University of Michigan Anthropology

10/22/2026

🐿️ October newsletter! https://myumi.ch/bD1Gy

10/21/2026

🏢 👥 THIS Friday (10/23), join us for part 2 of Prof. Matthew Hull’s Rappaport Lecture Series, “Incorporations: Capitalism and Collective Life.” https://myumi.ch/G22qp

In Part 2, titled “Freedom and Citizenship: Corporate Membership and the Making of Exclusion,” we’ll explore how early corporations shaped modern republican citizenship through structures of membership and exclusion, and how today’s corporations continue this legacy by excluding certain constituencies from political participation.

🗓️ Friday, Oct. 23 | 3–4:30 p.m.
📍411 West Hall
🎟️ Free and open to the public
💻 Virtual option: https://umich.zoom.us/j/91475190155

Center for South Asian Studies at U-M

10/20/2026

Tuesday, Oct. 27 @ 4 p.m.:

10/19/2026

🎥 What happens when efforts to “modernize” a city put a community’s livelihood at risk?

Explore this and related questions at our Africa Workshop on Tuesday, Oct. 27: a screening of the award-winning documentary “The Waste Commons,” followed by a Q&A with director Rosalind Fredericks. Dr. Fredericks is an urban geographer of West Africa and associate professor at NYU’s Gallatin School. Details: https://myumi.ch/11G7y

📅 Tuesday, Oct. 27 | 4–6 p.m.
📍 4701 Haven Hall

University of Michigan African Studies Center
University of Michigan Anthropology

10/14/2026

Remember to register for “The Work of Death,” our Four Field Symposium coming up on Oct. 30: https://myumi.ch/g1ZVd

🗓️ Friday, Oct. 30 | 1–4 p.m.
📍 Michigan Union (Pendleton Room)
🎟️ Free and open to the public
💻 Livestream: https://ummedia01.umnet.umich.edu/lsa/ant103026.html

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University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology

10/09/2026

U-M Anthropology making news! Read about “Nature/Culture Now!,” a bio-sociocultural course collab between professors Tina Lasisi and Liz Roberts:

On Course: Nature/Culture Now! Photo by Kaley Joy, Office of University Development The Michigan experience is defined by thousands of groundbreaking sections, courses, debates, and educators. With “On Course,” the Office of the Provost explores classes that are notable in their approaches or ou...

10/08/2026

🌟 Congratulations to Assistant Professor Alyssa Paredes on two recent honors:

*The 2026 Individual Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education, for exceptional dedication to the educational experiences of undergrads and achievements and innovations in the classroom.

*The 2026 Belasco Prize for Scholarly Excellence from the Association for the Study of Food and Society, for her article “Topographies of Fungibility: Reinventing the Japanese Taste for Sweetness in the Philippine Highlands.” https://myumi.ch/ykJJD

10/08/2026

Update: Due to unforeseen circumstances, Professor Kirsch will not be speaking at today’s event. Additional information will be provided if and when available.

10/05/2026

Anthro faculty making news! Associate Professor/UMMAA Associate Curator Alicia Ventresca-Miller discusses new genetic findings on social stratification among the nomadic warriors of the Iron Age with CNN:

Elite Scythians such as the “Golden Man” inherited their lofty status and shared power during the Iron Age, DNA analysis shows.