Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of human beings and humankind in the broadest sense. Anthropologists study present and past human cultures and societies, human and non-human primate biology and evolution, and language in social contexts.
Chair: Mandana Limbert
Office: Powdermaker 315F
Phone: 718-997-5526
E-mail: Mandana.Limbert@qc.cuny.edu
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Anthropology at QC
Anthropology’s unique cross-cultural and deeply temporal approach to understanding human diversity is perhaps the smartest and most practical route that a general liberal arts student can select. A major or minor in anthropology can be easily supplemented with a variety of relevant courses focused on any number of specific career goals and orientations. If a solid liberal arts foundation is your first educational goal, consider a major in anthropology. It offers a way of “seeing” and “reading” the world that is in increasing demand in these changing multicultural times.
For a printable overview of Anthropology and the majors and minors, click here.
Looking to the past, preparing for the future
A major or minor in anthropology provides the necessary preparation for a variety of careers, including education, international studies, medicine and allied professions, social work, corporate consulting, market research, museum work, community organizing, academia, and many more. Students may focus mainly in one of the anthropological subfields – cultural, biological, archaeological, or linguistic anthropology – or they may follow a more general program of study that includes all four subfields.
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Anthropology News
Prof. Mandana Limbert Receives the 2026 Jack Goody Award
September 2026
Prof. and Department Chair Mandana Limbert received the 2026 Jack Goody Award for her article: Homeland is Where the Soul Resides: Travel, Prayer, Passports, and Nation in the Western Indian Ocean. This award honors an article that best represents the mission of the journal, Comparative Studies in Society and History. The award panel describes the article as “an elegant and sophisticated exploration of political belonging that transcends the scope of classical frameworks of social and political theory.” For more details on the award and Prof. Limbert’s work, click here.
July 2026
Prof. Kevin Birth’s recently published book “The Unsettled Clock: The Persistence of Time Pluralism” (Berghahn Books) is about multiple co-existing ways of reckoning time. It features case studies from the Middle Ages, early modern Europe, the 19th century, and a discussion of the leap second policy and debate.
Click here for more information: https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/BirthUnsettled
July 2026
Prof. Megan Victor’s book: “Archaeogaming as Scholarly Play – The Intersection of Archaeology and Gaming” was recently published by Berghahn Books.
“With over 3 billion individuals that play video games worldwide, gamers consume immense amounts of data about the digital worlds they explore. Archaeogaming as Scholarly Play encourages readers to step into the intersection of archaeology and video games to critically examine how these games (re)present the past and those associated with exhuming it, should they be archaeologists or adventurers. In doing so, this volume suggests alternative approaches to archaeological pedagogy and provides new narratives in theoretical discourse.”
Click here for more information: https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/RhodesArchaeogaming