anthropology

Lee Hoffer, associate professor of anthropology, recently received funding for two new projects. The first project, “Understanding psylocibin (‘magic mushrooms’) in the context of the modern ‘psychedelic renaissance’”, received funding by the College of Arts and Sciences’ “Expanding Horizons…

The Department of Anthropology will host the 2022-23 Kassen Lecturer Thursday, Oct. 27, at 4 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom. Alexandra Brewis, President’s Professor at the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University, will present “All…

Melvyn C. Goldstein, the John Reynolds Harkness Professor of Anthropology and co-director of the Center for Research on Tibet at CWRU, has been awarded the Association for Asian Studies’ 2022 E. Gene Smith Inner Asia Book Prize for his 2019 book: A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 4: In the Eye of…

The Department of Anthropology will host a lecture with Tiantian Zheng, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York, Cortland. Zheng will present “Health and Social Activism of Self-Identified Gay Men in Postsocialist China” Friday, Feb. 11, from 2 to 3 p.m. via…

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to a virtual information session to learn about the Anthropology (MA or PhD)/Master of Public Health Dual Degree program. This session will be held Tuesday, Nov. 16, from noon to 1p.m. Program representatives will discuss the…

Undergraduate students are invited to an information session on Global Health in Uganda (ANTH 300/ENGR 350U) Tuesday, Nov. 16, at 4 p.m. This class is a full semester course that includes project-based work and travel to Uganda during Spring Break. Students learn about the design process and have…

As the fall semester winds down, it’s officially time to start thinking about spring. Registration for the spring semester begins today (Nov. 8) for undergraduate students; depending on the school, graduate program registration may already have started or may begin in the coming weeks. Whether…

Heidi Larson, Director of The Vaccine Confidence Project and Professor of Anthropology, Risk and Decision Science at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, will present the 2021 Kassen Lecture in Anthropology. Her talk "Emotional Contagion in Times of COVID: From Fear to Hope" will…

Case Western Reserve University team led by computer and data scientist awarded $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant to develop AI-powered framework to combat infectious disease outbreaks Computer and data science researchers at Case Western Reserve University are developing an…

Hispanic Heritage Month takes place each year from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15. Throughout the month, The Daily will highlight members of the university community who are of Hispanic heritage to celebrate their accomplishments and shed light on their experiences at CWRU. Estefania Hernandez hasn’t…