Sociology and Anthropology

Anthropology Club

The Anthropology Club brings together students interested in the four-fields of anthropology (both as majors and non-majors) in order to engage with the core concerns of discipline in settings beyond the classroom.  The Club is open to everyone and we encourage people to join us who are interested in all things human, from our origins as a species (biological), to our cultural development (archaeology), to how we live in present communities (cultural), to how we communicate (linguistics).

Join others with similar interests for comradeship and even, occasionally, pizza!  A great way to connect with like-minded students and share a learning experience–exciting, and just fun.

Activities of the Club include:

  • Field trips
  • The Works in Progress Series
  • Invited speakers
  • Conferences
  • Book and bake sales
  • Movie screenings

2022-2023 Academic Year

Anthropology Club Poster in PDF (coming in September)

Meetings

TBA [contact club president for details]

Club Officers

President:

Vice President:

Treasurer/Secretary:

Faculty Advisor:

TBA

For more information contact

American Anthropological Association

AnthroClubs is an official student program for undergraduate members of the American Anthropological Association that works to foster community among those majoring, minoring, or having a general interest in the field of anthropology. AAA Anthropology Club members work to mobilize students and departments by serving as on-campus ambassadors.

  • Have at least 5 student club members (at least three (3) club members, not including the club President, must be AAA members)
  • Have a faculty advisor (AAA membership is not required but members receive 15% off their national dues)
  • Complete and submit an AnthroClub membership application
  • Submit AnthroClub annual dues
  • Complete and submit the AAA undergraduate membership application for at least three (3) members
  • Elect club officers (President, Secretary and Treasurer) annually
  • Develop a club social media page (at least one of the following); or “follow” or “like” @AmericanAnthro
  • Clubs on Facebook should “like” the AAA page to receive updatesAdditional Club Guidelines..
  • An official AnthroClub Membership Certificate
  • The official AnthroClub member logo to use on materials, websites and social media channels
  • Club President’s member dues waived
  • Faculty Advisor member dues discount (15% off)
  • Annual club kit that includes materials that will include ideas on how to plan activities for your club, logo swag, and other resources
  • Highlights throughout the year of club activities on AAA national social media pages
  • Participation in World Anthropology Day (formerly National Anthropology Day) events and materials
  • Exclusive access to purchase/request additional official Anthro Club logo materials

Celebrate. Engage. Inspire.

Anthropology Day is an annual day (always the third Thursday in February) for anthropologists to celebrate our discipline while sharing it with the world around us. Help us celebrate what anthropology is and what it can achieve by hosting an event through the Anthropology Club.

Visit the American Anthropological Association’s Anthropology Day Resources page to check out logos, activity suggestions, customizable templates and additional materials.

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News

RSS Anthropology News

  • Decoding Avar society 24 April 2024
    A multidisciplinary research team has combined ancient DNA data with a clear archaeological, anthropological and historical context to reconstruct the social dynamics of Avar-period steppe descent populations that settled in Europe's Carpathian Basin in the 6th century.
  • Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago 24 April 2024
    Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago in a group of marine invertebrates called octocorals, according to the results of a new study. The study focuses on an ancient group of marine invertebrates that includes soft corals, pushes back the previous oldest dated example of trait by nearly 300 million years.
  • 'Forgotten city:' the identification of Dura-Europos' neglected sister site in Syria 19 April 2024
    The Dura-Europos site in modern-day Syria is famous for its exceptional state of preservation. Like Pompeii, this ancient city has yielded many great discoveries, and serves as a window into the world of the ancient Hellenistic, Parthian, and Roman periods. Yet despite the prominence of Dura-Europos in Near Eastern scholarship, there is another city, only […]
  • First evidence of human occupation in lava tube cave in Saudi Arabia 17 April 2024
    New research has highlighted an area in Arabia that once acted as a key point for cultural exchanges and trades amongst ancient people -- and it all took place in vast caves and lava tubes that have remained largely untapped reservoirs of archaeological abundance in Arabia. Through meticulous excavation and analysis, the international team uncovered […]
  • Genetic variant identified that shaped the human skull base 17 April 2024
    Researchers have identified a variant in the gene TBX1 as key in the development of the unique morphology at the base of the skull. TBX1 is present at higher levels in humans than in closely related hominins. Low TBX1 also occurs in certain genetic conditions causing altered skull base morphology. This study provides a greater […]
  • Interspecies competition led to even more forms of ancient human -- defying evolutionary trends in vertebrates 17 April 2024
    Competition between species played a major role in the rise and fall of hominins -- and produced a 'bizarre' evolutionary pattern for the Homo lineage -- according to a new study that revises the start and end dates for many of our early ancestors.

RSS AAA News Feed

  • Haunting Technoscientific Futures in South Korea
    South Korea’s investment in technoscientific modernity is intimately entangled with the Cold War violence that defined its political modernity. The post Haunting Technoscientific Futures in South Korea appeared first on Anthropology News.
  • Luther Gerlach
    1930-2024 Luther Paul Gerlach was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota in 1952. He then served in the US Army in for two years (1952–54) and as a government researcher in Germany before earning a PhD in cultural anthropology in 1961 from the University of […]
  • Oranges and Their Makings in the “Capital of Orange”
    Notes on farm work in a rural town in southern Turkey. The post Oranges and Their Makings in the “Capital of Orange” appeared first on Anthropology News.
  • Putting Language to Work in the Dominican Republic 
    Youth build multilingual lives that work for themselves rather than the workplace. The post Putting Language to Work in the Dominican Republic  appeared first on Anthropology News.
  • Taking Pictures of Tacos
    I have become the guy who takes photos of tacos. The post Taking Pictures of Tacos appeared first on Anthropology News.
  • Tom N. Headland
    Both the discipline of anthropology and the Agta Indigenous people of Casiguran, Philippines, lost a scholar, a friend, and an advocate in the passing of Dr. Thomas N. Headland on February 1, 2024. His wife and colleague Janet preceded him by one year. Tom served in the US Army 508 Airborne Regimental Combat Team from […]
  • Problematic Brews: Commercial Deception, Modernity, and the Pursuit of Profit 
    Walking through my local Indianapolis grocery store, I can find an assortment of beers organized from big commercial brands like Heineken to popular craft brews such as Dogfish Head IPAs to regional favorites like Sun King ale. However, my view of these beers has been deeply impacted by my ethnographic research on beer and brewing […]
  • Abolition as Process
    In July 2020, under the guidance of a dark and rainy sky, several Black community organizers and I led a protest with over 2,000 people in Gainesville, Florida. The gloomy yet hopeful air married their powerful voices, cries, and sweat. In a call-and-response, we almost entered into a trance by repeatedly chanting: “What do we […]
  • On Staff Meal: Fieldwork Reflections of a Line Cook-Anthropologist
    If you had the opportunity to work at a restaurant where eating savory bites of smoked bison ribeye and maple roast duck was a daily occurrence, would you be compelled to take it? Though the perk of eating amazing food was not my main reason for beginning fieldwork in the restaurant industry, I certainly haven’t […]
  • Rafael Sánchez Cacheiro
    Rafael Sánchez Cacheiro, retired senior lecturer at the Geneva Graduate Institute, passed away on February 22, 2024, in Geneva, after a valiant battle with cancer. Born in Havana, Cuba, Sánchez lived briefly in Miami before his family migrated first to Spain and then to Venezuela. He obtained his formal education in Caracas, and then California, […]

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