Program Overview

What is Anthropology?
Anthropology is the study of people and cultural difference both past and present.  Anthropology is a holistic field that uses the wide variety of human expression and practices around the globe as its source of data.  The central feature of Anthropology is ethnography and fieldwork, which entails the study of how people make meaning from the world around them.

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Recent Events ::

Cultural Heritage Speaker Series Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 5:00 pm - Olin Language Center, Room 115

Cultural Heritage Lecture Series Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 5:00 pm - Olin Language Center, Room 115

Environmental and Urban Studies fall speaker series Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 5:00 pm - Olin Language Center, Room 115

"Cultural Heritage as Intellectual Property: The WAI 262 claim in Aotearoa/New Zealand" Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 5:00 pm - Olin Language Center, Room 115

"Memories of Prohibited and Accessible Spaces in Postwar Beirut" Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 5:00 pm - Preston Theater

Alumni Profiles ::

Andrew Newman '01
 Andrew Newman graduated from Bard in 2001 with a major in Anthropology and is now Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Wayne State University. His senior project, "Urban Like a Jackalope: Culture, Capital, and the Remaking of Downtown Houston", was written under the supervision of Prof. Mario Bick and sparked his interest in urban ethnography. He pursued his doctoral training at the CUNY Graduate Center under the supervision of Prof. Ida Susser. MORE ::