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AAPA CAREER DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP 12:00-2:00 Friday April 15th in Atlanta
Joan Richtsmeier
This year at the AAPA meetings in Atlanta, the Executive Committee has invited Randall Robaudo of SciPhD (http://sciphd.com/) to host a Career Development Workshop. In[...]www2.humboldt.edu
4th Annual Humboldt State University Anthropology Research Symposium
Carolyn E. Hinson
The symposium is a student led event that is supported by the Department of Anthropology, and College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. The event[...]www.beniculturali.unibo.it
ACQUIRING AND POST-PROCESSING 3D DATA IN ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
Stefano Benazzi
SUMMER SCHOOL IN: ACQUIRING AND POST-PROCESSING 3D DATA IN ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY 27June – 1July 2016 Department of Cultural Heritage (University of Bologna, Italy) Nowadays[...]physanth.org
Student prizes 2016
Leslea Hlusko
The American Association of Physical Anthropologists awards seven prizes to outstanding student presentations at the annual meeting. For a list of these and their descriptions,[...]anthgen.org
SMBE Satellite Workshop on the Genetics of Admixed Populations: May 18-20, 2016 San Antonio, TX
Heather Norton
The Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) satellite workshop, Genetics of Admixed Populations, will be held in San Antonio, TX May 18-20, 2016. Early[...]physanth.org
2016 Family Care Award Application For Early Career Women Scholars
Andrea B. Taylor
The AAPA and the Committee on Diversity Women’s Initiative (COD-WIN) are pleased to offer the Family Care Award to assist early career women scholars in[...]physanth.org
AAPA Addresses Sexual and Other Harassment
Susan Anton
AAPA Addresses Sexual and Other Harassment To foster a community of inclusion and respect in which we can focus all of our attention on our[...]www.ljmu.ac.uk
New Graduate Programme: 1 year MSc in Bioarchaeology at Liverpool John Moores University
Dr De Groote
Bioarchaeology is an exciting and fast-advancing science that combines archaeology with branches of the natural sciences. Study focuses on the key topics pertaining to human[...]Four fully funded interdisciplinary PhD in biological anthropology and drone (UAV) technology
LJMU
The Faculty of Engineering & Technology and the Faculty of Science at Liverpool John Moores University would like to announce four new PhD positions related[...]fieldprojects.org
Field Course: Tropical Biology & Primatology (Peru)
Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa
Field Projects International is offering two new Tropical Biology and Primatology courses for summer 2016. Held at the Los Amigos Biological Field station in Southeastern[...]www.transmittingscience.org
Course The Use of Phylogenies in the Study of Macroevolution, Sept. 19-23, Barcelona.
Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno
Registration is open for the course “THE USE OF PHYLOGENIES IN THE STUDY OF MACROEVOLUTION – 4th edition”, September 19th – 23rd, 2016. INSTRUCTOR: Dr.[...]www.nsf.gov
NSF statement on harassment at grantee institutions
R. Ferrell
Press Statement 16-002 The National Science Foundation (NSF) will not tolerate harassment at grantee institutions. January 25, 2016 The National Science Foundation (NSF) joins with[...]www.facebook.com
2016 Excavation-based field school in Bioarchaeology on St. Croix, USVI
Molly Zuckerman
This archaeological and bioarchaeological field school will take place at the Aklis site, a prehistoric shell midden, habitation, and cemetery site, located on the beach[...]www.dentalanthropology.org
Workshop on Dental Wear sponsored by the Dental Anthropology Association
James Watson
Please join us for a workshop on dental wear to be held on Wednesday, April 13, at this year’s AAPA meetings. The workshop is free[...]www.zmg.uni-freiburg.de
New MSc program on Global Urban Health starting Oct 2016
Ursula Wittwer-Backofen
Freiburg University is currently setting up a new postgraduate one year Master course in Global Urban Health which will start in October 2016. It will[...]eaa2016.com
20th European Anthropological Association (EAA) Congress: European Anthropology in a Changing World: From Culture to Global Biology
Morana Jarec
20th European Anthropological Association (EAA) Congress: European Anthropology in a Changing World: From Culture to Global Biology will be held in Zagreb, from 24th to[...]dass.missouri.edu
Our African Origins public symposium at University of Missouri
Carol Ward
The story of where humans came from starts in Africa – we are all Africans. The story of our origins is becoming richer and more[...]uwm.academia.edu
SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED to February 1 – Field Notes: a Journal of Collegiate Anthropology
Field Notes: A Journal of Collegiate Anthropology
Field Notes: A Journal of Collegiate Anthropology, the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee’s anthropological journal for student research, is now accepting submissions for our eighth volume, to[...]www.dentalanthropology.org
Workshop on Dental Wear sponsored by the Dental Anthropology Association
James Watson
Please join us for a workshop on dental wear to be held on April 12, at this year’s AAPA meetings. The workshop is free to[...]meeting.physanth.org
AAPA 2016 Meeting program now online
Ed Hagen
Abstract acceptance confirmation emails for the 2016 Annual Meeting were sent on December 9, 2015. Presentation days and times are now available in the online[...]www.academia.edu
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Anthropology Student Union Colloquium
Jessica Skinner
Dear Anthropology Students, The ASU Anthropology Student Colloquium will be held Saturday, March 26, 2016. The theme this year is “Making Our World as it[...]carta.anthropogeny.org
CARTA Public Symposium: Origins of Genus Homo
Ingrid Benirschke-Perkins
Join the live webcast! “Origins of Genus Homo” is the topic of a free public symposium hosted by the UCSD/Salk Center for Academic Research &[...]www.davidpappano.com
Using R for Biological Anthropology Workshop at AAPA 2016
David Pappano
This year at the annual meetings in Atlanta there will be a workshop on using R for biological anthropology. R is a open source statistical[...]dmanisi.ge
Dmanisi Paleoanthropology Field School 2016
Ann Margvelashvili
Dmanisi Paleoanthropology Field School (DPFS) is a four-week field course in paleoanthropology at the site of Dmanisi, Georgia, offered annually by Georgian National Museum and[...]www.txstate.edu
FACTS 2016 Workshops
Sophia Mavroudas
Registration is now open for the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State (FACTS) 2016 Workshops! FACTS workshops are open to advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and[...]AAPA Ethics Fellows Program
AAPA Ethics Committee
The AAPA Ethics Committee has launched an Ethics Fellows Program for the 2016-2017 programmatic year. The fellowship is a valuable professional development opportunity for AAPA[...]COD-Undergraduate Research Symposium Application is Posted Online
Cara Wall-Scheffler
The 6th annual Committee on Diversity Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held on Wednesday, April 13, 2016 in Atlanta. The application for the symposium is[...]cogs.indiana.edu
New graduate student fellowships to study the evolution of human cognition.
Tom Schoenemann
The Cognitive Science Program at Indiana University Bloomington has multiple five-year graduate student fellowships available to study the evolution of human cognition. Research areas include[...]mai.mercyhurst.edu
Mercyhurst University Forensic Anthropology Short Courses
Dr. Alexandra Klales
The Department of Applied Forensic Sciences (DAFS) at Mercyhurst University is offering five Forensic Anthropology short courses during June of 2016. Dr. Dennis Dirkmaat, director[...]fac.utk.edu
Forensic Anthropology Center Short Courses
Giovanna Vidoli
Registration is now available for 2016 summer short courses at the Forensic Anthropology Center at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville! The courses include Field Methods[...]