Yale University’s Department of Anthropology is home to over thirty faculty, affiliates from many other corners of the University, and scores of graduate students. Our research and teaching interests span the globe, many millions of years of prehistory and history, and the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Our Ph.D. graduates go on to teach in universities around the world and to pursue research in a wide variety of academic and non-academic settings. Our undergraduate major draws students with a passion for the study of humanity, both in the broadest terms and in the specific social, cultural, historical, and/or biological contexts that have shaped human pasts and presents–and that will shape humans’ collective futures.
Chair’s Colloquium: April 21
Grassland into Granary:Alternative Neolithic productivities and their legacies in Africa and Asia
April 21st, 4pm in 10 Sachem room 105.
Semi-Arid grasslands produce sharp seasonal pulses of growth, with much biomass locked into durable annual grains. Once humans developed ways to process and store these hard seeds, these landscapes became prime zones for cultivation and eventually agriculture.
This talk will compare the evidence for agricultural origins in such settings as the African Sahel, western Asia, southern India, and northern China.
Kathryn Dudley wins Conrad M. Arensberg Award
Dudley, Professor of Anthropology and American Studies, received the lifetime achievement award in honor of her outstanding contributions to the anthropological study of work.
Marcia Inhorn recognized for outstanding career by Association for Feminist Anthropology
Inhorn, William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs, has been awarded the 2025 AFA Career Award for her many contributions to the field of feminist anthropology.
News
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Lily Jackson '26 selected as Gates Cambridge Scholar
Lily will pursue an M.Phil. degree in Archaeological Research exploring livestock health and disease patterns during climate cycles in Ethiopia
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Three PhD students honored at American Anthropological Association meeting
Al Lim, Botao Zhao, and Yuefei You, in the combined PhD program in Anthropology and Environment, were honored with prizes at the AAA fall meeting
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Piphal Heng featured in Yale News
Piphal Heng discusses his investigation into everyday life in Cambodia’s City of Angkor, using material evidence and spatial analysis
