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### Ryo Morimoto Appointed to Editorial Collective of Cultural Anthropology
January 30, 2026
Harvard Anthropology Assistant Professor Ryo Morimoto has begun a new role as an Editorial Collective Member (2026–2030) of Cultural Anthropology, the peer-reviewed journal of the Society for Cultural Anthropology, a section of the American...
### Harvard Anthropology | Spring 2026 Seminar Series
January 05, 2026
Harvard Anthropology's Spring 2026 Seminar Series lineup is now available. This semester’s series brings together scholars from across anthropology, archaeology, and related disciplines to explore a wide range of questions, research approaches, and the...
### The Harvard Gazette: Digging for old Harvard
December 23, 2025
Beneath the familiar paths of Harvard Yard, students are uncovering material traces of the University’s earliest years. This fall, undergraduate researchers participating in the Harvard Yard Archaeology Project are excavating near Hollis Hall and Holden...
### Christina Warinner | Actifensin Evolution in the Human Oral Cavity over the Past 100,000 Years
December 22, 2025
The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is glad to share news from Professor Christina Warinner and colleagues: Check out our new ancient DNA article on the deep time evolution of antimicrobial peptides in the human oral microbiome! Learn...
### The Joan Andrea Kleinman Travel and Language Grant | Applications due February 20, 2026
December 18, 2025
The Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, invites undergraduate students of Harvard College and MD and MD-PhD students of Harvard Medical School to apply for the Joan Andrea Kleinman Travel and Language Grant. This award...
### BornCurious | Chimp Change—What Great Ape Adolescence Reveals About Us
December 04, 2025
The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is pleased to share that The Radcliffe Institute recently launched the fifth season of its podcast, BornCurious. The podcast features leading experts at Radcliffe and showcases their ongoing commitment...
### Ryo Morimoto Receives 2025 Modern Japan History Association Prize for Nuclear Ghost
November 25, 2025
The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is pleased to share that Assistant Professor Ryo Morimoto has been named the 2025 Modern Japan History Association Prize Winner for his book, Nuclear Ghost: Atomic Livelihoods in Fukushima’s Gray Zone...
November 18, 2025
The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is pleased to share a recent publication in The Conversation by Postdoctoral Fellow Myriam Lamrani. Lamrani's piece, titled “‘Only death can protect us’: How the folk saint La Santa Muerte reflects...
November 13, 2025
The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is pleased to share that Assistant Professor Ryo Morimoto has been awarded the 11th Professor Josef Kreiner Hosei University Award for International Japanese Studies. Learn more.
November 07, 2025
The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is pleased to share news from The Harvard Crimson featuring P rofessor Jason Ur and Johns Hopkins University professor (formerly a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University) Aja M. Lans, who are...
### Erika Robles Cortés Receives Honorable Mention in INAH Awards for Archaeological Research
October 27, 2025
The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is pleased to share that PhD student Erika Lucero Robles Cortés has received an Honorable Mention in the INAH Awards, in the category of Master’s Thesis in Archaeology for the Alfonso Caso/Beatriz...
October 17, 2025
The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is pleased to share the newest ancient DNA findings from Christina Warinner and more on hunter-gatherers and pastoralists in Kazakhstan! Abstract: Because of limited availability of ancient genomes, the...