Anthropology
Anthropology
The Department of Anthropology is home to a vibrant community of faculty, students, and staff broadly interested in the study of humanity, past and present.
Anthropology
The Department of Anthropology is home to a vibrant community of faculty, students, and staff broadly interested in the study of humanity, past and present.
Brown’s anthropology department offers exceptional integration among its multiple subfields, strong methodological training, and an international and comparative focus to understand human diversity through exchange of perspectives. We prize scholarship that is engaged, connected, relevant, accessible, and ethically accountable. Key areas of distinctive theoretical strength in our department include medical, environmental, and political anthropology, and theoretically-engaged archaeology that bridges humanities and critical archaeological sciences.
Our Academic Programs
Concentrators can choose among six tracks tailored for students to gain depth in one or more subfields of anthropology while receiving broad, integrated training: sociocultural, linguistic, archeological, biological, medical, or general anthropology. You will gain methodological expertise, explore engaged scholarship, study anthropological theory, and learn the ethical foundations of contemporary anthropology.
Brown's Ph.D. program in anthropology provides students with deep training and methodological expertise in their chosen subfield. Our department offers exceptional integration among subfields, an international and comparative focus, thoughtful grounding in ethical and engaged scholarship, and a dynamic and lively departmental community.
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