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: Schwartz 103 (BARS classroom)

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: Schwartz 103 (BARS classroom)

Amy Moran-Thomas will present her research on the embodied histories of energy.

Research seminar

March 21, 2025

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

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

Identifying fields

March 28, 2025

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

This seminar is about how to identify and explore anthropological conversations your research might intervene in.

April 8 - Writing for a public audience

April 8, 2025

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

This joint session with other social science graduate students will focus on research communication.

Research seminar

April 25, 2025

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

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: Schwartz 103 (BARS classroom)

Graduate students will present their research.