ANTH 001 601   Introduction to Archaeology (CGS)
Tuesdays 6:30-9:30pm
History and Tradition Sector (all classes)
G. Possehl - Lecture

ANTH 002 601   Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (CGS)
Thursdays 5:30-8:30pm
Society Sector (all classes)
B. Spooner - Lecture
An introduction to the study of culture and human institutions, how they change, and their role in both literate and non-literate societies.

ANTH 003 001   Introduction to Human Evolution
Mondays, Wednesdays 11:00-12:00noon
Living World Sector (all classes)
J. Monge - Lecture (registration required for both lecture and recitation)
An introduction to the conceptual framework and orientation of physical anthropology regarding problems of human variation, past and present.

ANTH 012 401 (SOCI012, HIST012)  Globalization and its Historical Significance  
Mondays 2:00-4:00pm
Humanities and Social Sciences Sector (new curriculum only)
Spooner/Guillen - Lecture (registration required for both lecture and recitation)
This course uses data from what is actually happening in the course of the semester to introduce the concepts and methods of the social sciences. It analyzes the current state of globalization and sets it in historical perspective. We will focus on a series of questions not only about actual processes but about the growing awareness of them, and the consequences of this awareness. In answering these questions, we will distinguish between active campaigns to cover the world (e.g., Christian and Muslim proselytism, opening up markets, democratization) and the unplanned diffusion of new ways of organizing trade, capital flows, tourism and the Internet. The body of the course will deal with a series of analytical types of globalization, reviewing both the early and recent history of these processes. The overall approach will be historical and comparative, setting globalization on the larger stage of the economic, political and cultural development of various parts of the modern world. The course is taught collaboratively by two social scientists: an anthropologist and a sociologist, offering the opportunity to compare and contrast two distinct disciplinary points of view. It seeks to develop a concept-based understanding of the various dimensions of globalization: economic, political, social, and cultural. At the end of the course all students will understand the significance of globalization in the modern world, and be able to compare the approaches of different social sciences.

ANTH 086 301   Desire & Demand
Mondays 2:00-5:00pm
M. Diggs-Thompson - Freshman Seminar
Does consumption shape culture or does culture shape consumption?  Does the archaic term "errand running" now fall under the heading of "power shopping"?
As even the most mundane purchase becomes socially symbolic and culturally meaningful we can now persuasively argue that the concept of "need" has been transformed.  When successful selling must account for differences in age, gender, ethnicity, language and even religion, how is demand created and how are diverse populations "sold"?  From Delhi to New York, we ask the question has the process of globalization also homogenized consumption?  Has shopping become both entertainment and pop culture and exactly how has it become inextricably bound to issues of self-image, social status and identity? Analyzing a variety of physical and virtual venues in different countries, from the 19th century to the present, this seminar examines the process of shopping in the global marketplace, and the culture surrounding consumption, including social and political-economic facts which impact if, when, why, and how people purchase goods.  We study the efficiency of the "consumer continuum," production -- promotion -- purchase, and examine how culture, consumption, marketing, and global capitalism have become intertwined around the world.

ANTH 104 001   Sex & Human Nature
Tuesdays, Thursdays 1:30-3:00pm
Living World Sector (all classes)
Valeggia/Fernandez-Duque - Lecture
This is an introduction to the scientific study of sex in humans.  Within an evolutionary framework, the course examines genetic, physiological, ecological, social and behavioral aspects of sex in humans.  After providing the basic principles of evolutionary biology, the course will examine the development of sexual anatomy and physiology.  How is sex determined?  How is orgasm achieved?  Why do girls and boys develop sexually at different ages? The role of ecology and social life in shaping human mating patterns will be evaluated through the use of ethnographies and cross-cultural materials on a variety of human cultures.  Does everybody have sex the way we do?  Why marry?  Are there biological bases for love?  Why do we experience jealousy?  Finally, topics relevant to human sexuality today will be discussed, such as recreational sex, contraception, and sexually transmitted diseases.  Examples are drawn primarily from traditional and modern human societies; data from studies of nonhuman primates are also considered.

ANTH 122 601   Becoming Human (CGS)
Wednesdays 6:00-9:00pm
Natural Sciences and Math Sector (new curriculum only)
D. Olszewski - Lecture
Human evolutionary studies is a composite product of the fieldwork of both
Paleolithic archaeology and human paleontology (or what we refer to as "stones and bones").  This marriage of two subdisciplines of anthropology produces a unique set of data that is intellectually managed and driven by theories within anthropology as a whole and even beyond -- to fields such as biology, psychology, and primate ethnology, as we try to understand the origins of language, culture, and our unique physical characteristics.  In this course, two archaeologists and one physical anthropologist will jointly discuss and debate the actual evidence of human evolution, describing what the actual evidence is and exploring how far can we take these interpretations.

ANTH 123 401(COMM110)   Communication and Culture
Mondays, Wednesdays 11:00-12:00noon
Society Sector (all classes)
A. Agha - Lecture (registration required for lecture and recitation)
The course looks at varieties of human expression -- such as art, film, language and song -- as communicative practices that connect persons together to form a common culture. Discussion is centered on particular case studies and ethnographic examples. Examination of communicative practices in terms of the types of expressive signs they employ, their capacity to formulate and transmit cultural beliefs and ideals (such as conceptions of politics, nature, and self), and to define the size and characteristics of groups and communities sharing such ideals. Discussion of the role of media, social institutions, and technologies of communication (print, electronic). Emphasis on contemporary communicative practices and the forms of culture that emerge in the modern world.

ANTH 139 401 (URBS139, NELC182)  Ancient Civilizations of the WorldTuesdays, Thursdays 1:30-3:00pm
History and Tradition Sector (all classes)
R. Zettler - Lecture
The archaeology of the complex societies of the Old and New Worlds from the end of the paleolithic up to and including the earliest civilizations.

ANTH 141 401 (ARTH141, COMM141)  Public Policy, Museums, and the Ethics of Cultural Heritage
Tuesdays, Thursdays 10:30-12:00noon
R. Leventhal - Lecture
This course will focus upon and examine the ethics of international heritage and the role that Museums play in the preservation of identity and cultural heritage.  The mission of this course will be to inform and educate students about the role Museums within the 21st century.  What is the role and position of antiquities and important cultural objects in Museums?  How should Museums acquire these objects and when should they be returned to countries and cultural groups?
Examples from current issues will be included in the reading and discussions along with objects and issues within Penn Museum.

ANTH 152 301   Fat & Society
Tuesdays 1:30-4:30pm
J. Kauer - Seminar
This course is designed to approach a topic of great interest and relevance to people-both men and women--living in the US today. The readings and concepts of fat: physiology, anatomy, body image, body, weight, macronutrient, "fatty" foods, ideas about low fat and non-fat, and the morality of fat and thin. Using critical thinking skills from anthropology, students and instructor will explore meanings of fat: their origin, their effects on individuals, and on society.  In particular, we will examine ideas taken for granted by society (especially the biomedical culture, as it extends into the community) about the relations between food, fatness, happiness, health and morality.  Course material draws broadly from the social sciences and humanities and deals with the biological, biomedical, and socio- cultural aspects of fat in our culture. In saying "fat", we are also implicitly saying "thin", and this course is designed to delve into the varied discourse on fat/thin, on body/body image, health, and beauty.

ANTH 160 401 (CINE106)   Mythology & The Movies
Tuesdays, Thursdays 10:30-12:00noon
L. Krasniewicz - Lecture
Myths are powerful symbolic stories that shape how we interpret, feel about and act upon the world around us. They have been important throughout time and across cultures for the help they give humans as they make their way through social interactions of all kinds. Traditional myths contain accounts of supernatural events and experiences, and the traditional mythological subjects of creations, hero quests, and gods and monsters, are found in all the non-Western, non-industrial cultures that anthropologists study. But we can also see similar tales in our own contemporary American culture, especially in the form of popular movies. This course will examine all the definitions of myth to see if they can usefully apply to mass-market films. We will look at how the movies have both depicted ancient myths like in the old Hercules sword-and-sandal epics as well as in the new superhero movies like Spiderman, Superman, and X-Men. How the movies are carrying out the tradition of mythological storytelling will be examined. We will also consider how ideas about myths have affected contemporary filmmaking in sagas like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, and Harry Potter as well as in teen slasher movies and classic comedies.

ANTH 190 401 (AFST190, AFRC190, HIST190)   Introduction to Africa
Tuesdays, Thursdays 12:00-1:30pm
Society Sector (all classes)
S. Barnes - Lecture
During the semester we will focus on people and communities of sub-Saharan Africa and on the ways people represent, reflect on, and react to various aspects and issues in their lives and the institutions which dominate their communities. We will focus particularly on the history, contemporary expression, and inter-relationships among politics, religion, and aesthetic practice. Members of Penn's African Studies community will share their expertise with the class and introduce the University's Africa resources. Texts consist of weekly readings, films, and recordings; and class members will be expected to attend several lectures outside of class.

ANTH 199 000   Independent Study
Permission needed from department

ANTH 215 301   What is Culture?
Mondays 2:00-5:00pm
G. Ghosh - Seminar
Anthropology has often been defined as the study of culture. What is culture? How can “it” be studied, and what do these studies tell us? The course revolves around three questions) how should we account for/make sense of the fact of human diversity? ii) what is the relation between the material and cultural components (or ‘orders’) of social life? and iii) what is the relation between the individual and the collectivity? We will explore how various theories have taken up these notions, in different guises and – at times – in combination. Our investigation will be theoretical, not ethnographic. We will examine 'classical' thinkers in social science, history and political philosophy with an aim to ground an understanding of contemporary theories of culture.

ANTH 219 401 (ANTH719)   Archaeology Field Project
Fridays 8:00-5:00pm
ANTH 219 601 (CGS) (ANTH719)
Saturdays 8:00-5:00pm
Humanities and Social Sciences Sector (new curriculum only)
R. Schuyler - Seminar (permission needed from instructor)
First-hand participation in research project in historical archaeology in Southern New Jersey. Transportation provided by the university. Students will assist in excavations and archival research on local archaeological sites. Class is open to all undergraduates; no previous archaeological experience is required. Attendance will involve Fridays or Saturdays, all day from 8:00 to 5:00 including travel time to the excavations and back to the University Museum. Students enroll for only one day (F or S). Enrollment is limited so specific permission of the instructor is required (Robert L. Schuyler: schuyler@sas.upenn.edu; (215)898-6965; U Museum 412). Course may be repeated for credit and a follow up laboratory course (Anth 220 in the spring semester) will also be available during which the artifacts and documentary sources collected in the fall will be analyzed at the University Museum. Course may be repeated for credit.

ANTH 230 601   Forensic Anthropology (CGS Online Course)
Wednesdays 6:00-8:00pm
J. Monge - Lecture
This course will investigate and discuss the various techniques of analysis that biological anthropologists can apply to forensic cases.  Topics include human osteology, the recovery of bodies, the analysis of life history, the reconstruction of causes of death, and various case studies where anthropologists have contributed significantly to solving forensic cases. Discussions will include the limitations of forensic anthropology and the application of DNA recovery to skeletal/mummified materials.

ANTH 234 301    Pharmaceuticals & Global Health
Wednesdays 2:00-5:00pm
A. Petryna - Benjamin Franklin Seminar
In some parts of the world, spending on pharmaceuticals is astronomical.  In others, people do not have access to basic or life-saving drugs.  Individuals struggle to afford medications; whole populations are neglected, considered too poor to constitute profitable markets for the development and distribution of necessary drugs.  This seminar analyzes the dynamics of the burgeoning international pharmaceutical trade and the global inequalities that emerge from and are reinforced by market-driven medicine.  Questions about who will be treated and who will not filter through every phase of pharmaceutical production --from preclinical research to human testing, marketing, distribution, prescription, and consumption.  Whether considering how the pharmaceutical industry shapes popular understandings of mental illness in North America and Great Britain, how Brazil has created a model of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment program, or how the urban poor in Delhi understand and access healthcare, the seminar draws on anthropological case studies to illuminate the roles of corporations, governments, non-governmental organizations, and individuals in relation to global pharmaceuticals.  As we analyze each case and gain familiarity with technographic methods, we will ask how individual and group health is shaped by new medical technologies and their evolving regulatory regimes and markets. The course familiarizes students with critical debates on globalization and with local responses to globalizing processes; and it contributes to ethical and political debates on the development and access to new medical technologies.

ANTH 238 401 (HSOC238)   Medical Anthropology
Mondays, Wednesdays 2:00-3:00pm
F. Barg - Lecture (registration required for lecture and recitation)
Introduction to medical anthropology takes central concepts in anthropology -- culture, adaptation, human variation, belief, political economy, the body -- and applies them to human health and illness.  Students explore key elements of healing systems including healing technologies and healer-patient relationships.  Modern day applications for medical anthropology are stressed.

ANTH 281 401 (COMM281, ENGL281)   Spike Lee
Tuesdays, Thursdays 1:30-3:00pm
Tillet/Jackson - Seminar

ANTH 290 401 (AFRC291, GSOC291, URBS291)  Multiculturalism: Politics, Theory, and Practice
Tuesdays 1:30-4:30pm
P. Sanday - Seminar
This course introduces anthropological theories of culture and multiculturalism and the method of ethnography as these apply to understanding diversity in contemporary life.  After learning the basic concepts through reading key texts and writing response papers, students will apply the concepts by (1) writing an ethnic autobiography; (2) critiquing a film or novel with a multicultural theme; and (3) conducting a mini-ethnography of a multicultural site of their choice.  These projects are designed to encourage students to reflect on the meaning of multiculturalism from three different angles: personal experience, media representation, and participant observation of diversity in a multicultural site (which could be at Penn).  The goal is to learn about the role and the impacts of diversity in the US vis-à-vis constitutionally guaranteed rights to liberty, equality, and democratic justice.

ANTH 300 000  Fall Senior Thesis
Permission needed from department

ANTH 320 001   Globalization & East Asian Expansion
Tuesdays, Thursdays 10:30-12:00noon
Staff - Lecture
This course explores the experiences of ordinary people who go through rapid social changes caused by the intensifying world-wide flow of capital, commodities, and labor.  Located at different nodes in the chain of global production and consumption, people have their varied experiences conditioned largely by the relocating global capital.  At the same time, however, the people set certain limits on the relocation and local realization of the capital.  Drawing on ethnographic, historical, and political literature about
China and South Korea, this course shows how the particular historical compositions of economy and culture in the two countries affect the people's everyday experiences of rapidly changing society.  We will also analyze how the transnational movement of capital, commodities, and labor created particular forms of "global" culture in the two countries.

ANTH 369 401 (SAST369)   Islam and the Cultural Politics of Nationalism: Perspectives from Bangladesh and Pakistan
Wednesdays 2:00-5:00pm
D. Siddiqi - Seminar
This course will explore the contestations over Islam and culture that shape discussions in and of the Muslim world today.  Focusing on the postcolonial states of Bangladesh and Pakistan, we will consider questions of secularism and democracy, gender and human rights, and globalization and inequality in relation to contested notions of nationalism.

ANTH 451 401 (ANTH751)   Historical Archaeology
Thursdays 1:30-4:30pm
R. Schuyler - Seminar
Archaeology of the Modern World from the Columbian voyage (1492) to the 20th century. Topics such as the rise of early modern Europe, European exploration and colonization, African American Archaeology, Asian American Archaeology, the rise of colonial society, contact with native peoples, the Industrial Revolution, and the archaeology of the 20th century will be covered.

ANTH 454 001   Quantitative Analysis of Anthropological Data
Wednesdays 2:00-5:00pm
Formal Reasoning Requirement (class of ’09 and prior)
H. Dibble - Lecture
Problem-oriented approach to application of quantitative methods in anthropological research.  Emphasis on formulation of specific problems using real data sets by each student in his or her area of interest.  The logic of problem solving using quantitative arguments, the investigation of data reliability and representativeness, and the use of statistical arguments in the presentation of results covered in detail.  Use of digital computers as research tools will be an integral part of the presentation.

ANTH 468 401 (LALS468)   The Ancient Maya
Tuesdays, Thursdays 12:00-1:30pm
History and Tradition (class of ’09 and prior)
Sharer/Traxler - Lecture
Examination of current understanding of Ancient Maya, emphasizing critical review of recent archaeological research and theories.

ANTH 478 601   Topics in Paleopathology (CGS)
Mondays 6:00-9:00pm
M. Zimmerman - Lecture
Following a brief introduction to the study of modern and ancient disease, the course focuses on specific diseases and geographic areas.  The literature is surveyed and lecture-discussions cover topics such as tuberculosis, cancer and ancient Egypt, emphasizing the effects of environment and culture on the evolution of disease patterns and health care systems.  (This course is a follow up to ANTH 158/458, a general introductory course in paleopathology, but 158 is not a prerequisite).

ANTH 516 401 (AFST516, GSOC516, URBS516)   
Public Interest Workshop
Mondays 1:00-5:00pm
Academically Based Community Service Course
P. Sanday - Seminar
This is an interdisciplinary workshop sponsored by Peggy Reeves Sanday (Dept of Anthropology), Michael Delli Carpini (Dean of Annenberg), and Ira Harkavy (Director, Center for Community Partnerships). Open to graduate and advanced undergraduate students, the workshop is a response to Amy Gutmann's call for interdisciplinary cooperation across the University and to the Dept. of Anthropology's commitment to developing public interest research and practice as a disciplinary theme. The workshop will be run as an open interdisciplinary forum on framing a public interest social science that ties theory and action. Students are encouraged to apply the framing model to a public interest research and action topic of their choice. Examples of public interest topics to be discussed in class and through outside speakers include how education and the media reify public interests, the conflation of race and racism in the public sphere, the role of diversity, community action and service learning in higher education, and the contradictory relationship between individual and ethnic identity.

ANTH 547 401 (EDUC547)   Anthropology & Education
Tuesdays 4:30-6:30pm
K. Hall - Lecture
An introduction to the intent, approach, and contribution of anthropology to the study of socialization and schooling in cross-cultural perspective. Education is examined in traditional, colonial, and complex industrial societies.

ANTH 600 301  Contemporary Archaeology in Theory
Mondays 9:00-12:00noon
R. Preucel - Seminar (permission needed from instructor)

ANTH 606 401(EDUC602)   Youth Cultural Formation
Mondays 2:00-4:00pm
R. Lukose - Lecture
This course explores anthropological perspectives on peer-based youth cultures. It explores how educational institutions, media (fashion, music, magazines), and states shape youth cultures in cross-cultural contexts through social processes such as capitalism, nationalism, and increasing globalization. The course emphasizes ethnographies and histories which explore the relationship of these wider social processes to the lived realities of young people, situated in class, gender, national and race-specific contexts.

ANTH 617 401 (COML617)   Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Culture and Society
Mondays 2:00-5:00pm
A. Petryna - Seminar (permission needed from instructor)
First-year anthropology graduate students. A critical examination of recent history and theory in cultural and social anthropology. Topics include structural-functionalism; symbolic anthropology; post-modern theory. Emphasis is on major schools and trends in America, Britain, and France.

ANTH 620 000   Directed Reading and Research
Permission needed from department

ANTH 621 000   Directed Field Training
Permission needed from department

ANTH 705 401 (AFRC705, FOLK715, MUSC705) 
Seminar in Ethnomusicology
Fridays 2:00-5:00pm
T. Rommen - Seminar

ANTH 633 601   Forensic Anthropology (CGS Online Course)
Same as ANTH 230 601

ANTH 710 301   Trajectories in Social Organization
TBA
B. Spooner - Seminar
Study and analysis of selected problems in social organization.

ANTH 711 401 (SAST701)   Methodology Seminar
Tuesdays 3:00-6:00pm
Mitchell - Seminar
This course offers introductory and advanced graduate students an opportunity to practice using a range of theoretical approaches to the study of the spaces, global cultural flows, networks, processes, and cultural forms of the public sphere within their own developing areas of research.  The course includes readings and critiques related to the concepts of civil society, the public sphere, publics and counter publics, mass culture and mobilizations, democratic processes, and popular movements, and examines current approaches to the urban landscapes and spaces, global cultural flows and discursive networks, media and technologies, and practices of consumption through which such publics, institutions, economies, and spheres can be identified and analyzed.  Although the course will pay special attention to the unpacking and application of these concepts, debates, and issues as they pertain to South Asia (e.g., democratization and liberalization, nationalism, modernity(ies), political and sectarian violence, religious fundamentalisms, the rise of a middle class), readings will also be drawn from a range of authors who do not focus exclusively on South Asia, and would be of use to students studying similar issues in other parts of the world.

ANTH 715 301   Globalization Seminar
Fridays 10:30-12:00noon
B. Spooner - Seminar (undergraduates need permission from instructor)
Weekly seminar discussions will focus on current news and opinion about social and cultural change that may be interpreted as globalization in different parts of the world.  The overall objective is to develop methodological and theoretical approaches to the study of globalization.  Students taking the course for credit will be required to write a research paper.

ANTH 719 401 (ANTH219)   Archaeology Field Project
R. Schuyler - Seminar
Same as ANTH 219 401

ANTH 719 601   Archaeology Field Project (CGS)
Same as ANTH 219 601

ANTH 727 301   Archaeology of Latin America Seminar
Tuesdays 1:30-4:30pm
Sharer/Leventhal - Seminar
Advanced seminar for students wishing to pursue study of field data, method, theoretical problems in archaeology of Latin America.

ANTH 728 301 
Time Travel: Agency, Temporality and Sovereignty in the Human Sciences
Tuesdays 1:30-4:30pm
G. Ghosh - Seminar (permission needed from instructor)
Concerns about agency, temporality and sovereignty have come to the fore as the human sciences have reacted to, among other issues, the putative loss of master narratives. Yet there remains a tendency to view life as unfolding within a uniform and universal metaphysic of time. Even dynamic concepts such as contradiction, alienation, and fragmentation often presume, in their application that time is an objective reality external to human action and governance. The triad past/present/future (aligned, by some, with traditional/modern/postmodern) is emblematic of the way temporalities are disaggregated and, at once, interrelated. The same may be said of the dyads periodization/culmination, simultaneity/duration, acceleration/evanescence, systemic/dialogic, repetition/exception, civilization/camp, and leader/follower. Why and in what ways do individual and collective agents enact and elaborate distinctions of this sort? And with what consequences for idioms of governance such as rights, communities, and minorities? Using the theories of R.G. Collingwood as an alembic we examine, in alphabetical order, Giorgio Agamben, Benedict Anderson, Hannah Arendt, Seyla Banhabib, Henri Bergson, Wendy Brown, Partha Chatterjee, Norbert Elias, Michel Foucault, Elizabeth Grosz, Jurgen Habermas, Reinhart Kosselleck and Carl Schmitt. We will also read some 'classical' work relevant to these issues. This new and experimental course will examine these issues in the context of quetsions of agency, temporality and sovereignty but also in relation to questions of human mibility (travel and migration).

ANTH 751 401 (ANTH451)   Historical Archaeology
R. Schuyler - Seminar
Same as ANTH 451 401

ANTH 756 301  Social Anthropology Seminar
TBA
B. Spooner - Seminar (permission needed from instructor)
Weekly seminar discussions will be devoted to the analysis and evaluation of the social anthropology thread or threads in the history of anthropology, and their relevance to the positions and interests of cultural anthropology today. Students taking the course for credit will be required to write a research paper.