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  • Welcome to Anthropology

    Anthropology brings a global perspective to the study of human diversity by means of in-depth research at the local level and comparative studies that explore human experience through time and across space. At Syracuse, we embrace a holistic approach to anthropology through teaching and research in archaeological, biological, cultural, and linguistic anthropology.

    The Anthropology Department is within the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. The college encourages faculty and students to become engaged in scholarship for the public good and to seek out and address solutions to past, present and future human problems locally and globally. This objective is consistent to the central concerns of all of the subfields of anthropology.


     

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    Due to public health concerns around COVID-19, all in-person public events are postponed or canceled until further notice.

  • Commitment to Inclusion

    The Maxwell School stands in support of all who are demanding change in the face of racism, violence, and hate speech. We are committed to making our school, our university, and our communities more inclusive and just for all.

    There is absolutely no place for behavior or language that degrades any individual or group’s race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, disability, or religious beliefs.

  • Current News RSS Feed

    Aja Lans appointed a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard

    Aja Lans appointed a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard  Aja Lans, doctoral candidate, has been appointed a Postdoctoral Fellow with the The Inequality in America Initiative at Harvard. This three year position involves interdisciplinary collaborations with a network of Harvard scholars "who are working to address

     

    Kia Taylor Riccio awarded fellowship

    Kia Taylor Riccio awarded Fellowship Kia Taylor Riccio, doctoral student, for winning a 2021 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) GRFP .  This STEM GRF grant provides financial support for three years within a five year fellowship period.

     

    Three Maxwell students named 2021 Syracuse University Scholars

    Maxwell students Katelyn Bajorek, Patrick Linehan and Simran Mirchandani are among the twelve seniors that have been named as the 2021 Syracuse University Scholars, the highest undergraduate honor the University bestows.

     

  • Student Awards RSS Feed

    Sean Reid awarded Carter G. Woodson Fellowship

    Sean Reid awarded Carter G. Woodson FellowshipSean Reid, PhD candidate,  has been awarded a Carter G. Woodson Pre doctoral Fellowship for 2018 2020. His  project, “Continuity, Transformations, and Rupture in the Forests of Gold,” was selected from among a

     

    Congratulations Edwin Kwame Otu

    Edwin Kwame Otu successfully defended his dissertation

     

    Congratulations Lori Klivak

    Lori Klivak Successfully defended her dissertation

     

    Maxwell School Award for Undergraduate Scholarship

    Congratulations Sara McNamara for being awarded the Maxwell School Award for Undergraduate Scholarship

     

    2016-17 Remembrance Scholars

    Congratulations to the 2016-17 Remembrance Scholars Soleil Young and Jose Marrero-Rosado

     

Department of Anthropology
209 Maxwell Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244-1090
Phone: +1.315.443.2200