The Department of Anthropology holds a variety of events and colloquia throughout the academic year, as well as, a weekly archaeologically focused lecture series on Fridays from 12:00p-1:00p.
Details on upcoming events, Archaeology Brown Bags, and Department of Anthropology Colloquia can be found below.
If you have questions about upcoming events, please reach out to anthroinfo@mailplus.wisc.edu.
The ‘Empty Lands’ of the Assyrian Empire: An Archaeological Analysis of Terra Nullius
Archaeology Brown Bag by Melissa S. Rosenzweig, PhD, Northwestern University
Friday, October 3, 2025
12:00pm-1:00pm
5230 Sewell Social Sciences Building
Wild in Thailand: Forest Spirits and the Cultural Constructions of Wilderness
Monday, October 6, 2025:
Colloquium by Megan Sinnott of Georgia State University in Sewell Social Sciences 8417 at 1:30p
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The Almost Failed Liberal Promise of Contracts’ Explicitness
Monday, October 13, 2025:
Colloquium by Ilana Gershon of Rice University in Sewell Social Sciences 8417 at 3:30p
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Co-Sponsored Colloquium
Tuesday, November 4 at 12:00p
“Race and Space in the Making of the Latin American City during the Twentieth Century” | Presented by Dr. Orlando DeAvila, Tinker Visiting Professor of History | 206 Ingraham Hall or via Zoom |