Anthropology

To celebrate and highlight Hispanic Heritage Month The University of New Mexico Department of Anthropology has published a page full of resources, including UNM Hispanic organizations, Hispanic Heritage Month history, Hispanic scholars, events, research,...

Sardinian ethnomusicologist Diego Pani will be a Fulbright Scholar in Residence for the next 10 months at The University of New Mexico. He and his wife will be hosted by UNM Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology and Anthropology (Ethnology) Kristina...

University of New Mexico Associate Professor of Anthropology Siobhán Cully (previously Mattison) and Assistant Professor of Anthropology Ian Wallace, along with University of California, Santa Cruz Associate Professor of Anthropology Megan Moodie have...

ALL REZ: Kéyah, Hooghan, K'é, Iiná / Land, Home, Kinship, Life, an innovative, traveling, site-specific, experimental photography exhibition and museological project at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico, will close with a...

Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Emeritus Steven Feld at The University of New Mexico has been elected as a British Academy Fellowship. He was among the 86 leading scholars from the humanities and social sciences elected from the United Kingdom and the...

June is LGBTQI+ Pride Month and to highlight the celebration, The University of New Mexico Anthropology department has compiled a website page full of events, research, news, organizations, and other resources and information. According to the Library...

Bruce Huckell, associate professor of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico and a leader in the fields of geoarchaeology, lithic technology, and early prehistoric foragers in North America, died on May 13. Huckell received his bachelor's degree in...

The Department of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico is celebrating Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May with a website page full of resources about history, racism, culture, and many other topics. The...

Imposed upon Navajo people in the 1930s, the brutal Livestock Reduction Program proposed to eliminate over half of Diné livestock herds. Against the backdrop of the Dust Bowl and the Hoover Dam, livestock reduction was an extreme response to reports of...

The University of New Mexico celebrates National Arab American Heritage Month in April and the UNM Department of Anthropology celebrates with a web page of resources and information, including UNM organizations, events, scholars, the history of National...