Course Offering Fall 2026: Archaeology and society are intertwined, locally and globally. This course interrogates those connections, examining the twin themes of (a) the role of archaeological heritage and archaeological investigation within society, and (b) the influence of social and political forces on archaeological interpretation, governance, and practice. In exploring these themes, we consider the […]
Course Offerings Fall/Winter 2026-27: This course explores the methods that archaeologists use to study the past, the development of human societies from our earliest hominin ancestors to preindustrial civilizations, and the social context of such endeavours to know the past.
Not offering in Fall/Winter 2026-27: How do games shape the historical interpretation and portrayal of marginalized communities in archaeology? This course explores games and play from the perspective of archaeology. It will include the evidence for play in the archaeological record, the representation of the past and archaeologists in modern games, and the complex relationships […]
Course Offering Fall/Winter 2025-26: This is an independent study course granted to a limited number of Anthropology majors who wish to closely study a specialized topic not already covered by program courses. Directed reading courses involve intensive reading and writing in selected areas under the guidance of a course supervisor. To register, students must first […]
Not offering in Fall/Winter 2026-27: Visual anthropology is a sub-discipline of anthropology that studies the production and reception of visual media, the visual practices humans employ, human understandings of the visual, and the impacts of the visual on various aspects of human life. Visual anthropologists also use visual methods to document their research. This course […]
Course Offering Fall 2026: Course Director - D. Winland - winland@yorku.ca The focus of this course is populism, political radicalism, the alt/new right, concepts that have generated a great deal of discussion and debate in media, academia and in everyday conversation. It has been used to describe authoritarian populist leaders including Recep Erdogan in Turkey, […]
Not offering in Fall/Winter 2026-27: How do we live and interact with others in multicultural and multiracial communities in Canada? What is the relationship between settler colonialism and multiculturalism? What is the future of multiculturalism? This study away course is a critical study of colonialism,settler colonialism, multiculturalism, and Canadian nation-making by attending to: (a) the […]
Not offering in Fall/Winter 2026-27: Examines anthropological studies of science and technology to explore the power of scientific facts in contemporary cultures. Considers how facts are produced and stabilized in scientific laboratories, how facts are made to travel, and how we incorporate facts in our daily lives and practices. Key themes include the politics of […]
Not offering in Fall/Winter 2026-27: This course explores questions of identity and belonging in a global framework. We will examine histories of migration and subsequent configurations of cultures, identities and politics. We will explore migration to the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdomand will examine how both the country of arrival, as well as […]
Not offering in Fall/Winter 2026-27: This course examines the complex interplay of cultural and political forces that have created the conditions of possibility of Euro-American expansion and control on a global scale. Throughout the term, we will embark on an exploration that spans both the annals of history and the contemporary context. Through analysis of […]