July 19, 2023
Job Posting For an Anthropology Instructional Assistant
This Instructional Assistant position supports faculty in their ongoing instructional activities within the department, in particular (but not limited to) archaeology laboratory courses. Responsibilities include organizing and coordinating the archaeology laboratory, including troubleshooting problems and liaising with Facilities Services, vendors and technology services; designing and developing laboratory courses and student projects, preparing experiential education protocols […]
July 4, 2023
Meet Karen McGarry, the new Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies
Dr. Karen McGarry, associate professor in the department of Anthropology, began her new term as Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies, on July 1st. We caught up with Karen to talk about what led her to this role, what she’s excited about the most, and what she does outside of work. Tell us about your […]
June 23, 2023
Study of archaeological cooking vessels sheds light on Indigenous histories
McMaster researchers are working with communities at Six Nations to analyze hundreds of 16th- and 17th-century pottery fragments to provide a clearer picture of local Indigenous histories. ...
June 15, 2023
Convocation 2023: Blazing a trail in Latin American studies
When he came to McMaster, Ian-Carlo Morales-Nunez had no idea how the next few years would play out. This week, he graduates with the university's very first minor in Latin American and Latinx studies. ...
May 31, 2023
2023 spring and summer USRA students explain their research projects
The latest round of Undergraduate Student Research Awards has been announced for spring and summer, and the students are ready to get started on their projects. We caught up with the students and asked them to summarize their research and explain how they got interested in it. Watch their videos below. Abby Keesmaat […]
May 5, 2023
Post-Doctoral Fellowship Opportunity in Anthropology
Applications are invited for a two-year Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) in the Department of Anthropology at McMaster University. The fellow should have a PhD in Anthropology with a focus on archaeological science (with a preference to paleoethnobotany). The ideal candidate will have interest in collaborating on research into Indigenous foodways in the Great Lakes Region and […]
April 19, 2023
How Indigenous and western knowledge can work together to improve Six Nations water security
Dawn Martin-Hill is advocating for Indigenous knowledge to be used alongside western science to tackle water security issues in Six Nations of the Grand River....
April 5, 2023
New $1M gift supports graduate students in biological anthropology
The Shelley Saunders/Koloshuk Family Scholarship has supported promising McMaster PhD students in biological anthropology since 2008 and has helped McMaster’s Department of Anthropology earn a global reputation as a research powerhouse. ...
January 19, 2023
Plague trackers: Researchers cover thousands of years to understand the elusive origins of the Black Death
Researchers at McMaster's Ancient DNA Centre studied more than 600 genome sequences of Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plague...
December 9, 2022
Nobel connections: Hendrik Poinar reflects on his graduate supervisor’s legacy and the Ancient DNA Lab
As his former mentor and graduate supervisor Svante Pääbo receives the Nobel Prize for medicine, McMaster evolutionary geneticist Hendrik Poinar talks about the ways in which Pääbo fundamentally shaped his own groundbreaking research. ...
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