Anthropology Undergraduate Research Symposium

At the end of each academic year the department hosts a symposium where graduating seniors with a major in Anthropology (double majors and BA/MAPSS students included) can present their research in a professional setting and gain conference experience. The event is open to the entire university community and is followed by a department celebration attended by faculty, majors, and graduate students.

Anthropology Undergraduate Summer Scholarship

In 2019, the department received a generous gift from the Foundation for the Advancement of Anthropology and History to support summer research and training projects. Three awards of $2500 each will be awarded to begin June 15, 2019.

Eligibility: Second and third year Anthropology majors in the College (inclusive of those pursuing a double major).

Intent: To support independent research and training for undergraduates with interests in anthropology and archaeology. Priority will be given to applications intended to develop an honor's thesis project.

Application Instructions: Send a single email to the Director of Undergraduate Studies (sdawdy@uchicago.edu) by April 30, 2019 with the following attachments:

  1. One-page proposal outlining the project and how the funding will be used (generally for travel, field school costs, research supplies)

  2. University of Chicago transcript

  3. Résumé that includes contact information for two academic references (one within the department)

Reporting Requirement: At the end of the summer, awardees will submit a one-page summary report and a photo documenting their scholarship experience. Due to the Director of Undergraduate Studies by October 1, 2019.

 

Undergraduate Grant and Fellowship Awards

Foundation for Advancement of Anthropology and History (FAAH), Summer Research Grants, 2020

Balderas, Emilio

Space-Time, Race-Time: System Impacted Theories of Time (Faculty Sponsor: Brotherton)

Burton, Miles

Occupying a Nation in Defeat: General Whitney's Airway & A Jeep Over Bumpy Roads (Faculty Sponsor:  Gal & Kelly)

Cooper, Jordan

Contemporary Indigenous Activists in Bolivia. The State & Colonialism (Faculty Sponsor: Jobson)

Gonzalez, Adriana

Black Geographies in Borikén (Puerto Rico) and the Caribbean (Faculty Sponsor: Jobson)

Morgan, Hunter

Rails of Change: The Eco-Aesthetics of Economic Transformation in Chicago's Millennium Park (Faculty Sponsor: Gal)

Solorio, Camerick

MOGRA's Transnational Music Communities in Tokyo, Japan (Faculty Sponsor: Fisch)

Standa, Jacob

A Genealogical Critique of Geertzian Approaches to the Study of 'Javanese Religion' (Faculty Sponsor: Palmié)

Tan, Samuel

Professionalizing the Hustle Among Entrepreneurial Singaporean Youth (Faculty Sponsor: Nakassis)

Beinecke Scholarship, Adriana G. Gonzales, UC ‘21 

Pozen Center for Human Rights Dr. Aizik Wolf Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship, Michelle Mu Yang, UC ‘20

IIE Fulbright US Student Program, Andres Cruz Leland, UC ‘20

Pozen Center Human Rights BA Fellow, Emilio Eduardo Balderas, UC ‘21

Undergraduate Prizes

The Department annually awards two prizes for the best undergraduate honor's thesis papers in sociocultural/linguistic and archaeological/physical anthropology.

LICHTSTERN BA ESSAY PRIZE

(Social Cultural/Linguistic Anthropology)

2020 Sophia Fisher

"Caring for the Hyperobject: Climate Change and Confusion Among University of Chicago Undergraduates" 

2019 Elena Peterman  

“Managing the Biocultural: Nature, Knowledge, and Governance in the Oaxacan Forestry Sector”

and

2019 Kathryn Yin

“Becoming Tree: Toward a Transductive Politics of Virtual Reality”

DAHLBERG BA ESSAY PRIZE

(Archaeology/Physical Anthropology)

2020 Iris Jacobs

"Taking the Skeletons Out of the Closet: Contested Authority and Human Remains Displays in the Anthroplogy Museum"  

2019 Henry Bacha

“Resistance through Re-Articulation: The Extirpation of Idolatries Campaigns and the Rise of the Cult of the Saints in Cusco, Peru”