Mar 22, 2022
Professor Winifred Tate is lead author on new ACLU report “A Better Path for Maine: The Case for Decriminalizing Drugs”
Winifred Tate, Associate Professor of Anthropology, is lead author on…
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Nov 13, 2020
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…
Apr 20, 2020
The Nature Conservancy Article Highlights “Design Thinking” Jan Plan Course
The Nature Conservancy published an article about a new Jan Plan…
Apr 03, 2020
Callie Maidhof recipient of 2019-20 ACLS Fellowship
Congratulations to Visiting Assistant Professor Callie Maidhof who is the…
Dec 19, 2019
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…
Dec 19, 2019
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,…
Oct 08, 2019
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…
Sep 25, 2019
Chandra Bhimull’s Empire in the Air awarded honorable mention in two national competitions
Congratulations to Chandra Bhimull (Anthropology and African American Studies) for…
Sep 09, 2019
Nell Haynes analyzes anti-immigrant memes in Chile in a new article
In a new article “Writing on the Walls: Discourse on…
Sep 04, 2019
New Book by Catherine Besteman
Catherine Besteman and co-editor Hugh Gusterson…
Sep 04, 2019
Mary Beth Mills explores culinary tourism in a new article in Gastronomica
In a new article “Authentic Dishes, Staged Identities: Thailand’s Cooking…
Sep 04, 2019
Winifred Tate is conducting new research into women, drug use and recovery in Maine.
Associate Professor of Anthropology Winifred Tate and lead field researcher…
Jan 02, 2019
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,…
Nov 08, 2018
Catherine Besteman and Colleagues Offered ART+POLITICS Symposium at Maine College of Art
With a grant from the Office of the Provost and…
Nov 08, 2018
Catherine Besteman and Students Curate Exhibition at the Colby Museum of Art
Professor Catherine Besteman worked with students Chloé Powers ’19 and…
Nov 08, 2018
Britt Halvorson Releases New Book
A new book by Britt Halvorson has been released. Conversionary Sites:…
May 12, 2018
Catherine Besteman’s exhibition awarded funding from the National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the Institute…
Dec 13, 2017
Halvorson Contributes Chapter on Religiously Based Aid Work Book
A research publication by Britt Halvorson, faculty fellow in anthropology,…
Dec 09, 2017
Chandra Bhimull’s Ethnography, Empire in the Air, to be Released December 12th
Empire in the Air: Airline Travel and the African…
Dec 06, 2017
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…
May 11, 2017
Rachel Bird ’18 receives funding from the Eitan Shalom Green Research Award for preliminary research for her honors thesis.
May 11, 2017
Alyssa Lang ’18 receives funding from the Eitan Shalom Green Research Award for preliminary research for her honors thesis.
May 11, 2017
Abby Snyder ’18 receives funding from the Eitan Shalom Green Research Award for preliminary research for her honors thesis.
May 11, 2017
Lucie Gulino ’17 wins the Eitan Shalom Green Award
The Eitan Shalom Green Award is given to a student…
May 11, 2017
Es Topolarova ’17 wins the Department of Anthropology Senior Prize
The Department of Anthropology Award honors academic achievement in the…
Mar 10, 2017
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…
Jan 31, 2017
Professor Maple Razsa’s book Bastards of Utopia wins the William A Douglass book prize in Europeanist Anthropology!
Sep 23, 2016
David Strohl Receives Fellowship
David Strohl receives fellowship at the Max Planck Institute for…
May 11, 2016
Rose Nelson ’16 wins Phi Betta Kappa Speech Contest!
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May 11, 2016
Ali Offer ’12 wins Adweek’s Rising Star Award
Read about it HERE.
May 05, 2016
Kate Gafner receives the Department of Anthropology Award
The Department of Anthropology Award honors academic achievement in the…
May 05, 2016
Diamond Drayton receives the Eitan Shalom Green Award
The Eitan Shalom Green Award is given to a student…
May 05, 2016
Global Maine Integrated Studies course premieres short documentary series
Colby students enrolled in the Integrated Studies Cluster on Global…
Jan 26, 2016
Gafner wins Anthropology award
January 26, 2016 Kate Gafner wins the first Eitan…
Feb 25, 2015
Adam Saltsman’04 will present his doctoral research on Burmese migrants in Thailand
“Navigating dispossession: Gender and agency among Burmese migrants in Thailand’s…
Feb 24, 2015
Elfrieda Frank Scholar to present research
Kyra Webb, 17′ received an Elfrieda Frank Scholarship (administered by…
Oct 07, 2014
Besteman Elected President of Association of Political and Legal Anthropologists
Francis F. Bartlett and Ruth K. Bartlett Professor of Anthropology…
Oct 07, 2014
Prof. Mary Beth Mills on Thailand’s political crisis
Professor Mills recently published…
Apr 10, 2013
Colby Student wins competitive national internship in Anthropology
Colby Anthropology major, Jalene Regassa ’13 has been selected as…
Aug 13, 2012
Todd Gitlin – Occupy Nation
A lecture by Prof. Todd Gitlin, of…
Jul 20, 2012
President Adams names Catherine Besteman to endowed chair
Catherine Besteman is honored with an endowed…
Jul 20, 2012
Tate wins research fellowship
Prof. Winifred Tate has been awarded a SSRC and…
Jul 20, 2012
Faculty research recognized with major grants.
Prof. Catherine Besteman is awarded two major national research…
Jul 19, 2012
Internship with Indian Law Alliance
Emily Pavelle ‘10, Anthropology Major This January I had an…
Jul 19, 2012
Nonprofit Internship in Cambridge, MA
Jen Shriber ’10, Anthropology Major I spent my Jan Plan…
Jul 19, 2012
Internship in Cambodia
Experiences at Green Gecko JanPlan 2009 by Loretta Biss,…
Jul 19, 2012
January internship in Malawi
by John Perkins, ’11 Anthropology major During the month…
Jul 19, 2012
Internship at the Longfellow National Historic Site
Sonia Booth ’10, Anthropology major Summer 2009…
Jul 18, 2012
Events in 2011& Spring 2012
Occupy Boston: An Ethnographic Perspective Date: March 30, 2012…
Jul 18, 2012
Faculty awards 2011-12
Congratulations to Chandra Bhimull (Anthropology and African American Studies) on…