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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05/24/17 - Indigenous New HampshireWhen it comes to telling the stories of indigenous people in New Hampshire, the “official” history — found on historical site markers, in textbooks and on public murals, among... Read More -
05/23/17 - Crystina Friese awarded a Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP) fellowship for summer 2017Anthropology Major Crystina Friese will be working with Faculty Mentor Pr Meghan Howey summer 2017. The Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research awarded Crystina a Research... Read More -
05/22/17 - Caitlin Burnett ('20) is participating in Summer 2017 study abroad program in BhutanOn May 24, Caitlin Burnett and four other UNH undergraduates will travel to Bhutan and, working alongside five students from the Royal Thimphu College, spend two weeks looking at... Read More -
05/19/17 - Rebecca Philibert Receives Robert Leblanc Memorial Award to Study Abroad in PeruAnthropology Major Rebecca Philibert received a study abroad scholarship and was honored by the Center for International Education and Global Engagement (CIEGE). Rebecca explains... Read More -
03/27/17 - Class Fieldtrip to the UNH Organic Dairy facility in Lee, NHOn March 24th, Robin Sheriff’s ANTH 510 Animals, Identity and Culture class visited the UNH Organic Dairy facility in Lee. The tour, led by Kimberly Meader, was part of a class... Read More -
03/03/17 - Publicly Engaged HumanitiesEleanor Harrison-Buck has been awarded a $50,000 Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship. Read More -
02/17/17 - UNH Anthropologist Svetlana Peshkova Discusses Women's Activism for Russian AudienceSvetlana Peshkova, associate professor of anthropology at UNH, was interviewed by the Central Asian Analytical Network about women's marches and women's political activism in post... Read More
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02/10/17 - "Women's Marches": Socio-Political Activism of Central Asian Women (an Interview with Svetlana Peshkova)Pr Peshkova is interviewed by the Central Asian Analytical Network (CAAN). Her interview is made available to both the Russian and English speaking community. (for English use... Read More
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02/02/17 - Anthropology Lecturer, Allysha Winburn has newly published commentary in the Journal of Forensic IdentificationAllysha Winburn shares her newly published commentary in the Journal of Forensic Identification - a collaboration with another forensic anthropologist and a cultural... Read More
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01/23/17 - Next Year's Sidore Series To Ask: "Who Owns the Past?"Gregory McMahon (Classics, Humanities, and Italian Studies), Svetlana Peshkova (Anthropology), Nicole Ruane (Classics, Humanities, and Italian Studies), R. Scott Smith (Classics,... Read More