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.
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!
Want to learn more about the evolutionary flexibility of the human and non-human primate hip? Lambda Alpha presents a talk by Les Eason, Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology at The University of Tulsa.
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.”
