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Dissertation Defense - John Ibembe

The Pursuit of Obukyakaze: Masculine Recognition, Mobility, and Moral Life Along Uganda's Trans-African Highway
Please join us for a celebration afterwards in McMillan Courtyard!
McMillan Hall, 150

AJ Jones Presents at the A&S Teaching Innovation Showcase

Join us in supporting our faculty member, AJ Jones, as she presents at this year’s A&S Teaching Innovation Showcase!
Clark-Fox Forum, Hillman Hall

Anthropology Career Workshop

Build a meaningful career with your anthropology degree
McMillan Hall, G056

Colloquium Series: Sherine Hamdy: "What can comics offer medical anthropology?"

Sherine Hamdy is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of California Irvine. Her research interests focus on bioethics, medical anthropology, comics, Arab world, Egypt, SWANA diaspora in North America, narrative, ethno-fiction
McMillan Hall, G052

Operation Food Search

Join the Department of Anthropology in collecting food for Operation Food Search. Donations will be distributed to local agencies at no cost to the agencies.
Please no glass or Ramen!
McMillan Hall | G Level and 1st Floor

Fall 2026 Major-Minor Fair

Each fall, the College holds a Major-Minor Fair, where students can talk to faculty members and get more information on many majors and minors at one time and in one place.
WashU Athletic Complex

AEGS Grant and Fellowship Workshop

The Association of English Graduate Students (AEGS) will hold a Grant and Fellowship Workshop on Friday, October 2, from 4-5:30pm in Hurst Lounge (on the second floor of Duncker Hall). We wanted to extend the invitation to all graduate students in the Department of Anthropology.
Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall | 2nd Floor

Anthropalooza!

Join us for Anthropalooza! to explore what it means to be human.
Jill's (McMillan) Courtyard

Friday Archeaology Presents: Rethinking Water in a Highland City

Recent Research from Medieval Tugunbulak, Uzbekistan
McMillan Hall, G052

Documentary Screening and Story Workshop: The Returning Tide

We hope you will join us for this two-day event featuring a Documentary screening of The Returning Tide, a film on East Asian grassroots feminist movements since Beijing 1995, and a Story Workshop on diasporic feminist and queer experiences

Natalie Mueller, PhD - "Towards a historical ecology of North-Central Tanzania"

Recent ethnobotanical and archaeological research in the Mbulu highlands
McMillan Hall, G052

Friday Archeaology Presents: Dr. Kyle Olson-"The Artifact and the Alibi: An Archaeological Reading of the Hugging Face Incident"

All are welcome! Snacks and drinks provided
McMillan Hall, G052

Advocacy, Objectivity and Method

A Forum to Discuss the WashU/Vanderbilt Special Commission Report on the State of Scholarship in the Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences
Hillman Hall, Clark-Fox Forum + Zoom

Experiential Ethnography Studio Open Studio Hours

Open to anyone (faculty, graduate students, undergrads) interested in learning about or incorporating multimodal, sensory, creative, and collaborative methods into their research projects.
McMillan Hall | Room 348

Disability Anthropology x The Engaged City Showcase

Love St. Louis? Want to celebrate and explore the accessibility of its cultural assets? 
McMillan Hall, 150, 101 and Courtyard | McMillan 150 can be accessed via the stairs or ramp adjacent to McMillan Courtyard.  

Distinguished Visiting Scholar: Dr. David Tumusiime - "Protected Areas and People in Uganda: Moving Towards Win-Win?"

Anthropology Colloquium Series
Spring 2026

This event is free and open to all! A light reception will follow.
McMillan Hall, G052

Experiential Ethnography Studio Open Studio Hours

Open to anyone (faculty, graduate students, undergrads) interested in learning about or incorporating multimodal, sensory, creative, and collaborative methods into their research projects.
McMillan Hall | Room 348

Fascist Romanitas: Italian Nation Building Through Archaeology

Featuring Ilaria Patania, Assistant Professor of Archaeology at WashU and Principal Investigator of the "Early Occupation of Sicily (EOS) Project."
Seigle 208 | Seigle Hall

Performing Community: A Roundtable on the Transformational Potential of Theatre

Join the Department of Anthropology's Experiential Ethnography Studio (EES) and the Performing Arts Department for a roundtable discussion on performance in community with a dynamic panel of scholars!
Light refreshments to follow.
McMillan Hall Cafe

Christina Carney - Disreputable Women: Black Sex Economies and the Making of San Diego

Friday Archaeology Presents: Giulia Gallo - "Are Neanderthals Burning Megafauna? Burnt Proboscidea Teeth at Le Moustier”

All are welcome! Light refreshments will be provided.
McMillan Hall | Room G052

The Transatlantic Forum Presents: Workshop - "Realist Vision: Drawing as Ethnographic Method"

Join the Transatlantic Forum and Edward Lowe for this engaging workshop at Kemper Art Museum!
Please RSVP through link in event description.
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum | Barbizon Artists Room

The Transatlantic Forum Presents: Roundtable on "Ethnographies of Creativity: An Exploration of the Intersections Between Anthropology and Visual Arts"

All are welcome! A light reception will follow.
McMillan Hall | Room G052

Transduction Workshop: From Graphics to Poetry

McMillan Hall | Room 150

Experiential Ethnography Studio Open Studio Hours

Open to anyone (faculty, graduate students, undergrads) interested in learning about or incorporating multimodal, sensory, creative, and collaborative methods into their research projects.
McMillan Hall | Room 348

Sports & Society Initiative: Conversation with Tracie Canada

The Sports & Society Initiative is thrilled to be joined in conversation by Tracie Canada, the Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies at Duke University.
DUC-234

Helina Woldekiros - "Predicting Agricultural Futures: What Ancient Food Webs Reveal About Resilience and Vulnerability in Highland Ethiopia"

Anthropology Colloquium Series
Spring 2026

This event is free and open to all! A light reception will follow.
McMillan Hall, G052

The Serengeti Rules: The Regulation and Restoration of Biodiversity

Join us for a guest lecture featuring Sean Carroll, Balo-Simon Endowed Chair and Distinguished University Professor of Biology, University of Maryland- College Park.
Clark-Fox Forum, Hillman Hall | Livestream available

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar

Dr. Lauren Gillespie, Assistant Professor, Geospatial Data Sciences, Conservation + Restoration, University of Michigan
Rebstock Hall | Room 322

Medicine & Society Keynote Address: Dr. Tanya Luhrmann

Anthropology Colloquium Series
Spring 2026

This event is free and open to all! A light reception will follow.
McMillan Hall, G052

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar

Dariana Gomez, Grad student, St. Louis University; Dr. Toshiyuki Imazumi, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization of Japan
Rebstock Hall | Room 322

Xinyi Liu and E.A. Quinn Present at the A&S Research Innovation Showcase

Join us in supporting our faculty members, Xinyi Liu and E.A. Quinn, as they present at this year’s A&S Research Innovation Showcase!
Clark-Fox Forum, Hillman Hall

Friday Archaeology Presents: Jack Berner, Ph.D. Candidate in Archaeology

Fortified Metallurgy Centers of the Bronze Age Steppe

All are welcome! Snacks and drinks provided.
McMillan Hall, G052

Experiential Ethnography Studio Open Studio Hours

Open to anyone (faculty, graduate students, undergrads) interested in learning about or incorporating multimodal, sensory, creative, and collaborative methods into their research projects.
McMillan Hall | Room 348

A Difficult Language: Aymara Media, Linguistic Labor, and Urban Indigeneity in Bolivia

Anthropology Colloquium Series
Spring 2026

This event is free and open to all! A light reception will follow.
McMillan Hall, G052

World Anthropology Day

Join us in celebrating the study of everything human!
McMillan Hall Cafe

The Transatlantic Forum Presents: Dr. Perig Pitrou

Danforth University Center (DUC) | Room 276

The Transatlantic Forum Presents: Roundtable on the Book "A Matter of Detail": Anthropology, Philosophy, and Aesthetics

McMillan Hall, G052

Refusing Sustainability - Race, Health, and Environmentalism

Anthropology Colloquium Series - Spring 2026

This event is free and open to all! A light reception will follow.
McMillan Hall, G052

Beyond Dimorphism: Body Size Variation Among Adult Orangutans Is Not Dichotomous by Sex

Join the Department of Anthropology’s BioAnth Journal Club for an engaging talk with guest speaker Dr. Alexandra Kralick!
McMillan Hall, G056

The Fire of Life: Energy, Ecology, and Evolution in Humans and Other Animals

Anthropology Colloquium Series
Fall 2025
McMillan Hall, G052

Imaginative Fieldnotes: A Strictly No-Writing-Allowed Workshop

St. Louis ArtWorks

Autogestion in Motion: University Insurgents, Anarchist Ethics, and Mexico City Punk

Anthropology Colloquium Series
Fall 2025
McMillan Hall, G052

Isaac Ogloblin Ramirez - Beyond the Legend: site formation processes at Antikythera shipwreck

Friday Archaeology invites you to an engaging talk with Isaac Ogloblin Ramirez, exploring the Antikythera shipwreck!

Isaac Ogloblin Ramirez is an underwater and coastal archaeologist. He is a Postdoctoral researcher at ICArEHB. Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behaviour (ICArEHB) FCHS, University of Algarve and at the Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, Haifa University.

Snacks and drinks will be provided. All are welcome to attend!
McMillan Hall, G052

Support Our Community: Thanksgiving Through Service Donation Drive

The Department of Anthropology and the Ampersand Medicine & Society Program invite you to contribute to our annual Thanksgiving Through Service Donation Drive!
McMillan Hall

Anti-Haitianism, Statelessness, and Religious Practice in The Bahamas

Join the African and African American Studies and Anthropology departments for a talk led by Dr. Bertin M. Louis, Professor of Anthropology and African and African American Studies at the University of Kentucky. A light reception will follow the event.
McMillan Hall G052

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