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The Department of Anthropology was founded in 1935 as part of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Alaska. The first undergraduate degrees in Anthropology were given in 1959, the first MA degrees in 1968 and the first PhD degrees in 1988. We are the only anthropology program in the United States that maintains a holistic approach to circumpolar studies, providing instruction and research in all aspects of anthropology.
2019 events and news
Ph.D. Thesis Proposal Defense
Southeast Alaska as a Proving Ground for the Coastal Migration Theory: Testing Terminal Pleistocene Coastal Landforms and the Early Holocene Archaeological Record
Nick Schmuck
3-5 p.m., Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Bunnell 302
M.A. Thesis Defense
Indigenous Archaeological Approaches to Artifact and Household Analysis at a Precolonial Yup'ik Village Temyiq Tuyuryaq (Old Togiak)
Dougless Skinner
1 p.m., Thursday, March 28, 2019,
Bunnell 302
Anthropology Colloquium
Caribou Hunting at 45° North Latitude: Underwater Archaeology, Virtual Worlds, and Potential Implications for Alaskan Research
Dr. John O'Shea
Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, University of Michigan
2-4 p.m., Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Bunnell 302
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense
Salmon, Cosmology, and Identity in Elim, Alaska
Julie Raymond-Yakoubian
9 a.m., Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Bunnell 235
UAF Northwwest Campus, Nome, Brown Bldg., Room 101
World Anthropology Day at the UAF Department of Anthropology
2-4 p.m. February 22, 2019
Bunnell 302
Free event!
Invited Speaker
It's Complicated: Diplomacy and Cultural Anthropology
Sara Harriger
3-4 p.m.
Food and giveaways
2-3 p.m.
M.A. Thesis Defense
Toolstone Procurement and Land Use in the Tangle Lakes Region, Central Alaska
Brooks Ann Lawler
3 p.m., Friday, February 15, 2019
Bunnell 302
Lunch Talk
Rethinking energy security and three energy pathways in Tajikistan
Dr. Murodbek Laldjebaev
12-1:30 p.m., Wednesday, January 16, 2019
BP Design Theater, 4th floor of ELIF / Engineering Building
Hosted by the Department of Anthropology and the Alaska Center for Energy and Power
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