Anthropology
Research Snapshot: Pastimes With a Balloon
“Eunice and Elinah are residents of an old age home run by an Afrikaner women’s charity in small town South Africa. After white-minority rule ended in 1994, old age homes, like other social welfare and health care spaces, were racially integrated. Generations of people who had fought for or against... Read MoreAlso in UNH Today...
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06/06/22Frame of Mind
COLA faculty take snapshots to capture their research — and bring fascinating insights to the images. -
04/18/22Shining a Light on BIPOC History in N.H.
The Center for the Humanities at UNH has received two grants that will help advance projects related to celebrating the history of BIPOC populations... -
12/15/21Unearthing Great Bay's Past
Researchers have summarized their findings about Great Bay's social and ecological history in an online StoryMap. -
Recent Stories
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07/30/21 - Aging in America: Justice for All?The UNH Center for the Humanities announces the 2021–2022 Sidore Lecture Series. Read More -
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02/02/21 - Black History is American History“What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice,” historian and author Carter... Read More -
01/25/21 - Excellence in CitationsForty-one current and emeritus UNH researchers are among the world's 100,000 most cited, according to a new study. Read More -
10/20/20 - A Clearer Vision of HistoryColumbus Day became a national holiday in 1937. It would be more than 50 years later — and 500 since Columbus arrived in America — before people came to officially recognize the... Read More -
05/13/20 - Privilege of Breaking into Earth HonoredMeghan Howey, professor of anthropology has been named a 2020 Andrew Carnegie Fellow. Fellows receive $200,000 to fund research and writing aimed at addressing some of the most... Read More -
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01/06/20 - Warming a Cold CaseUNH anthropology lecturer Amy Michael helped crack a cold case of more than a century, identifying the remains of outlaw Joseph Henry Loveless in Idaho. Read More -
12/26/19 - Sleuths Are Haunted by the Cold Case of Julie Doe (The Atlantic)UNH anthropologist Amy Michael collaborates with task force for trans cold cases. Read More -
12/10/19 - Creative ConceptsLiberal arts students, alumni take home prizes in the NH Social Venture Innovation Challenge. Read More