Welcome to the Department of Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of different societies around the world - their origins, development and cultural similarities and differences. We ask our students to think critically and productively about how concepts such as class, race, gender and ethnic identities are produced and expressed in shifting local and global contexts of power. To do so we teach students the theories and methods of Anthropology so that they can explore how people in the world participate in, are subjected to and contest the processes of living in a world that is interconnected by new and powerful economic, cultural and technological forces.
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The Department of Anthropology currently offers BA, Honours BA and International Honours BA programs at the undergraduate level. The graduate program in Social Anthropology offers both MA and PhD degrees.
Chair: David Lumsden
Undergraduate Director: David Lumsden
Graduate Director: Daphne Winland
News
York's 50 Ambi-Valent Objects Exhibition explores art and science
The grand finale of the Art Meets Science Series, in celebration of York’s 50th anniversary, the Ambi-Valent Objects Exhibition will run from Monday, Oct. 5 to Friday, Oct. 16, at the Gales Gallery, 105 Accolade West Building and the Special Projects Gallery, 102 Joan & Martin Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts, both at the Keele campus.
2009 York Annual Lecture in Anthropology - Monday, 19 October 2009: 6:00 pm
Departmental Research Seminar - Fridays 10:00am - 12:00pm