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Welcome from the Chair
On behalf of NIU’s Anthropology Department, I want to extend a welcome to visit our program via our website. Here you will find how anthropology comes alive through our faculty, staff, and students. Click for more.
Department News
Dr. Giovanni Bennardo attended a conference entitled The Cultural Constitution of Casual Cognition Setting the State for a Cross-Disciplinary Endeavour. Here is the link.
Dr. Winifred Creamer was featured on an article on the November 13th issue of the daily chronicle. Here is the link
Dr. Andrea Molnar will host a seminar and roundtable titled "Peacebuilding in Conflict Regions in Southeast Asia" on Dec 1, 2011 in Graham Hall Room 334 from 8:30 - 12:00. Flyer Attached
Dr. Dan Gebo gave a talk for the Board of Trustees Professor Seminar on Thursday September 27, 2011. The lecture will be on The Theory of Evolution in a Modern World.
More Department News from 2002 to present. Click here.
Student Information
GRADUATE STUDENTS
The Jeffrey Lunsford Applications are now up. The deadline is Feburary 10th, 2012.
Please see link for more information.
NIU Foundation Award: A limited amount of funds are available to subsidize graduate students who are conducting fieldwork for the MA degree in Anthropology. These funds can be used for travel to the field site, fees associated with consulting collections, and other research costs. Here is link to the application. They are due Feb 15th.
UNDERGRADUATES
Gayle Dubowski Fellowship: The $500 fellowship is available to any NIU undergraduate Anthropology major to use to participate in anthropological research. This research can include participation in an NIU sponsored field school, another archaeology or ethnographic field school, or to undertake other academic research or study abroad. The funding is provided as reimbursement after the money has been spent, so the student must save and submit receipts. Here is a link to the application. They are due Feb 15th.
Course Semester Information
Course Descriptions -
Spring 2012 - Registration Information
Registration Records - Dates and Deadlines
Undergraduate and Graduate Programs of Study - Spring 2012
Anthropology Club
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Anthropology Museum
Museum News
The Anthropology Museum was featured in an article in Spring/Summer 2010 issue of The Mandala. Click here for the article.
The new Anthropology Museum is scheduled to open in Spring 2012 in Cole Hall. The old Anthropology Museum in the Stevens Building is closed. For further information, please contact the Department of Anthropology or click here for more information.
To see photos of the move click here
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ESE Instuitute/ENVS
Please see the attached newsletter from ESE and Environmental Studies for Dec 2011 - Click here