Since 1993, professor Ian Hodder has been conducting the excavation of the 9,000 year-old Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in central Turkey. Through this work, he and his teams of archeaologists have unearthed findings...
The American Ethnological Society held its 2017 annual spring conference at Stanford University from March 30 to April 1, 2017. This year, the conference centered on “Exposure” as a theme, tackling topics and methods...
The Department of Anthropology hosted their annual Undergraduate and Graduate Student Dinner on April 5th 2017. Students were invited to meet with current Anthro Undergraduate and Graduate students, learn more about...
In Spring 2016 Anthropology Professor Krish Seetah partnered with the Stanford Libraries to develop an interactive, digital repository of 3D osteological objects to serve as the materials for his teaching.
Anthropology alumna Anna Ntiriwah-Asare was awarded the 2017 Gates Cambridge Scholarships for graduate study at the University of Cambridge in England. She is one of 36 American students to receive the prestigious...
Anthropology professor Jim Ferguson was recently awarded the Elliott P. Skinner Book Award for his book Give a Man a Fish: Reflections on the New Politics of Distribution, published by Duke University Press. In Give a...
Anthropology Ph.D. candidate Sabrina Papazian curated an exhibit that explores Leland Jr.’s affinity for collecting. Titled “Collecting in Life and Death: The Curatorial Legacy of Leland Stanford Jr.,” the exhibit...