Anthropology Department at Queens College, CUNY

Just for fun: QC has some incredibly talented students! Watch Kiara Stefandel, an ANTH 102 student, sing her extra credit submission combining her interest in music business & anthropology. You won't regret watching it! #QC #qcsgottalent *posted with permission from Kiara* https://youtu.be/nqmPC_40yCM

Lecture of Interest: A live zoom lecture entitled "Medical Racism from 1619 to the Present: History Matters" hosted by the Harvard Radcliffe Institute promises an engaging and salient discussion on the history of systemic racism and medical neglect of African Americans. The lecture is free and open to the public. Register via the link below. Lecture will be held on Wednesday, May 5th at 4pm.

Our newest faculty, Megan Victor, is featured on "The Women in Archaeology" podcast. Here, she discusses her focus on the businesses at Smuttynose Island, brothels and bars at Highland City, and Molly Houses in the English Colonial World. Listen to the entire interview on bars, brothels, and businesses, (oh my!) here: https://womeninarchaeology.com///bars-brothels-businesses/

Our own Miki Makihara is featured in this piece focused on Easter Island's first music school. https://www.cbsnews.com//rapa-nui-first-music-school-on-e/

ATTN: The QC Department of anthropology is holding it's first annual Tik Tok contest! We invite you to create a 15-60 second Tik Tok video that promotes anthropology through a four-field lens OR... one anthropological subdiscipline OR an anthropological topic or theme To enter, you must be an Anth major or minor or have previously taken or are currently enrolled in a QC anth course* First place prize is a $200 gift card; two runners-up win $50 each. Group submissions are welcome! Deadline for submission is May 5th. See attachment for more details. *edited to add: You must be a current student enrolled in QC or QC classes

Our Spring 2021 course schedule is now available below: http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu//SPRING%202021%20SCHEDULE%20202 If you are an Anthropology major or minor, or interested in becoming one, and would like a consult and/or preregister for courses, schedule a 15 minute video appointment with one Anthropology faculty during pre-registration week (October 26 - October 30). The video appointment form can be found here:... https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSchfvDlJPfsSP3om2/viewform

QC Anthropology's newest faculty member, Dr. Megan Victor, is giving a brown bag talk through William and Mary today. To join, click the zoom link below. Brown Bag: "Continuity Within Change: The Virginia Indians National Register Project" September 30, 2020 12pm - 1pm... This landmark project represents the first effort by the Commonwealth of Virginia to identify, research and nominate historically significant Virginia Indian landscapes to both the State and National Registry of Historic Places. Dr. Buck Woodward '13 and Dr. Megan Victor '18 discuss their recent archaeological research and community engagement for The Millie Woodson-Turner Nottoway Reservation Allotment and Farmstead, the first such effort with an Iroquoian descendant community. The presentation will focus on methodological approaches to the research, civic engagement with tribal and other key stakeholders, completing an evidenced-based final report and the National Registry nomination process. The project was undertaken in conjunction with the American Indian Resource Center and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources with funding from the National Park Service . Here's the zoom link for the talk: https://cwm.zoom.us/s/95705486376

SPOTLIGHT ON NEW FALL COURSE: ANTH 279 TOPICS COURSE - HUMAN BIOLOGY (Prof. Felicia Madimenos) This course investigates the inner workings of human biology using a biocultural approach. Biocultural perspectives consider the evolutionary, social and biological factors that underpin human biology, and shape health and disease. This course introduces the basic structures of the integumentary (i.e., skin), blood, skeletal, respiratory, endocrine, circulatory, lymphatic and reprod...uctive systems with interactive lab activities. We will move beyond simple mechanistic explanations and explore biocultural and evolutionary explanations for individual and population-level differences across these systems. This course employs the critical lens of health inequity/disparity literature to examine how risk of pathologies/disruptions to these systems are focused on marginalized populations within the United States. Case studies from anthropological research will be incorporated into discussion covering topics from sickle-cell anemia, osteoporosis, psychosocial stress and health, COVID-19, and premature births. See more

SPOTLIGHT ON FALL 2020 NEW COURSE: ANTH 330: Anthropology of Science and Eugenics (Prof. Murphy Halliburton). This course approaches science and in particular genetics and eugenics from a cultural anthropology and science and technology studies perspective. Different societies place different emphases and create different meanings and political projects around ideas of genetics and assumptions and beliefs around biology. Eugenics, a powerful example of such practices, is the ...attempt to improve the human genome and rank people in relation to what is believed about their genetic fitness. Eugenics began in the 19th century United States in ideas about racial segregation and scientific racism, and it reached it’s apogee in Nazi Germany’s practices of segregation and genocide. This course will examine eugenics and its relation to contemporary popular notions in US culture including the resurgence of white nationalism. It will also examine ideas about illness and genetics in other parts of the world such as Africa, Latin America and India, and examine popular genetics oriented projects such as the ancestry-oriented genetic testing industry. Students will learn about the long and nefarious history of biological determinism in the US and other parts of the modern world. Registration is still open and spots are available for this and other QC Anthropology courses. Learn about other ANTH courses available this Fall 2020 by clicking onto our course schedule here: http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu//Cou/Fall%202020%20Schedule.pdf

There is still time to enroll in Fall 2020 Anthropology courses! Check out our Fall Schedule to see the exciting array of courses we are offering! Fall 2020 Course Schedule (updated link below!): http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu//Cou/Fall%202020%20Schedule.pdf

History of Chinese Immigrant Cuisine:

Another great video from one of our students: #IamQC, #FundQC

Our student has recorded a heartwarming video about what QC means to her: #IamQC, #FundQC

If you are against educational inequality, make a telephone call to your state assemblyperson and senator to save CUNY.

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Remembering Dr. Warren DeBoer by our alum, Markos Papadatos: http://www.digitaljournal.com//remembering-/article/572844