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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Professor Richard Burger and Lucy Salazar honored by the Peruvian Government
In December 2024, Richard L. Burger and Lucy Salazar were honored by the Peruvian congress for their exceptional and dedicated contributions to Peruvian history and culture.
Yale Anthropology welcomes new faculty Christen Smith
Dr. Christen Smith joins the Anthropology faculty as Associate Professor with a dual appointment in African American Studies. She is a Black feminist and African diaspora anthropologist whose work explores the multi-sided dimensions of race, gender, violence, performance and Blackness in the Americas.
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James Scott posthumously awarded Wilbur Cross Medal
Former Anthropology professor is awarded Yale’s highest Alumni honor in recognition of his exceptional scholarship, teaching, and public service.
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Christen Smith, new faculty member, featured in FAS News
Christen Smith discusses her research on the performance of state violence in Brazil
