Stories about "Anthropology"
Her mentor retires, and Caitrin Lynch ’89 reflects on Steve Kemper’s lessons of equity and justice
Friday, January 17, 2020 10:35 am
Professor of Anthropology Steven Kemper taught lessons "in the interest of making sense of how we live in the world, what matters most for people, and why," writes Caitrin Lynch '89.
NSF awards $706K to Kristen Barnett for indigenous archaeology
Monday, October 22, 2018 10:28 am
Bates anthropologist Kristen Barnett has received some $706,000 to continue an indigenous archaeology project in Alaska.
Summer Student Work: Kate McNally ’17 was ‘everybody’s student’ on Grand Manan Island
Monday, July 20, 2015 1:54 pm
McNally spent the summer on a Bates-funded Otis Fellowship to record oral histories of the fishing community on Grand Manan Island.
Alumni panel to discuss work experiences in Latin America
Friday, September 26, 2014 10:10 am
Three recent Bates College alumni return to campus to discuss how their experiences in Latin America have influenced their working lives in a panel presentation Oct. 2.
Project for Peace award goes to Tatro, Schriger for humanitarian work in Rwanda
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 12:56 pm
A Davis Project for Peace award has gone to seniors Simone Schriger and Devin Tatro to support an initiative in Rwanda to support children of incarcerated people.
In Bates talk, anthropologist Lynch ’89 to share lessons from a factory’s reliance on elderly workers
Friday, January 10, 2014 2:04 pm
Caitrin Lynch '89, author of a book studying a factory whose workers are a median age of 74, gives a talk based on her research on Jan. 13.
Danforth’s ‘Children of the Greek Civil War’ receives prestigious book prize
Friday, December 20, 2013 3:09 pm
Co-written by anthropologist Danny Danforth, a study of children's evacuation campaigns during the Greek Civil War has received a prestigious book prize.
‘Intricate Glances’: Dance, anthropology meet here
Friday, December 6, 2013 2:36 pm
"What I was doing to create a dance stemmed from fieldwork that was anthropological and choreographic," says Colleen Fitzgerald '14, who choreographed "Intricate Glances Will Meet Here."
‘The Swordfish Hunters’: Archaeologist Bruce Bourque tells the story of an ancient people
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 5:12 pm
Bruce Bourque, senior lecturer in anthropology at Bates and curator of archaeology…
Anthropology, Fall 2013
Thursday, July 25, 2013 1:51 pm
Two new colleagues are joining the Anthropology department this year while Val…