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Anthropology Round Table Discussion

Professor John Hawks will moderate an informal round table and discuss open-access publishing and data access in anthropology. Hawks studies the bones and genes of ancient humans. His research has been featured in documentaries from Netflix, PBS, National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel, History Channel, Science Channel, and the BBC. The event is free and Andolini’s pizza will be served for lunch. All students, faculty, and staff are welcome!

Winterfest (Celebration of Winter) Party

UTulsa students are invited to relax and have fun during Reading Days week at Winterfest (Celebration of Winter)! We will have anthropology trivia, Kahoot, and board games. For food, there will be plenty of pizza, soda, and a hot chocolate bar with complementary peppermint and cinnamon sticks! ALL UTulsa students are welcome! You do not need to be an Anthropology or Sociology major to join the fun. 🎉

The Anthro Scoop: Kids (of all ages) Love Bugs

This month’s scoop: “Jess P: Kids Love Bugs!”

Interested in Entomology or want to learn more about insects and their importance to humans? This interactive workshop is open to all ages! Swing by for the scoop and get ready for an interactive evening filled with friends, fun, a sprinkle of knowledge, and of course, FREE ice cream!

Emily Schumacher Dissertation Defense

Join the UTulsa Department of Anthropology and Sociology for the presentation and defense of Emily Schumacher’s doctoral thesis. The event will be held in the upstairs seminar room of Harwell Hall, with the option to view the defense virtually.

For access to the Teams link, please email ers847@utulsa.edu before July 15th.

John Shea Lecture

Please join the Department of Anthropology and Sociology as we welcome paleoanthropologist Dr. John J. Shea of Stony Brook University. Dr. Shea will give a lecture on his current research in the upstairs seminar room of Harwell Hall. We hope to see you there!

Department of Anthropology & Sociology End-Of-Year Awards Dinner

The Department of Anthropology and Sociology celebrates our students and a successful year with our annual end-of-year awards dinner. The dinner will feature the presentation of the Danowski Whalen Senior Prize in Anthropology and the Outstanding Academic Achievement in Sociology award and a keynote lecture by Dr. Patrick N. Pedersen, Fullbright Postdoc Visiting Scholar, “Of Muscle and Stone: Ground Stone Tools and Food Processing During the Epipalaeolithic-Neolithic Transition Southwest Asia”.
By invitation only.

A Relational Approach to Social Change

Are you interested in learning how to make social change that is meaningful, effective, and fosters solidarity rather than division?

The Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) has an 80-year track record of creating political change for the common good through institutional organizing and civic leader development.

In this seminar hosted by TU’s Department of Anthropology, IAF-trained community organizers will demonstrate foundational principles and practices of their network’s model of grassroots social work through a local Tulsa lens.

Working For Black Ancestors

The Tulsa community and TU students are invited to join Lambda Alpha to hear from Dr. Aja Lans, a bioarchaeologist from Johns Hopkins University, who will be presenting a talk about the use of Black bodies in anthropological skeletal curations, as well as the impact of her identity as a Black Anthropologist on her work.

Hear from Dr. Aja Lans:

“My identity as a Black anthropologist both influences and strengthens my work as a bioarchaeologist, but I have faced many obstacles in developing my scholarship. My research focuses on the histories of African descended peoples whose bodies have been curated in anthropological skeletal collections. Such studies require understanding the ethical implications of working with human remains and descendant communities in ways that are rarely sufficiently addressed in anthropology. I argue that the skeletal remains of Black people should only be studied in limited circumstances, including efforts to repatriate or lay Ancestors to rest, when burial sites are at risk, and when relevant questions posed by a descendant community can only be answered by considering the skeletal body. Therefore, I propose a liberatory bioarchaeological practice informed by Black feminism and critical race theory.”