Brandeis Associate Professor and Chair of the Brandeis Anthropology Dept., Javier Urcid, will be teaching two classes this summer. Prof. Urcid will be teaching ANTH 5a: Human Origins and ANTH 116a: Human Osteology. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Prof. Urcid studies the development of ancient complex societies in Mesoamerica: the origin and societal functions of early writing, political economy and settlement patterns, and the social and ideological dimensions of mortuary practices.
Recently, Prof. Urcid was the feature of a video on his work helping students understand ancient societies using Brandeis’ rich collection of artifacts.
Several Anthropology courses are being offered this summer:
ANTH 1a: Introduction to the Comparative Study of Human Societies with Ieva Jusionyte
Sage class number: 2109
ANTH 5a: Human Origins with Javier Urcid
Sage class number: 2070
ANTH 61b: Language in American Life with Laura Ann John
Sage class number: 2110
ANTH 105a: Myth and Ritual with Adam Gamwell
Sage class number: 2111
ANTH 116a: Human Osteology with Javier Urcid
Sage class number: 2072
ANTH 129b: Global, Transnational, and Diasporic Communities with Noah Tamarkin
Sage class number: 2073
ANTH 144a: The Anthropology of Gender with Anna Jaysane-Darr
Sage class number: 2112
