Department of Anthropology
PAS building, room 2012
Understanding humanity in context
Job Posting: Job description for Definite Term Lecturers, Arts First
From prehistoric humanity all the way to contemporary cultural diversity, anthropologists engage with a wide range of issues and phenomena that affect individual and public life.
Waterloo's Anthropology research and teaching expertise covers three major sub-fields of the discipline: sociocultural anthropology, archaeological anthropology, and biological (physical) anthropology.
Spring 2021 Online Courses
| Course Code | Course Title | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 105 | Prehistoric Peoples and Places | Robert Park |
| ANTH 202 | Social & Cultural Anthropology | Mark Dolson |
| ANTH 221 / GSJ 221 | Language and Society |
Adrienne Lo |
| ANTH 241 | Food as Culture | Adrienne Lo |
See all Anthropology Course descriptions in the undergraduate calendar.
See the Schedule of Classes. Term 1215.
Spring 2021 TERM: online
Winter 2021 Online Courses
| Course Code | Course Title | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 100 | Introduction to Anthropology | Seçil Daǧtaș |
| ANTH 106 | Technologies of Being Human | Götz Hoeppe |
| ANTH 201 / CLAS 221 | Introduction to Archaeology | Christopher Watts |
| ANTH 202 | Social & Cultural Anthropology | Mark Dolson |
| ANTH 204 | Biological Anthropology | Alexis Dolphin |
| ANTH 272 / INDG 272 | Issues in Contemporary Indigenous Communities in Canada | Lori Campbell |
| ANTH 305 | Paleopathology of Health and Disease | Maria Liston |
| ANTH 321 / CLAS 321 | Archaeology of Complex Cultures | Russell Adams |
| ANTH 330 | Environmental Anthropology | Nicole Hayes |
| ANTH 447 | Global Health and Medical Anthropology | Nicoel Hayes |
See all Anthropology Course descriptions in the undergraduate calendar.
See the Schedule of Classes. Term 1211.
Winter 2021 TERM: online
News
- Apr. 21, 2021Mark Dolson recipient of 2020 WUSA Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award
Congratulations to Mark Dolson for being one of just two UW instructors to receive the 2020 WUSA Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award.
- Nov. 16, 2020Public Issues Anthropology graduate students receive the Sally Weaver Tuition Award
Congratulations to Julia Tucciarone and Elizabeth Lukashal.
- Oct. 22, 2020Study sheds light on the solitary life of male primates
A new study on primate behaviour sheds light on a previously little-known life stage of male mantled howler monkeys, adding to our knowledge of lone male behavioural ecology.
See the full story here.