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.
Events
Archaeologists in Support of Inuvialuit Cultural Heritage Engagement, Self-determination and Sovereignty
Join Ashley Piskor, a PhD student from Western University, for a talk on "Archaeologists in Support of Inuvialuit Cultural Heritage Engagement, Self-determination and Sovereignty."
Book Talk: Violent Intimacies - The Trans Everyday and the Making of an Urban World by Asli Zengin
Join us for a talk by Asli Zengin on her award-winning book.
This event is co-hosted by the Migration, Mobilities, and Social Politics cluster and the Conflict and Security cluster at the Balsillie School of International Affairs.
Please RSVP here.
News
Convocation feature: Aparajita Bhattacharya
Public Issues Anthropology graduate found meaning in interdisciplinarity scholarship to expand her research interests and forge an exciting future
Latest Franklin Expedition discovery makes international headlines
Doug Stenton, Robert Park and team match living descendant's DNA to remains from ill-fated 1845 Franklin expedition - and the media can't stop writing about it.
Recipient of the 2024 Sally Weaver Award
The Department of Anthropology is pleased to announce that Kasiah Ruddell is the recipient of this year's Sally Weaver Award.