Department of Anthropology Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony will begin promptly at 1:00 PM. Doors will open at 12:30 PM and graduates should arrive by 12:45 PM. This event is taking place in the Zell B. Miller Learning Center in room 101 located at 48 Baxter St. Athens, GA 30602. Dr. Isabelle Holland-Lulewicz, BA & BS '15, PhD '20, will join the department as our alumni speaker at our Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony this year. You can read more about Dr. Holland-Lulewicz here. Read more about Department of Anthropology Undergraduate Commencement
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“Vessels of Survivance: Native American Presence, Practice, and Continuity in Contemporary Pottery” Please join us for Penny Merva's MA Thesis defense titled “Vessels of Survivance: Native American Presence, Practice, and Continuity in Contemporary Pottery” on Thursday, March 26th at 10:00 AM in Baldwin Hall, Room G41. Zoom attendance possible. See flyer for details. Read more about “Vessels of Survivance: Native American Presence, Practice, and Continuity in Contemporary Pottery”
“Understanding Perspectives on Special and Unique Context Animal Remains with Regards to NAGPRA” Please join us for Claire Auerbach's virtual dissertation defense titled “Understanding Perspectives on Special and Unique Context Animal Remains with Regards to NAGPRA” on Wednesday, March 25 at 9:00 AM. Virtual attendance available by emailing cauerb@uga.edu Read more about “Understanding Perspectives on Special and Unique Context Animal Remains with Regards to NAGPRA”
“Beyond the Benton Type: Morphology, Learning, and Interaction in the Mid-Holocene Southeast” Please join us for James Strawn's dissertation defense “Beyond the Benton Type: Morphology, Learning, and Interaction in the Mid-Holocene Southeast” on Friday, March 20th at 2:00 PM in Baldwin Hall, Room 264. Virtual attendance is possible. See flyer for details. Read more about “Beyond the Benton Type: Morphology, Learning, and Interaction in the Mid-Holocene Southeast”
Lessons Learned from (Almost) Six Decades of Mountain Gorilla Research Please join the department on Wednesday, March 25th at 12:30 PM in the Miller Learning Center, Sidney Thomas Reading Room (303) for a talk by Dr. Tara Stoinski titled "Lessons Learned from (Almost) Six Decades of Mountain Gorilla Research". Dr. Stoinski is the President and CEO/Chief Scientific Officer of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. Learn more about what they do here. Read more about Lessons Learned from (Almost) Six Decades of Mountain Gorilla Research
Laboratory of Tree-Ring and Archaeological Wood Analysis at Georgia (TRAWG) The Laboratory of Tree-Ring and Archaeological Wood Analysis at Georgia (TRAWG) is in Room 170 of the Riverbend North Research Labs and is directed by Dr. Brita Lorentzen. The TRAWG Lab team investigates past human interactions with climate and environment, primarily using dendrochronology (tree-ring science), stable isotope analysis and radiocarbon, and wood anatomy and broader archaeobotanical methods. Read more about Laboratory of Tree-Ring and Archaeological Wood Analysis at Georgia (TRAWG)
Sarieh Amiribeirami Receives 2026 Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Dienje Kenyon Memorial Fellowship This fellowship honors the legacy of Dienje M. E. Kenyon, a pioneering zooarchaeologist, by supporting early-career women archaeologists conducting graduate-level research in zooarchaeology. The fellowship provides financial support for MA and PhD students to conduct their research projects, promoting the training and development of women in the field. Its goal is to promote high-quality zooarchaeological research while fostering the next generation of scholars in the field of archaeology. Read more about Sarieh Amiribeirami Receives 2026 Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Dienje Kenyon Memorial Fellowship
Coffee Hour Hosted by the Quaternary Isotope Paleoecology Lab! Join us for coffee and networking! Visit their website here! Read more about Coffee Hour
