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The Department of Anthropology, established by Franz Boas in 1902, is the oldest in the United States and remains a center of disciplinary innovation and theoretical leadership. The department’s faculty members are actively engaged in research and writing about issues of both pressing contemporary relevance and historical significance. Our scholars work in regions and language traditions around the globe and in the United States, as do our students. We operate doctoral degree programs in both sociocultural anthropology and archaeology, and host two distinct MA programs, one in sociocultural anthropology and the other in museum anthropology. In addition, we offer rigorous undergraduate training toward both the major and the concentration, and welcome students from other disciplines into our classes. More.


STATEMENT OF ETHICS ON RESEARCH AND STEWARDSHIP OF CULTURAL MATERIALS

The Department of Anthropology at Columbia University is committed to the ethical pursuit of knowledge, and the responsible stewardship of that which is entrusted to us in the course of our research, including diverse materials of cultural value and significance.

We are also heirs to a lengthy history of anthropological research; as such we are committed to the ethical stewardship of objects and collections that were generated or acquired by our predecessors. To that end, we are engaged in an ongoing process of identifying and inventorying materials on site, consulting with relevant authorities to determine provenance, and working to ensure the well-being and, where appropriate, repatriation of objects and materials of cultural value and significance to the communities whence they originated. Further information.

Upcoming Events

Book Launch Roundtable. "Gleaning for Communism"

Book Launch Roundtable. "Gleaning for Communism"

Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room, 1219 International Affairs Building 420 W 118th Street, 12th floor New York, NY 10027 United States
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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News

March 25, 2024

Congratulations to Aamer Ibraheem, who has been awarded the Paloheimo Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship

PhD candidate Aamer Ibraheem will join the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as the 2024-2025 Paloheimo Foundation Predoctoral Fellow. This is a nine-month residential fellowship for scholars working in the humanities and social sciences, during which he will finish writing his doctoral dissertation, tentatively titled "Present Interruptus: Sovereignty's Reincarnation in the Golan Heights".

 

March 22, 2024

Anthropology doctoral student Jorge Alejandro Rodriguez Solorzano has been awarded a grant from the Office of the Provost for his project "Documenting and Examining Electoral Violence in Guerrero and Oaxaca, Mexico: A Collaborative Database."

Anthropology doctoral student Jorge Alejandro Rodriguez Solorzano has been awarded a grant from the Office of the Provost for his project "Documenting and Examining Electoral Violence in Guerrero and Oaxaca, Mexico: A Collaborative Database."

PROGRAMS OF STUDY

OUR RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

The research interests of our faculty and students cover a broad range of theoretical and empirical questions, and our scholarly and personal engagements traverse an equally wide range of geopolitical and territorial domains. Broadly speaking, these interests can be grouped under the thematic headings indicated by the icons below. On the pages linked to the icons, you will find: a brief description of the issues and the Department’s historical relationship to them; a list of faculty members whose research and writing addresses these themes; a list of courses covering related questions and problems; and select publications on these subjects by our faculty members.   

OTHER FACULTY ACTIVITIES AND ENGAGEMENTS

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