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Monday, November 23, 2009

Social Change and Style: Scripts and Material Culture in Legitimization Processes

This interdisciplinary forum invites graduate students to engage in critical conversations with their ... (more)

Friday, March 05, 2010

Brandeis Study Abroad Scholarship Deadline

Scholarships for study abroad are available from Brandeis for students receiving need-based financial ... (more)

Welcome to the Anthropology Department

The Department of Anthropology at Brandeis University offers a wide range of courses covering the discipline's four major subfields:

  • Sociocultural anthropology
  • Linguistic anthropology
  • Physical anthropology
  • Archaeology of complex societies
Areas of faculty specialization include economic anthropology and development, gender studies, urban anthropology, sociolinguistics, symbolic and semiotic studies, prehistoric and historic archaeology, cognitive and psychological anthropology, computer-mediated communication, medical anthropology, religion, comparative methods, material culture and cultural patrimony, and theory and method in sociocultural anthropology and archaeology.