Department of Anthropology

Brandeis Anthropology Research Seminar (BARS)

The Brandeis Anthropology Research Seminar (BARS) is a weekly yearlong seminar that meets on  Tuesdays or Fridays at 12:45 in Schwartz 103 (except where noted below). The series includes anthropology colloquia presented by invited guests and Brandeis anthropology faculty, alternating with workshops, reading groups and presentations by graduate students. For more information, contact anthropology@brandeis.edu.

Research Seminar

January 24, 2025

Time: 12:45 - 2:05 pm
Location: Schwartz 103 (BARS classroom)

Graduate students Sadaf Nausheen, Sargam Sharma and Iris Zhou will be presenting their research.

Research Seminar

January 31, 2025

Time: 12:45 - 2:05 pm
Location: Schwartz 103 (BARS classroom)

Maura Finkelstein will be presenting her research on equine therapy.

Careers with Anthropology

February 7, 2025

Time: 12:45 - 2:05 pm
Location: Schwartz 103 (BARS classroom)

Brandeis graduate alumni Sierra Dakin Kuiper, Ashlee Moser, Scott Schnur, Allison Taylor will talk about their career journeys.

Best practices for applying for a Wenner Gren grant

February 11, 2025

Time: 12:45 - 2:05 pm
Location: Schwartz 103 (BARS classroom) 

Brendane Tynes will lead a workshop based on her expertise and role at the Wenner-Gren Foundation.

Article publication

February 25, 2025

Time: 12:45 - 2:05 pm
Location: New Location- Zoom only. Join the zoom meeting here.

This seminar is about how to publish articles in academic journals. 

Alum book celebration

March 7, 2025

Time: 12:45 - 2:05 pm
Location: Schwartz 103 (BARS classroom)

Ieva Jusionyte will present on her new book, Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border.

Research seminar

March 14, 2025

Time: 12:45 - 2:05 pm
Location: Brown 115

Research seminar

March 21, 2025

Time: 12:45 - 2:05 pm
Location: Brown 115

Claudia Strauss will present on her new book, titled What Work Means: Beyond the Puritan Work Ethic.

Research Seminar

March 28, 2025

Time: 12:45 - 2:05 pm
Location: Brown 115

Amy Moran-Thomas from MIT will present her research in a talk, "Battle in the Clouds."

Research seminar

April 25, 2025

Time: 12:45 - 2:05 pm
Location: Brown 115

Professor Patricia Alvarez Astacio will present her research on human and nonhuman labor.

Research seminar

April 29, 2025

Time: 12:45 - 2:05 pm
Location: Brown 115

Graduate students will present their research.