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.
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The legacy of James Scott, pathbreaking scholar in the social sciences
Arrow Up Right (link is external)James Scott, professor emeritus of Anthropology, died on July 19. He was passionate researcher and teacher who contributed deeply to Yale scholarship.
The Department of Anthropology Annual Fall Reception
We hope you will join us on Thursday, September 12, in and around 10 Sachem Street for our Annual Fall Reception.
Yale Anthropology Welcomes Fall 2024 with New Website!
The Department of Anthropology is launching a new website! If you are reading this message, you are already visiting the new site. Maintaining the familiar color schemes and fonts of our previous site, the new version boasts updated staff, student, and faculty profiles, improved organization, and scores of updated images representing department life. The site also meets the highest ADA standards and allows more user-friendly navigation across a broad range of modern devices.
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Christen Smith, new faculty member, featured in FAS News
Arrow Up Right (link is external)Christen Smith discusses her research on the performance of state violence in Brazil
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Jessica Thompson featured in the Yale News
Arrow Up Right (link is external)Yale paleoanthropologist Jessica Thompson proposes guidelines for the ethical study of ancient human DNA.
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Professor Richard Burger decorated by the Municipality of Pachacámac
On the occasion of the Municipality’s 450th anniversary, the Mayor of Pachacámac, Peru decorated Richard Burger with formal honors