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Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Anthropology Colloquium Series: Noah Tamarkin
Lemba people in South Africa are internationally known for their participation in DNA tests that aimed ... (more)
Thursday, February 09, 2012
Medical Anthropology Speaker: Junjie Chen
Drawing on 16 months of fieldwork in and around an inter-ethnic Manchu-Han community in northeast China, ... (more)
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Medical Anthropology Speaker: Amy Sousa
What does it mean to have schizophrenia in the absence of a diagnosis? This paper attempts an answer ... (more)
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Spiritual Border Crossings: Postpartum Seclusion and Religious Otherness in Ethiopia
The event of childbirth, the world over, is imbued with special ritual significance that speaks to the ... (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