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.
Past Events
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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!
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
Zine Workshop
Join the Department of Anthropology's Experiential Ethnography Studio (EES) for a Zine Workshop. All are welcome!
McMillan Cafe