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 ::

Shamanism, Vegetalismo, and the Aesthetics of Healing Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 5:00 pm - Bard Hall, Bard College Campus

Lecture by Tejaswini Ganti Monday, April 22, 2013 at 4:30 pm - Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium

An Evening of Central Asian Culture and Cooking with AUCA-Bard Staff Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm - Robbins House

Thinking the City: Literature, Theory, Visual Arts Friday, April 12, 2013 at 10:00 am – 3:00 pm - Olin, Room 102

The Eat Pray Loveification of Balinese Tourism Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 5:00 pm - László Z. Bitó ’60 Conservatory Building

Alumni Profiles ::

Mandy Tumulty, '94
I work as a civil servant for the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) managing projects, building cross-organizational coalitions, leading organizational change, and researching and developing initiatives that impact strategic human capital planning and management.
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