The first-year seminars . Incoming graduate students take a year-long seminar sequence that socializes them as an anthropological cohort. The seminars draw out the primary contributions that each field makes to the broader discipline and identify likely grounds for collaboration. Bridging seminars . Graduate students take a bridging seminar that discusses how collaboration across fields of anthropology enriches our understanding of specific anthropological issues.
Topics focus on specific integrative themes.
Colloquia series . Departmental colloquia can focus on a variety of field specific and integrative themes. The idea is to invite top anthropologists working on issues relevant to a series' theme to give both a formal presentation and to hold open discussions on the topics under consideration. We have been conducting lecture and workshop series tied to biological anthropology and linguistic anthropology. By discussing some of the most exciting field specific research directions, these series are helping to rebuild these fields within our department.