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Anthropology student Alex Krantzler wins the Undergraduate Student Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award
Alexandra (Alex) Krantzler, an undergraduate student in the Department of Anthropology, is this year’s Undergraduate Student DEI Award recipient. Throughout her time at UCLA, Alex has dedicated herself to peer-to-peer programs designed to mentor traditionally underrepresented students and to build inter-group relations. Ms. Krantzler is currently a Diversity Peer Leader with the Intergroup Dialogue Program, […]
Gwyneth Talley in Anthropology News: A growing number of Moroccan women are saddling up in the male-dominated world of equestrian tradition
Graduate student Gwyneth Talley writes about galloping horses and gunpowder women in Anthropology News.
Claudia Huang in Anthropology News: Staging Harmony in China’s Urban Dance Competitions
Graduate student Claudia Huang writes about collective dancing in Chengdu, China, in Anthropology News.
Prof. Monica L. Smith publishes book on the growth of urban life in Cities: The First 6,000 Years
A sweeping history of cities through the millennia–from Mesopotamia to Manhattan–and how they have propelled Homo sapiens to dominance.Six thousand years ago, there were no cities on the planet. Today, more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas, and that number is growing. Weaving together archeology, history, and contemporary observations, Monica Smith […]
Prof. Aomar Boum in two NY Times articles about Jewish and Christian Moroccans
Pope Francis’ Visit to Morocco Raises Hopes for Its ChristiansThe Moroccan Exception in the Arab World
Passing of Professor Emeritus Lewis Langness
Dear friends and colleagues, please find below a link to an obituary that was just brought to my attention for Professor Emeritus Lewis Leroy Langness (b. 1929) who passed away on May 14th, 2018.Professor Langness received a B.A in Psychology from the University of Idaho (1956), and an M.A. (1959) and Ph.D.(1964) in Anthropology from […]
Devin Flaherty hired as assistant professor at UT San Antonio
The Department of Anthropology is proud to announce that Devin Flaherty has been hired as an assistant professor at UT San Antonio. Devin received her PhD in Anthropology in 2018. Read more about her appointment here.
Pamela Anderson on France, the “Yellow Vests,” and Philippe Bourgois
Actress, model, and activist Pamela Anderson, now living in France, discusses the “Yellow Vest” movement, quoting our own Phillippe Bourgois’ work on the four types of violence. Read, Yellow Vests and I on her blog.
Prof. Daniel Fessler wins the 2018 UCLA Gold Shield Faculty Prize
The Gold Shield prize is a $30,000 award presented by Gold Shield, Alumnae of UCLA, to an exceptional mid-career full professor with a distinguished record of undergraduate teaching, research and university service. The article about Prof. Fessler can be read at the UCLA Newsroom.