July 30, 2024Did Homo naledi bury their dead? A Netflix documentary says yes, but new research published by George Mason anthropology professor Kimberly Foecke says no.
May 17, 2024Amanda Magpiong, BA Anthropology '24, is a Spring 2024 Honors College graduate. Magpiong conducted undergraduate research, presented at conference, studied abroad, and had several high-profile internships.
October 31, 2023The annual Campus Legends and Lore Walking Tour takes the Mason community on a spooky stroll around Fairfax Campus with an educational twist.
June 22, 2023In her new book, Governing Death, Making Persons: The New Chinese Way of Death (Cornell University Press, January 2023), Mason anthropology professor Huwy-min Lucia Liu writes about how economic reforms and changes in the management of death in China have affected the governance of persons.
November 4, 2022The Next System Fellows Program is an inquiry-based, experiential learning opportunity for students eager to build a more just and sustainable global order for the future.聽聽It introduces Mason students to the emerging field of Next System Studies, connecting them with community changemakers working right now on alternative systems.
Fri, 10/30/2020 - 10:12More than 140 students are enrolled in the online anthropology class that 鈥渓ooks at the cultures where zombies and related folklore about the undead come from, and examines zombies from an ethnohistorical, medical anthropology, and anthropology of religion perspectives,鈥 according to the syllabus.
