Congratulations Dr. Alexander! On May 26, 2026, Ph.D. candidate in linguistic anthropology Bri Alexander successfully defended her dissertation titled “All Our Ren […]

Congratulations Dr. Otuonye! On May 15, 2026, Ph.D. candidate in cultural anthropology Chinonye Alma Otuonye successfully defended her dissertation titled “ […]

2026 TAG Conference The Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) conference will be jointly hosted by CUNY and the Pratt Institute on Friday, May 29th. Coming […]

Finding Grants Workshop This Friday, May 15th, PhD student in cultural anthropology Cassandra Cronin will lead a workshop on using the Pivot and Grant Forward […]

Celebrating Vincent Crapanzano Please join us on Friday, May 8th, as we celebrate our very own Professor Vincent Crapanzano. This special event will take place f […]

Congratulations Dr. Parme! On April 23rd 2026, Ph.D. candidate in cultural anthropology Lindsay Parme successfully defended her dissertation titled “Subjects of Res […]

Anthro Dissertation Showcase Please join us for the Dissertation Proposal Showcase on Friday, May 8, from 2:00–4:00pm in the Brockway Room (6402). The event o […]

Congratulations Dr. Amer! On April 17th 2026, Ph.D. candidate in cultural anthropology Nehal Amer successfully defended her dissertation titled “Speculative Urb […]

Colloq: Christine Webb *** EVENT CANCELLED *** Please join us this Friday, April 24  for our next colloquium! This week we will be joined by Christine We […]

Louise Lennihan: A Celebration! On May 1st, we will celebrate the retirement of Professor Louise Lennihan, whose teaching, mentorship, and scholarship have shaped g […]

Selin Levi wins 2026 Images of Research Competition Her photograph is titled “Dy(e)ing Out: The Last Dyer’s Workshop.” Levi’s dissertation is based in Izmir, Turkey, where she focus […]

Colloq: Laurian Bowles Join us this Friday, April 17, at 4:15 pm for this semester’s Leith Mullings Lecture featuring Laurian Bowles from Davidson Colleg […]

17 students get Eric Wolf Dissertation Research Grants Our Ph.D. Program in Anthropology is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Eric Wolf Dissertation Research Grants. This year, […]

10 anthro students get $244,000 in GC Dissertation Fellowships Ten anthropology PhD students will have their 2026-2027 dissertation-writing year supported by the Graduate Center. Alumni […]

Congratulations Dr. Ozbarlas! On February 13th 2026, Ph.D. candidate in cultural anthropology Zeynep Ozbarlas successfully defended her dissertation titled “New Age […]

Fall 2025 Colloquium Series Unless otherwise noted, all talks will be held on Fridays at the Graduate Center on the Concourse level in Room C-415A, beginning at 4 […]

Colloq: Pamila Gupta This Friday, October 3rd at 4:15 pm, the Anthropology Department will welcome Dr. Pamila Gupta, Associate Professor at the University of […]

Full Schedule:
2.24 Elliot Blair (Univ. of Alabama) Glass Beads and Colonial Networks: A Social Network Approach to Exploring Population Aggregation in 17th Century Mission Santa Catalina de Guale

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OCT. 14 Colloq: Brenda Chalfin EXCREMENTAL EXPERIMENTAL: Vital Politics on Ghana’s Urban Frontier Brenda Chalfin | University of Florida *please note this event […]

OCT. 7 Colloq – Carwil Bjork-James Wounded Bodies, Heroic Deaths and the Reimagined Community of Plurinational Bolivia Carwil Bjork-James | Vanderbilt […]