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Anthropology

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Anthropology is the study of humankind across the world today and throughout history.

Julia A. King
- Professor of Anthropology
Anne Arundel West 118
April 2, 2019
In a conference usually reserved for graduate students, St. Mary’s College students Justyce Bennett ’19 (anthropology and art history), Lindsay Wooleyhand ’19 (anthropology and English), and Emma Hugonnet ’19 (anthropology and educational studies) presented their St. Mary’s Project research in a… Find Out More
March 29, 2019
St. Mary’s College of Maryland anthropology department presents Ellen Contini-Morava as the spring’s Distinguished Scholar on Wednesday, April 3, 4:45 p.m. in Cole Cinema, Campus Center. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.

 

Titled, “Why is a raven like a writing-desk? How and… Find Out More
March 27, 2019
Professor of Anthropology Julia King’s National Endowment for the Humanities-funded work with the Rappahannock Tribe is featured in the latest issue of National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) Magazine.

 

King, in collaboration with the Virginia Department of Historic… Find Out More
March 20, 2019
Julia A. King, professor of anthropology, will be one of three professors presenting during “New Insights: Native American History in the Colonial Period” on March 27, 6-7:30 p.m. at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Smith Hall, in Boston, Massachusetts. King will discuss her… Find Out More
March 13, 2019
St. Mary’s College of Maryland alumna Katelyn Kean ‘16 recently became registrar for the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s collection of more than 70,000 bay-related objects.

 

The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, located in St. Michaels, Maryland, is a non-profit educational organization… Find Out More
February 19, 2019
Several students and two faculty are traveling to the West Indies this week for the Antigua and Barbuda Governor General’s Seminar on Historic Preservation as part of a recent partnership between St. Mary’s College of Maryland and the Office of the Governor General of Antigua and Barbuda.

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February 7, 2019
St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s anthropology department presents Sameena Mulla, associate professor of anthropology at Marquette University, as the latest guest speaker in the Visiting Anthropologist Program.  Mulla will discuss “Anthropology and Sexual Assault: U.S. Clinics and Courts in 21st… Find Out More
January 16, 2019
St. Mary’s College of Maryland anthropology students Melody Raynaud and Daniel Mehaffey have been selected as inaugural Undergraduate Research Fellows for the American Anthropological Association. Raynaud and Mehaffey are two of only six fellows selected from a nationwide pool of applicants.

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December 4, 2018
For the anthropology department at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, finding permanent, qualified individuals to assist with highly-detailed archeological documentation on a long-term basis can be difficult. Because the professors in the anthropology department are often on work sites or focused on… Find Out More
November 26, 2018
Professor of Anthropology Julia King is featured in Nov. 21 edition of The Washington Post. King's research team includes St. Mary’s College alumni Scott Strickland ('08), Catherine Dye ('17) and Max Sickler ('18), along with current students through King’s anthropology classes.

 

King, in… Find Out More