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article Quote of the Day - 10/12/17 Chelsey Kivland

October 12, 2017

"Instead of vilifying the racial minority or immigrant, as has Trumpism, populism should target the political-economic system that has benefited few people at the expense of all of us," write Profs. Kivland and Mladek, associate professor of German studies and comparative literature....

article Sharing Our Knowledge: Conference of Tlingit Tribes and Clans

October 01, 2017

Prof. Sergei Kan presented two papers at this conference. A biannual gathering, which brings together tribal elders, indigenous cultural preservation activists, and the general public (Native and Non-Native) with academic scholars in the fields of anthropology, history, linguistics, art, etc.

article Amanda Tan Receives Early Career Award

September 08, 2017

Dr. Amanda Tan has been awarded the American Society of Primatologists Deb Moore Award for Early Career Primatologists. It honors "exceptional researchers who demonstrate passion and dedication for extending knowledge through original research of primates in their natural environment."...

article Quote of the Day - 8/18/17 William Fitzhugh

August 24, 2017

"The pattern for interaction between white people and the Inuit in those early days was pretty disdainful," says the visiting professor of anthropology in a "Washington Post" story about Charles Francis Hall, an unlikely adventurer....