UChicago Press awards top honor to Sarah Newman for ‘Unmaking Waste’
Anthropologist wins 2026 Laing Award for book tracing the history of trash
New course explores 100 years of anthropology at UChicago
‘Anthropology at Chicago’ pairs faculty conversations with archival research for College students as department approaches its centennial
Souls, fandom and ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
In Q&A, UChicago's Angie Heo breaks down the film’s references to Korean shamanism and the religious undertones of pop-idol worship
New book explores emergence of touch-based language in DeafBlind communities
In ‘Going Tactile,’ UChicago linguistic anthropologist Terra Edwards investigates the nature of communication and its limits
McKim Marriott, world-renowned scholar of India and caste, 1924-2024
UChicago anthropologist, PhD’55, exemplified the ‘undaunted life of the mind’
An archaeologist talks trash
Author, UChicago Asst. Prof. Sarah Newman reframes history of waste in her new book
In time capsule, UChicago students send COVID-19 artifacts 100 years into the future
Anthropology class explores ‘how materials communicate’ through time
Marshall D. Sahlins, titan of anthropology, 1930–2021
Prolific scholar and activist remembered for academic influence and personal warmth
Michael Silverstein, groundbreaking anthropologist and linguist, 1945-2020
In half-century at UChicago, scholar made ‘foundational’ contributions to understanding of language
