UBC Anthropology researchers secure 2024 SSHRC funding
Congratulations to the UBC Anthropology researchers who were awarded funding through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)’s 2024 Partnership Development, Insight, and Insight Development Grants competitions. Partnership Development Grants Partnership Development Grants provide short-term and timely support for partnered research activities that inform decision-making at a single partner organization from the public, private or […]
Amir Shiva Receives 2025 Undergraduate Teaching Award
Congratulations to Dr. Amir Shiva who has received the 2025 Award for Undergraduate Teaching from the UBC Anthropology Student Association (ASA). Dr. Shiva’s impact in the classroom — and on his students — can not be overstated. This marks the fourth consecutive year that he has received this award. “On behalf of undergraduate anthropology students, […]
Vinay Kamat Promoted to Full Professor and Appointed Head of Anthropology at UBC
Congratulations to Dr. Vinay Kamat on his recent promotion to full professor and his appointment as Head of the Department, which begins in July 2025. “Vinay Kamat is an accomplished anthropologist with a deep sense of humanity. He is unfailingly conscientious, and fundamentally dedicated to service, advocacy and care for his colleagues,” says outgoing Interim […]
New Courses for Winter 2025
Check out these new courses lined up for Winter 2025! These courses do not require any prerequisites and are open to all students across UBC. Culture, Colonialism and the Making of Heritage (ANTH_V 202G) 2025 Winter Term 1 Instructor: Dr. Lennon Mhishi This course is an exploration of the intersection of the histories of colonialism, […]
Anthropology Student Spencer Millar Receives Nunavut Grant
Congratulations to Anthropology Major Spencer Millar who has received funding from the Government of Nunavut Department of Culture and Heritage. The award will support his participation in Dr. SamWalker’s Amittuq Archaeological Project, which investigates two inland settlement sites—Angmaluqtuq and Kinngatuaq—located roughly 50 kilometers from the coastal community of Sanirajak. Spencer will assist with archaeological fieldwork […]
Support for those impacted by the tragedy at the Lapu-Lapu Day Festival
The Department of Anthropology offers our condolences to everyone affected by the tragic attack on the Lapu Lapu Filipino Festival on April 26. We recognize that many members of our community have been impacted by this tragedy and are looking for support and ways to help others who have been affected. Below are links to […]
UBC Anthropology community at BC Studies 2025 Conference
This year’s conference theme, “Place and Power,” highlights two concepts that are inextricably interconnected in British Columbia. Specifically, the theme was inspired by a new BA requirement in the Faculty of Arts at UBC (Vancouver), which engages BA students with the history and present of xʷməθkʷəyəm People, with settler colonialism in BC, and with the […]
Faculty and Students at 2025 CASCA Conference in Montreal
The 2025 conference of the Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA) is being held at McGill University in Montreal May 7 – May 10. This year’s theme is “Confluences”. Several of our faculty and graduate students will be presenting this year. WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2025 WED. MAY 7 | 9:30 AM Mahashewta Bhattacharya: Eating Through a Variegated Tongue: […]
Managing Climate Risks to Living Heritage at Talluruti, Nunavut
Congratulations to Sam Walker, who recently received funding from the Climate Change Preparedness in the North Program (CCPN) for her research project: Managing Climate Risks to Living Heritage at Talluruti (Morin Point), Nunavut. The project starts at Morin Point on Devon Island (Tallurutit) in the high arctic islands, which represents some of the earliest ancestral inuit ( Thule) winter settlements in […]
Sara Shneiderman and co-authors receive Royal Asiatic Society Award
Congratulation to Sara Shneiderman and her co-authors Bina Khapunghang Limbu, Jeevan Baniya, Manoj Suji, Nabin Rawal, Prakash Chandra Subedi, and Cameron David Warner who were awarded the Royal Asiatic Society’s 2024 Surya P. Subedi Prize for their article “House, Household, and Home: Revisiting Anthropological and Policy Frameworks through Post-Earthquake Reconstruction Experiences in Nepal” (Current […]