December 2019

This January 2020 Anthropology course blogs through the second edition of The Anthropology of Latin America and…

The academic job market is fraught. We know this. I can only speak explicitly to the Canadian context, but we know…

Last week, in Nature, University of Iowa anthropologist Russell Ciochon and colleagues published new dates on…

ANNA ZAVYALOVA Join EPIC to access video: → Learn about Membership → Browse Video Library PechaKucha…

Sara López Gilabert / SAPIENS This year SAPIENS published 109 amazing articles, thanks to…

This piece is part of an SEAA series on “An Anthropology of Ethics in East Asia.” The articles examine how…

“A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war or violence. A…

Scholarly and scientific organizations are funny beasts. They have some clear reasons for existing, but they…

This piece is part of a SEAA column series on “Cultural Consumption and Performance in Asia.” They examine issues…

Another year almost done! Sit back, relax, and read some of the most-clicked articles on the website in 2019. With…

“Internships, both at the AAA and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, have been more…

This image shows various views of the pinky bone of a Denisovan-Neanderthal hybrid found in Siberia.…

Theis Jensen, a bioarchaeologist at the University of Copenhagen, and colleagues, published a report in Nature…

The El Castillo step pyramid (center) is part of the Chichén Itzá archaeological site in Mexico’s Yucatán…

Hawaiian language teacher Nako’olani Warrington instructs 9-year-old Maleka Benjamin at an immersion school in…

Special guest podcast! - Adam Gamwell guests on Trending in Education with Mike Palmer. For this week’s…

An EPIC Talk with RACHEL CARMEN CEASAR, Culture of Health+Tech Consulting January 29, 2020, 1:00 Pacific Time (UTC…

Archaeologist Maxime Aubert, from Griffith University and his colleagues have published, in Nature, the discovery…

My latest peer-reviewed, scholarly research article, "Food Allergies and the Hygienic Sublime," was published in…

An EPIC Talk with ZEYNEP ARSEL, Concordia University April 14, 2020, 11:00 am Pacific Time (UTC -7) This online…

Artificial intelligence can perform feats that seem like sorcery. AI can drive cars and fly drones. It can compose…

A lidar scan of a site in Mexico reveals the boundaries of a ceremonial area. Chris Fisher The climate…

What do trans women gamers, Jewish journalists, academics of color, and feminist writers have in common? All of…

As every fan of crime drama television knows, the human body holds a wealth of information about its once-living…

Issues of trade have come to renewed attention, as the global trading system has been rocked by upended agreements…

Photo by David Boté Estrada One never knows how to read the NY Times when it comes to their reporting on the…

Ariana Curtis is the first person to hold the curatorial position dedicated to Latinx Studies at the National…

Looking back comes naturally to me. As an archaeologist and museum anthropologist, the past is always part of my…

Mahsa Javid joined the American Anthropological Association in September 2019, as the director of development. In…

1954–2019 Frank Marlowe died September 25, 2019, in Athens, Georgia, having succumbed to the effects of…

1938–2019 Napoleon Alphonseau Chagnon, age 81, of Traverse City, Michigan, died at Munson Medical Center on…

A man stands on the farm in Sutherland, South Africa, where a medical student once unethically exhumed nine…

ANDRE TORALES Join EPIC to access video: → Learn about Membership → Browse Video Library…

Marcel Hirshegger/SAPIENS In this season 2 finale of the SAPIENS podcast, hosts Jen Shannon, Chip…