UTM Department of Anthropology and UTMAS events are positive and inclusive spaces. We encourage you to come out and meet members of the UTM Anthropology community including faculty and fellow students at events this year. Check this page regularly for new event listings, follow our department on X and follow UTMAS on Instagram for the latest updates.
Upcoming Events
UTMAS presents
Grad App Graduate School Information Session with Professor Alicia Hawkins
Wed. Nov. 20 from 3-5pm in DV2045
- Do you have questions about applying to graduate studies?
- Do you wonder if graduate school is right for you?
- Want to learn about career paths after grad school?
Come to this session! Join Prof. Alicia Hawkins and UTMAS to learn the answers to your questions.
The Looting Lab and the Jackman Humanities Institute present
Paper Trails of Plunder: Mapping the Looting of the Maqdala Manuscripts, a talk and workshop by Eyob Derillo, Ethiopic manuscripts expert at the British Library
- November 22, 2024
- The talk will run from 11AM-12:30PM, and the workshop will be held from 2PM-4PM.
This two-part event will explore how military records can be used to reconstruct the looting of manuscripts and other cultural heritage during colonial conflicts and occupation.
The event is free and hybrid.
Event details and registration
Calling all anthro students! UTMAS is holding a new re-occurring event called the YAPS SESH - Young Anthropology Program Study Session
5-7 p.m. every second Thursday starting October 10, 2024 in DH2070
The next date is December 12.
We have not booked the rooms yet for the second semester but ideally it will be the same schedule and room, when we have it officially booked I will let you know!
Anthropology students of all years are more than welcome to come for the full time or drop in! This event is a great space for studying, networking, asking program questions, and meeting like-minded anthropology students.
Past events
Curious about what a research degree can do for you? The UTM Undergraduate Research Students Association is excited to bring you “Beyond Academia”
Wednesday, November 13 from 5:00 PM - 6:40 PM at IB150 (Instructional Building)
This panel event features U of T grad students and alumni who have unique, alternative careers to give YOU an idea of what else you can do apart from academia. Guest speakers include:
- Diaa Abdallah, 5th-year PhD student with the Gunning Group.
- Kareem Abdur-Rashid, Co-Founder and Director of Kare Chemical Technologies Inc.
- Raquel De Souza, Director of Partnerships & Innovation here at UTM and the Founder and Director of SpinUp.
Register and and check out @ursa_utm on Instagram for more information.
Tri-campus Anthropology Colloquium Series presents:
Dr. Paulla Ebron will give a talk entitled "The Co-production of Place and History: A Landscape Approach to Region Making"
- Friday, November 08, 2024 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
- AP246, Anthropology Building, St. George Campus, 19 Ursula Franklin Street, Toronto
Skills workshops for 1st and 2nd year anthropology students
The Department of Anthropology is hosting a series of skill development workshops to help first- and second-year students reach their academic potential and impress professors with their prowess! Don't miss this opportunity to boost your skills in a friendly and supportive environment.
- Tues, Sept 24 from 3-4 pm: Citations
- Tues, Oct 1 from 3-4 pm: Time management
- Tues, Oct 8 from 3-4 pm: Notetaking and study skills
- Tues, Oct 15 from 3-4 pm: Professionalism
- Tues, Nov 5 from 3-4 pm: Writing
Tri-campus Anthropology Colloquium Series presents:
Dr. Radhika Govindrajan will give a talk entitled “I’ve Heard I’m Characterless”: Scandal, Social Media, and Mediated Talk Back in Rural India"
- Friday, October 25, 2024 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
- AP246, Anthropology Building, St. George Campus and via Zoom
The OVPRI presents
Celebration of Books
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 from 1-3 p.m. in MN 3230 at UTM
The Celebration of Books will be held in person in the Collaborative Digital Research Space (CDRS). Faculty, librarians, staff, postdoctoral fellows, and students are all welcome to attend.
Professor David Samson's Our tribal future : how to channel our foundational human instincts into a force for good and Dr. Mustahid Husain's Masculinity and Mental Health of Muslim Men of Colour: Diaspora and Intersectionality of Canadian Youth are among this books featured at this year's celebration!
U of T Mississauga presents
Fall Campus Day: Anthropology lab tour, presentation, and Arts and Science tables
Sunday, October 20, 2024 from 10:00am - 3:00pm
Prospective students, parents, and teachers: be sure to visit us at UTM's Fall Campus Day to learn about Anthropology HBA and HBSc programs and experiential learning opportunities!
- Please note new time: Attend the Anthropology presentation at 1:00 pm in Deerfield Hall DH 2070.
- Visit the Anthropology Science (HBSc) table at the Instructional Centre (IB).
- Visit the Anthropology Social Science (HBA) table in Maanjiwe nendamowinan (MN).
- Visit the Anthropology Drop-in Lab in Davis Building (enter via DV 2047V).
The UTM Lecture Me! 2024-25 series presents
Skeleton Keys: Bodies, the Archive, and Lived Lives
A talk by Professor Madeleine Mant
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 7pm
Bioarcheological (the study of human skeletons from archaeological and historical contexts) engagement with questions of marginalization and social disenfranchisement is critical to questions of social justice in the examination of past lived lives. We will discuss examples of how marginalization may become embodied in the skeleton, the process by which individuals or skeletal collections may themselves become marginalized, and how archival sources can reveal bodies pushed to the edges of dominant narratives.
UTMAS presents
Meet the professors event
Tuesday, October 1st in DV 2045 from 11 AM to 1 PM (drop-in event)
Are you interested in an opportunity to meet more anthropology friends? Do you want to connect one-on-one with professors? Do you like games and prizes?
Look no further than the UTMAS Meet the Prof Event!
You will meet 4 amazing members of our department: Dr. Bolt, Dr. Avery, Dr. Orchard, and Dr. Schroeder!
There will also be some artifacts and specimens for you to interact with and learn about! Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity!
The second annual All-Nations Powwow at UTM will take place on Saturday, September 28, 2024 from 12-5pm. All community members, including non-Indigenous, are welcome to attend this event! Visit the UTM Indigenous Office Events Calendar for detailed information.
The U of T tri-campus Anthropology Colloquium Series presents: The Music in the Words: Poetics and Resonance in the Therapeutic
Speaker: Dr. Xochitl Marsilli-Vargas (Emory University)
- Friday, September 27, 2024 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
- Anthropology Building, 19 Ursula Franklin Street, Toronto (St. George Campus) and via Zoom
“In this presentation I introduce the concept of “resonance”: an embodied practice of reception that exceeds the here-and-now of sound production by virtue of the way words sound and resound in a listener. To do this, I draw on an ethnographic study of psychoanalytic listening in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where personal identities, conceptions of citizenship, and constructions of the political are rooted less in the performativity of speaking than in a particular genre of listening derived from the techniques of psychoanalysis. In Buenos Aires, this form of listening is social, dialogic, and ubiquitously performed across a diverse range of everyday interactional contexts, apparently transcending distinctions based on age, gender, and class differences. Exploring “the music in the words,” which is to say how talk resonates both within the therapeutic consultation and in seemingly mundane moments of social encounter, I ask what kinds of textual artifacts are being produced when the focus is not on the text but rather on what the text evokes in the listener.” - Dr. Vargas
Visit Anthropology at the UTM Experiential Education Fair
Thursday, September 26, 2024 from 11am-3pm at the Kaneff Centre Rotunda
Meet with faculty and staff to learn about experiential learning opportunities in anthropology including community-engaged learning, field schools, and co-curricular experiences!
Undergraduate students: learn how to get into research at UTM!
The UTM Undergraduate Research Student’s Association (UTM URSA) is excited to host this event introducing UTM students to research opportunities through presentations, a Q&A panel, and an informal coffee chat.
September 20, 2024, 4 PM - 7 PM in IB245 (Instructional Building)
- Food & drinks will be provided.
- Don’t miss the chance to learn more about applications, lab selection, and more!
- You can also check out the newly launched UTM URSA Mentorshop Program
Learn more and register via the UTM URSA Linktree, and check out @ursa_utm on Instagram for more information.
UTM Orientation: Academic Department Welcome
The Toronto Public Library presents a free event:
Kathy Reichs: Fire and Bones
Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 7 pm | Toronto Reference Library
Are you a a fan of the Temperance Brennan novel series? International bestselling author Kathy Reichs discusses her new novel in which forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan finds herself at the centre of an arson investigation that spawns deepening levels of mystery.
Details and ticket reservation
Info session for Fall 2024 reading week trip: explore Oxford and London with Prof. Stephen Scharper
This opportunity to travel to England is perfect for students enrolled in ANT368H5 but is open to all UTM students as well (you do not have to be enrolled in the course to apply and travel with this experience). Funding is available!
Approximate Travel Dates: Friday, October 25th, 2024 - Sunday, November 3rd, 2024
- Info session on June 26, 2024 at 11am via Zoom
- Apply for the trip by July 7, 2024
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