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In her new book, Militarized Global Apartheid (Duke University Press, 2020), Catherine Besteman, the Francis F. Bartlett and Ruth K. Bartlett Professor of Anthropology, explains how and why the mobility of certain groups of people gets restricted—and at times allowed—around the world.
Border Crossings: An anthropologist chronicles worldwide system…
The Nature Conservancy Article Highlights “Design Thinking” Jan Plan Course
The Nature Conservancy published an article about a new Jan Plan…
Callie Maidhof recipient of 2019-20 ACLS Fellowship
Congratulations to Visiting Assistant Professor Callie Maidhof who is the…
Catherine Besteman awarded the 2019 Distinguished Scholar Prize for her work on the critical study of North America by the Society for the Anthropology of North America
Distinguished Achievement Award…
The Colby Museum of Art’s online magazine, The Lantern, features work on climate change by Anthropology students.
The Colby Museum of Art’s online magazine,…
Congratulations to Ben Fanucci-Kiss’20 for Honorable Mention from the Society for Economic Anthropology
Congratulations to Ben Fanucci-Kiss ’20 who has received honorable mention…
Chandra Bhimull’s Empire in the Air awarded honorable mention in two national competitions
Congratulations to Chandra Bhimull (Anthropology and African American Studies) for…
Nell Haynes analyzes anti-immigrant memes in Chile in a new article
In a new article “Writing on the Walls: Discourse on…
New Book by Catherine Besteman
Catherine Besteman and co-editor Hugh Gusterson…
Mary Beth Mills explores culinary tourism in a new article in Gastronomica
In a new article “Authentic Dishes, Staged Identities: Thailand’s Cooking…
Winifred Tate is conducting new research into women, drug use and recovery in Maine.
Associate Professor of Anthropology Winifred Tate and lead field researcher…
Chandra Bhimull, Associate Professor of Anthropology and African American Studies, co-curates exhibition at the Colby Museum of Art
Associate Professor of Anthropology and African American Studies, Chandra Bhimull,…
Catherine Besteman and Colleagues Offered ART+POLITICS Symposium at Maine College of Art
With a grant from the Office of the Provost and…
Catherine Besteman and Students Curate Exhibition at the Colby Museum of Art
Professor Catherine Besteman worked with students Chloé Powers ’19 and…
Britt Halvorson Releases New Book
A new book by Britt Halvorson has been released. Conversionary Sites:…
Catherine Besteman’s exhibition awarded funding from the National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the Institute…
Halvorson Contributes Chapter on Religiously Based Aid Work Book
A research publication by Britt Halvorson, faculty fellow in anthropology,…
Chandra Bhimull’s Ethnography, Empire in the Air, to be Released December 12th
Empire in the Air: Airline Travel and the African…
Maple Razsa and Milton Guillén’s film The Maribor Uprisings named the 2017 Best Documentary Feature by the Society for Visual Anthropology
Since its debut, The Maribor Uprisings has been around the…
Rachel Bird ’18 receives funding from the Eitan Shalom Green Research Award for preliminary research for her honors thesis.
Alyssa Lang ’18 receives funding from the Eitan Shalom Green Research Award for preliminary research for her honors thesis.
Abby Snyder ’18 receives funding from the Eitan Shalom Green Research Award for preliminary research for her honors thesis.
Lucie Gulino ’17 wins the Eitan Shalom Green Award
The Eitan Shalom Green Award is given to a student…
Es Topolarova ’17 wins the Department of Anthropology Senior Prize
The Department of Anthropology Award honors academic achievement in the…
The Maribor Uprisings: A Live Participatory Film screening at CPH:DOX and Hot Docs film festivals
Associate Professor Maple Razsa (Global Studies) and Milton Guillén ’15…
Professor Maple Razsa’s book Bastards of Utopia wins the William A Douglass book prize in Europeanist Anthropology!
David Strohl Receives Fellowship
David Strohl receives fellowship at the Max Planck Institute for…
Rose Nelson ’16 wins Phi Betta Kappa Speech Contest!
Click HERE to watch her speech.
Ali Offer ’12 wins Adweek’s Rising Star Award
Read about it HERE.
Kate Gafner receives the Department of Anthropology Award
The Department of Anthropology Award honors academic achievement in the…
Diamond Drayton receives the Eitan Shalom Green Award
The Eitan Shalom Green Award is given to a student…
Global Maine Integrated Studies course premieres short documentary series
Colby students enrolled in the Integrated Studies Cluster on Global…
Gafner wins Anthropology award
January 26, 2016 Kate Gafner wins the first Eitan…
Adam Saltsman’04 will present his doctoral research on Burmese migrants in Thailand
“Navigating dispossession: Gender and agency among Burmese migrants in Thailand’s…
Elfrieda Frank Scholar to present research
Kyra Webb, 17′ received an Elfrieda Frank Scholarship (administered by…
Besteman Elected President of Association of Political and Legal Anthropologists
Francis F. Bartlett and Ruth K. Bartlett Professor of Anthropology…
Prof. Mary Beth Mills on Thailand’s political crisis
Professor Mills recently published…
Colby Student wins competitive national internship in Anthropology
Colby Anthropology major, Jalene Regassa ’13 has been selected as…
Todd Gitlin – Occupy Nation
A lecture by Prof. Todd Gitlin, of…
President Adams names Catherine Besteman to endowed chair
Catherine Besteman is honored with an endowed…
Tate wins research fellowship
Prof. Winifred Tate has been awarded a SSRC and…
Faculty research recognized with major grants.
Prof. Catherine Besteman is awarded two major national research…
Internship with Indian Law Alliance
Emily Pavelle ‘10, Anthropology Major This January I had an…
Nonprofit Internship in Cambridge, MA
Jen Shriber ’10, Anthropology Major I spent my Jan Plan…
Internship in Cambodia
Experiences at Green Gecko JanPlan 2009 by Loretta Biss,…
January internship in Malawi
by John Perkins, ’11 Anthropology major During the month…
Internship at the Longfellow National Historic Site
Sonia Booth ’10, Anthropology major Summer 2009…
Events in 2011& Spring 2012
Occupy Boston: An Ethnographic Perspective Date: March 30, 2012…
Faculty awards 2011-12
Congratulations to Chandra Bhimull (Anthropology and African American Studies) on…