News

Andrew J. Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart (Strathern) contracted to Co-Edit a New Book Series (The Palgrave Studies in Disaster Anthropology)
Kathleen Musante begins her term as the Chair of the Department of Anthropology
Gabriella Lukacs edits Special Issue of Positions: Asia Critique (Youth, Labor, and Politics in East Asia)
Robert D. Drennan, and two recent PhDs (C. Adam Berrey and Christian E. Peterson) publish a new book.
Jeffrey Schwartz interviewed about the recent discovery of Homo naledi
Professor Andrew J. Strathern and Dr. Pamela J. Stewart (Strathern) edit a new book.
Dušan Borić to join the Department as a Visiting Scholar in the Center for Comparative Archaeology
Race, sex, and human evolution: a three-part lecture series exposing biases that underlie the study of our evolutionary past
Professor Andrew Strathern & Dr. Pamela Stewart (Strathern) publish a new book.
Christina M. Giovas to join the Department as Visiting Scholar in the Center for Comparative Archaeology
Call For Papers, Proposed Panel, AAA Meeting:
Call for Papers, AAA Proposed Panel: "Less Palatable, Still Valuable: Taste, Agro-biodiversity, and Culinary Heritage" Contact: Greg de St. Maurice grd11@pitt.edu
Nicole Constable appointed Director of the Asian Studies Center in the University Center for International Studies
Kathleen Musante wins Sheth Distinguished Faculty Award for International Achievement.
Prof. Andrew Strathern and Dr. Pamela J. Stewart (Strathern) publish new book: Ritual: Key Concepts in Religion
Dr. Isaac Ullah, Visiting Scholar, Center for Comparative Archaeology
Dr. Philp Kao joins the department as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Medical Anthropology.
Dr. Richard Scaglion elected as an honorary fellow of the ASAO
Dr. Elizabeth Arkush wins 2013 Society for American Archaeology Book Award in the Scholarly Category.
Dr. Kathleen Allen awarded Pittsburgh-Ampco Prize for Excellence in Mentoring