The Department of Anthropology and the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women invite applications for the Louise Lamphere Visiting Assistant Professorship in Anthropology, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, appointment to be effective July 1, 2026.
In this spotlight, the department speaks with Maxwell Dassow about what drew him to anthropology—both in the classroom and through his role as a DUG leader.
Alyssa Bolster, a doctoral candidate in Anthropology at Brown University, has been selected for a prestigious Fulbright Award to conduct nine months of critical bioarchaeological research in Peru. The grant offers her a unique opportunity to immerse herself in local communities, allowing for a deeper, more collaborative approach to her work that builds upon her prior field experience.
Jusionyte, a cultural and legal anthropologist who leads the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at Brown’s Watson School of International and Public Affairs, won an $800,000 grant to advance her work.
Matthew Ballance, a doctoral candidate in Anthropology, has been awarded the prestigious Fulbright Award to conduct research in Bolivia. The award will allow Ballance to spend nearly a year in the field, investigating the economic and social impact of colonial trade on indigenous communities.
On September 12, the Department of Anthropology hosted its annual Fall Symposium. Faculty and students from across Brown came together to share their research, with this year’s program introducing a new pocket poster session from 12–1pm.
The Department of Anthropology is excited to welcome our 2025–26 first-year graduate students to Brown! This year’s cohort brings a vibrant array of research interests to College Hill—from reproductive health and gender studies to environmental pedagogy and more.
Brown University environmental anthropologist Myles Lennon examines the complexity of sustainable energy infrastructure and explores solar solutions for working-class communities.
In this spotlight interview, the department caught up with Rebecca Bushee, an Anthropological Archaeology concentrator, to learn more about what she looks forward to accomplishing in Anthropology's Research Apprenticeship Program. The Program aims to foster collaboration between students and faculty on faculty research.
After the white smoke cleared, Brown papal historian David Kertzer reflected on the significance of an American pope, how the Catholic Church could change and how Italians are responding to Pope Leo XIV.
An ancient DNA study co-authored by Brown archaeologist Peter van Dommelen illustrates the complexity of human migration and identity shifts over time.
Brown University's Summer Session offers students the opportunity to extend their undergraduate study into the summer term, allowing them to focus on a single subject area, take courses that are typically full during the rest of the academic year, catch up on progress to a degree, improve academic standing or explore new subjects of interest.
The workshop, “In the Dissolution,” seeks to address climate change and its accompanying disasters as co-constitutive outcomes of the ongoing project of racial capital and toxic modernity.
In this spotlight interview, the department caught up with Allyson Frisbie, a History and Archaeology Double Concentrator, to learn more about what she looks forward to accomplishing in Anthropology's Research Apprenticeship Program. The Program aims to foster collaboration between students and faculty on faculty research.
A newly discovered altar, buried near the center of the ancient Maya city of Tikal, is shedding new light on the 1,600-year-old tensions between Tikal and the central Mexican capital of Teotihuacan.
The Department of Anthropology announces its annual competition for the Watson Smith Prize for best student anthropology research paper. The cash award will be $250.00. If submissions merit it, there will be one prize given at the graduate student level and one prize given at the undergraduate student level. Prizes will be announced at commencement in May.
In this spotlight interview, the department caught up with Mustapha Kharbouch '27, a Socio-Cultural Anthropology and International and Public Affairs concentrator, to learn more about what they look forward to accomplishing in Anthropology's Research Apprenticeship Program. The Program aims to foster collaboration between students and faculty on faculty research.
Since trading in his positions as the Dupee University Professor of Social Science and Professor of Anthropology and Italian Studies for that of Research Professor at Brown in July 2023, David Kertzer has continued his research and writing on Italian politics and religion. In this spotlight feature with the department, he discusses his latest projects and international endeavors.