Welcome
The Department of Anthropology at UAF is the only anthropology program
in the United States that maintains a holistic approach to circumpolar
studies, providing instruction and research in all aspects of northern
anthropology, with a major emphasis on Alaska and the Russian North.
UAF Anthropology offers programs leading to a BA, BS, MA, and PhD.
We publish an internationally recognized, refereed journal, the Anthropological
Papers of the University of Alaska. UAF was recently home
to the secretariat of the International
Arctic Social Sciences Association.
We have more than 70 undergraduate majors and 50 graduate students, and serve over 900
students per year. The department offers approximately 40 courses each
year.
Please browse our web site to learn more about the Department of Anthropology, part of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
See and read about Rainey Cabin, a historic building on the UAF campus that is integral not only to the history of the Anthropology Department, but to the history of UAF's prominence in arctic and norhtern research.
News and Events
Finalists for the director of the University of Alaska Museum of the North position
The first of four finalists for the director of UAM will present a lecture on April 22. We hope you will attend.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22
6:00 PM University of Alaska Museum of the North, Arnold Espe Auditorium
Museums, Education and Research: An Intimate Relationship
Keith Crandall ,
Ph.D. (population and evolutionary biology, Washington University)
Chair, Biology Department at Bringham Young University
Curator of crustaceans at BYU Monte L' Beam Museum
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
Finalists for the Cultural Anthropologist position
Two finalists for the cultural anthropologist position in the Anthropology Department will present public lectures. We hope you will attend.
FRIDAY, MARCH 27
3:30 p.m. -Eielson 304
Dancing, Carving, and Hunting: Function and Fiction in a Koryak Ritual
Patrick Plattet,
Ph.D. University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland), Practical School of Higher Studies (Paris/Sorbonne, France), 2005
Post-doctoral Fellow, UAF/Swiss National Science Foundation
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
FRIDAY, APRIL 3
3:30 p.m. -Eielson 304
Far Eastern Borderlands: Exploring Informal Space at the Margins of the Russian State
Tobias Holzlehner, Ph.D. University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2006.
Post-doctoral Fellow, UAF/BOREAS/MOVE
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
Great new opportunity for prospective doctoral students at UAF!
MESAS (Marine Ecoystem Sustainability in the Arctic and Subarctic) is an interdisciplinary study and research program funded through NSF-IGERT to train future leaders in ecosystem-based approaches to the management of living marine resources. Fellowship funding available for US citizens or permanent residents. Learn more at this website www.uaf.edu/mesas.
Anthropology Colloquium
Usually Fridays at 3:30 p.m. in Eielson 304
FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2009
3:30 p.m. - 304 Eielson Bldg
Anthropology Colloquium
Title: Gei Debuts: Ethnography of Japanese and non-Japanese Men in Tokyo
Kutraluk (Jeffery) Bolton
Stanford University
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27
3:30 p.m. - 304 Eielson Bldg
Anthropology Colloquium
Title: Human Ecodymanics in the North Atlantic - Recent IPY Results
Thomas McGovern, Professor of Anthropology, Hunter College, North Atlantic Biocultural Organization
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20
3:30 p.m. - 304 Eielson Bldg
Anthropology Colloquium
Title: Ella Alerquutengqertuq: The World and its Weather Have Teachings
Ann Fienup-Riordan , Anthropologist, Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13
3:30 p.m. - 304 Eielson Bldg
Anthropology Colloquium
Title: Mail Delivery Comes to Alaska, an Ethnohistoric Perspective
William Schneider , Professor of Library Science, Curator of Oral History, UAF
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6
3:30 p.m. - 304 Eielson Bldg
Anthropology Colloquium
Title: Sable Hunting in Itelmen - Filming a Past Practice and a Waning Language in Kamchatka
David Koester, Associate Professor of Anthropology, UAF, and
Liivo Niglas, Lecturer in Ethnographic Filmmaking, Tartu University
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2009
3:30 p.m. - 304 Eielson Bldg
Anthropology Colloquium
Title: An Ipiutak Discovery at Nuvuk (Point Barrow) in the summer of 2008
Claire Alix , Alaska Quaternary Center, UAF
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
click here to see a list of recent past colloquia.
Student Presentations
FRIDAY, MAY 8
11:00 am - Eielson Room 304
"I hoped you were dead!" Stigma, suffering, and memory in the lives of Norwegian war children
M.A. Thesis Defense
Johanna Geml
M.A. Student/ UAF Department of Anthropology
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6
3:30 pm - Eielson Room 304
Social Benefits and Cultural Consequences of Basketball in Alaska
PhD Proposal Defense
Andreas Droulias
PhD Student/ UAF Department of Anthropology
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
MONDAY, MAY 4
2:00 pm - Eielson Room 304
Places of Significance in Itelmen Country
M.A. Thesis Defense
Tatiana Degai
M.A. Student/ UAF Department of Anthropology
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
THURSDAY, APRIL 16
10:00 am - Library - Kayak Room
Bone as a biomarker of mercury exposure in prehistoric arctic human populations: initial method validation using animal models
Dissertation Defense
Carrin Halffman
Ph.D. Candidate/ UAF Department of Anthropology
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
TUESDAY, MARCH 31
1:15 pm - Eielson 304
Nuniwarmiut Land Use, Settlement History and Socio-Territorial Organization, 1880-1960
Dissertation Defense
Kenneth L. Pratt
Ph.D. Candidate/ UAF Department of Anthropology
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4
10:00 a.m. - IARC 501
Evaluating and Designing Urban Food Systems: The Role of Local Initiatives
Dissertation Defense
Alison Meadow
Ph.D. Candidate/ UAF Department of Anthropology
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
MONDAY, MARCH 2
3:00 p.m. -Gruening 7th floor Conference Room
Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe: An Exploration of How People Make Consumption Choices in Fairbanks, Alaska
M.A. Research Proposal Defense
Dael Davenport
M.A. Student/ UAF Department of Anthropology
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19
1:15 p.m. -304 Eielson Bldg
An Overview of Alaskan Relocations: State Involvement and Community Action
M.A. Research Proposal Defense
Elizabeth Mikow
M.A. Student/ UAF Department of Anthropology
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
Graduate Program Quick Links
Graduate Student Manual
Online - find out about requirements, procedures, etc.
Current Student Research Projects - find out about what our students are doing.
Comprehensive List of Graduate Student Theses/Projects (1968-present) - learn about the wide breadth of graduate student research in the Anthropology Department.
For further information on the UAF Department
of Anthropology or to request application materials:
UAF Department of Anthropology
310 Eielson Building
PO Box 757720
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7720
907-474-7288 - phone
907-474-7453 - fax
fyanth@uaf.edu
Photo caption: Field camp in Egypt - professor Joel Irish
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