Boston University professor, Curtis Runnels, receives two prestigious honors for his work in classical studies
Curis Runnels (Professor of Archaeology, Anthropology, and Classical Studies) has received two honors. He has been elected to the Board of Overseers of the Gennadius Library in Athens, Greece. The Gennadius Library is part of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. Founded in 1881, the School supports research and study in Greece for […]
The Brink article analyzing Netflix’s new hit series, “Love Is Blind,” features BU Anthropology Professor, Nancy Smith-Hefner
“Is Love “Blind”?,” posted to the Boston University publication, The Brink, on March 11, interviews Professor Smith-Hefner on relationships in order to understand the science behind the success stories and, more notably, the failures of Netflix’s new series. Smith-Hefner details the fascinating ways that people fall in love, and how that process and cultural expectations […]
Graduate Lunch Series: “Reflections on 25 Years of the Archaeology of Childhood” with Dr. Jane Eva Baxter
Thursday, March 5th, 2020 12:00 – 1:30 pm African Studies Seminar Room, Fifth Floor 232 Bay State Road The Archaeology of Childhood is a field of study with a relatively short history. This talk reflects on the field from when Jane Baxter was preparing the manuscript for her first book, The Archaeology of Childhood (Alta […]
BU Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Caterina Scaramelli, featured in The Brink article highlighting research conducted in India
“Tracking the Path of the Opioid Crisis,” posted to the Boston University publication, The Brink, on January 18, follows the efforts of BU historian Ben Siegel as he investigates poppy fields in Indian and their link to the opioid crisis in the United States with the help of Caterina Scaramelli. Read the full article online.
BU Alumna, Arianna Huhn, publishes a book set to be released in September
Arianna Huhn is a Boston University graduate who secured her PhD from the Department of Anthropology in 2013. Now an Associate Professor of Anthropology at California State University, San Bernadino, Huhn is gearing up for the release of her book, “Nourishing Life: Foodways and Humanity in an African Town.” The book details research that Huhn […]
“Seven Worlds, One Planet” documentary airs “Asia” episode on BBC featuring BU Anthropology professor Cheryl Knott’s research site
The BBC documentary series “Seven Worlds, One Planet” contains seven episodes spanning across the seven continents. Gunung National Park, Cheryl Knott’s research site, appears in “Asia,” the second episode in the series, as camera crews documented orangutans found there. The episode premiered on BBC American on February 8th and can be watched on YouTube TV […]
Graduate Lunch Series: “Diet, Life History, and the Primate Gut Microbiome” with Dr. Elizabeth Mallott
Thursday, February 6th, 2020 12:00 – 1:30 pm African Studies Seminar Room, Fifth Floor 232 Bay State Road The gut microbiome plays an important role in primate nutrition and physiology. Gut microbes break down otherwise undigestible food and mediate nutrient absorption. The transition to a diet that focuses more heavily on animal prey has shifted […]
Fallou Ngom is studying a little-known written language for new insight into African history and culture
For centuries, scholars’ understanding of sub-Saharan Africa derived from the written records of European colonialists, who gave the impression that sub-Saharan Africans had no native written languages of their own. In fact, says Fallou Ngom, who grew up in Senegal, people in sub-Saharan Africa have used a written system derived from Arabic to record the details […]
Memorial for James A. Pritchett, Professor Emeritus
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Ngom Delivers Distinguished Lecture at ASA Annual Meeting
Fallou Ngom, Director of the African Studies Center at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Boston University, delivered the African Studies Review Distinguished Lecture at the African Studies Association annual meeting held in Boston from November 21-23, 2019. Ngom delivered a lecture emphasizing the importance written sources for exploring African […]