Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota

Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota

@umnanth.bsky.social

A world-class Anthropology program Learn more at: cla.umn.edu/anthropology

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UMN Anthropology and Science Museum of Minnesota Field School Information for Summer 2026

Join the Department of Anthropology and the Science Museum of Minnesota for the 2026 Archeological Field School! Spots are limited. Details below to join!

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Join us for a two-day, hybrid symposium March 18th & 19th which will convene leading experts to the global issue of self-Indigenization

Tickets and Schedule can be found at z.umn.edu/hold_our_gro...

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Wednesday, March 18th 6-8pm in the Pillsbury Hall Attic Room 412, Join our own Stuart McLean. Then see panelists Dina Gilio-Whitaker, author of Who Gets to be Indian?, in conversation with Audra Simpson

Register here learning.umn.edu/portal/event...

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Join us as we welcome April Kamp-Whittaker to present her talk titled Networks at Play: Sports and the Archaeology of Community in a WWII Japanese American Incarceration Center. The talk will be held in Humphrey 25 on March 23rd at 4pm. Register at z.umn.edu/Networks_at_...

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UMN Anthropology and Science Museum of Minnesota Field School Information for Summer 2026

Join the Department of Anthropology and the Science Museum of Minnesota for the 2026 Archeological Field School! Spots are limited. Details below to join!

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New book freshly off the presses by UMN Anthropology Alum!
Learn more about the 18th-c fur trade in Minnesota in Amélie Allard’s book “Community politics of the Fur Trade"!

#HistoricalArchaeology #Minnesota #GreatLakes #FurTrade #Archaeology #History #UniversityPressofFlorida #umnproud #umncla

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Join us as we welcome April Kamp-Whittaker to present her talk titled Networks at Play: Sports and the Archaeology of Community in a WWII Japanese American Incarceration Center. The talk will be held in Humphrey 25 on March 23rd at 4pm. Register at z.umn.edu/Networks_at_...

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UMN Anthropology and Science Museum of Minnesota Field School Information for Summer 2026

Join the Department of Anthropology and the Science Museum of Minnesota for the 2026 Archeological Field School! Spots are limited. Details below to join!

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UMN Anthropology and Science Museum of Minnesota Field School Information for Summer 2026

Join the Department of Anthropology and the Science Museum of Minnesota for the 2026 Archeological Field School! Spots are limited. Details below to join!

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3 weeks ago
Clipart buildings and water saying "Happy World Anthropology Day to our Faculty, Researchers, Grads, Alumni, and Anthropologists across the world."

Happy World Anthropology Day!

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Join the Department of Anthropology and the Science Museum of Minnesota for the 2026 Archeological Field School! Spots are limited. Details below to join!

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Today at various locations Archives on Screen (AoS) will bring rare, unseen archival films from around the globe to Minnesota! Please see mspfilm.org/il-cinema-ri... for more information and to purchase tickets.

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Next week (February 12th-15th) at various locations Archives on Screen (AoS) will bring rare, unseen archival films from around the globe to Minnesota! Please see mspfilm.org/il-cinema-ri... for more information and to purchase tickets.

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Frank Charles Miller Obituary | 1932 - 2025 | Minnesota Star Tribune View Frank Charles Miller's complete obituary, share memories, and explore heartfelt tribute posts from the community.

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Frank Charles Miller Obituary | 1932 - 2025 | Minnesota Star Tribune View Frank Charles Miller's complete obituary, share memories, and explore heartfelt tribute posts from the community.

It is with sorrow that we announce the passing of Dr. Frank C. Miller, socio-cultural anthropologist and Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the UofM. Professor Miller's research focused on cultural changes in Mexico. We join the family in mourning the loss of Professor Miller.

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Emily Briggs will begin a postdoc in the Department of Anthropology at Lakehead University analyzing archaeological bison samples from Ontario and Alberta to understand their diet, environment and movements. She will also participate in community engagement and mentorship

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February 12th-15th at various locations Archives on Screen (AoS) will bring rare, unseen archival films from around the globe to Minnesota! Please see mspfilm.org/il-cinema-ri... for more information and to purchase tickets.

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Il Cinema Ritrovato On Tour | MSP Film Curated by Archives on Screen, Twin Cities, Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour returns to the Twin Cities for a third year, presenting rare, restored, and recovered archival cinema.

February 12th-15th at various locations Archives on Screen (AoS) will bring rare, unseen archival films from around the globe to Minnesota! Please see mspfilm.org/il-cinema-ri... for more information and to purchase tickets.

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Welcome back, students. We are so excited you are here!

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February 12th-15th at various locations Archives on Screen (AoS) will bring brings rare, unseen archival films from around the globe to Minnesota! Please see mspfilm.org/il-cinema-ri... for more information and to purchase tickets.

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UMN Anthro PhD student Jaime Zolik and Prof. Maria Nieves Colón @mitopr.bsky.social were interviewed on Ep. 66 the @anthrobiology.bsky.social podcast about their aDNA research with community partners in Peru. Listen now: anthrobiology.com/episodes/

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2 months ago
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Happy New Year from the Department of Anthropology. What are your New Year's resolutions?

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Planning your spring registration? Check out what anthropology has to offer! More details at schedulebuilder.umn.edu/explore/2026...

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Anth 5221 Spring 2026 Course Poster

Planning your spring registration? Check out Anth 5221 Anthropology of Material Culture! More details at schedulebuilder.umn.edu/explore/2026...

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Planning your spring registration? Check out Anth 3301 Fundamentals of Anthropological Genetics! More details at schedulebuilder.umn.edu/explore/2026...

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Anth 3147 Sprng 2026 Course Poster

Planning your spring registration? Do you need a course that fulfills your Global Perspectives Liberal Education requirements? Check out Anth 3147 Digital Anth! More details at schedulebuilder.umn.edu/explore/2026...

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2 months ago
Graduate student Jaewon Byun's co-authored Korean textbook

Graduate student Jaewon Byun's (Anthropology) co-authored Korean textbook, Disability: Leaving the Institutional Setting (장애, 시설을 나서다), has been selected for the 2025 Sejong Books Awards

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Planning your spring registration? Check out what anthropology has to offer! More details at schedulebuilder.umn.edu/explore/2026...

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Anthropology 3018/5018 Spring 2026 Course Poster

Planning your spring registration? Do you want to take part in a new course!? Check out Anth 3018/5018 Bioarcheology! More details at schedulebuilder.umn.edu/explore/2026...

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Planning your spring registration? Do you want to take part in a new course!? Check out Anth 3024/5024 Forensic Anthropology! More details at schedulebuilder.umn.edu/explore/2026...

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