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Anthropology

Illustration of two people grilling in their backyard surrounded by walls

Walled off

Published Summer 2025

In 'Something Between Us,' anthropologist Anand Pandian explores the walls that divide America / Johns Hopkins Magazine

In memoriam

Anthropologist Jane Guyer dies at 80

Published Jan 22, 2024

A specialist in economic transformations in West Africa, Guyer was celebrated for her theoretical discourse as well as the 'forward motion' she inspired among scholars and her devoted students

Community

Students support environmental justice efforts in South Baltimore

Published April 27, 2023

The yearlong Krieger School course allows students to contribute to ongoing conversations about a healthier and more just future for residents of South Baltimore's Curtis Bay

Mufasa Cruz Moreno writes out a toe tag

Lives lost to hostile terrain

Published Nov 15, 2021

The 3,200 toe tags of the Hostile Terrain 94 art instillation aim to "rehumanize" migrants who have died while crossing the Sonoran Desert

Illustration of a Muslim woman looking at a burning train

A devastating debut novel

Published Fall 2020

Alum Megha Majumdar's debut novel tackles social status and Hindu nationalism in Kolkota / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Anthropology

Hopkins helps facilitate virtual meeting of the minds

Published April 18, 2018

Anand Pandian discusses the Society for Cultural Anthropology's biennial meeting, which will take place entirely online

Ursula K. Le Guin

Commentary

An interplanetary anthropologist

Published Jan 26, 2018

In tribute to author Ursula K. Le Guin, who died this week, Anand Pandian finds parallels between her work and his / Anthrodendum

Evolution

Lucy liked to climb

Published Nov 30, 2016

CT scans of fossil's bones indicate human ancestor spent a significant amount of time in trees

Three students pose in from of 'Your Are Hear' exhibition title in red letters on wall

You Are Hear

An immersive installation

Published March 28, 2016

Student installation highlights trademark sounds of Johns Hopkins, Baltimore

In memoriam

Anthropologist Sidney Mintz dies at age 93

Published Dec 29, 2015

Sidney Mintz, co-founder of the Department of Anthropology and a professor emeritus, died Dec. 27