Anthropology
Retracing Colonists’ Spread into Great Bay
Researchers are using an innovative tactic to reveal the decision-making behind the early English colonists' movements into Great Bay. Read More-
02/07/23
Gilman Scholarships Send Eight Students Abroad
Eight UNH students will set out for global destinations this spring as recipients of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, immersing... -
02/06/23
Passings: Emeritus of Anthropology Charles Bolian
UNH remembers archaeologist dedicated to New Hampshire history. -
-
09/07/22
Meeting Great Bay History
A prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities grant will extend the work of the Great Bay Archaeological Survey to 72 K-12 teachers.
Recent Stories
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
01/12/17 - Meghan Howey is interviewed by Michigan Radio (npr)Michigan Radio (part of npr.org) interviewed Anthropology Professor, Meghan Howey. Read More
-
10/04/16 - Pr Peshkova and Pr Harrison-Buck receive funding for public humanities projectsMany universities have encouraged their faculty to undertake engaged scholarship, partnering with communities and public organizations for mutual benefit. This is especially... Read More
-
10/01/16 - Introducing ... New FacultyOne wrote a book about the funerals of AIDS victims in Swaziland. Another is researching an eighteenth-century French artist and his aesthetic relationship to Madame de Pompadour... Read More
-
09/08/16 - UNH Anthropologist Meghan Howey has publication in PLOS ONEAnthropology Professor Meghan Howey has new publication in PLOS ONE: Detecting Precontact Anthropogenic Microtopographic Features in a Forested Landscape with Lidar: A Case Study... Read More
-
06/21/16 - "Geospatial modeling approach to monument construction using Michigan from A.D. 1000-1600 as a case study"Meghan Howey, Michael Palace and Crystal McMichael have their article "Geospatial modeling approach to monument construction using Michigan from A.D. 1000-1600 as a case study"... Read More