler" Dr. Kareem Rabie, Associate Professor of Anthropology and member of the Middle East and Muslim Societies Cluster, was interviewed about the current situation in Gaza and the West Bank by Joshua Craze for… Dr. Álvarez Velasco Publishes Article in NACLA Report on the Americas Dr. Soledad Álvarez Velasco, Assistant Professor in Anthropology and Latin American and Latino Studies, has co-authored an article published in NACLA Report on the Americas. The article is called “Circulation and Solidarities in… Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next
