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Basira Mir Makhammad graduated with a degree in Anthropology from AUCA in 2017. After AUCA, she went on to complete her Master’s degree in Archaeological Materials Science by studying at the University of Evora in Portugal, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, and Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Currently, she is studying at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Germany for her PhD. In this interview, Basira shares the story of how she managed to achieve her academic goals.

The Anthropology departement Is hosting three interns from the Central European University, Austria.

Askarbekova Sezim is a junior student at AUCA majoring in Anthropology and International development, a participate of the AUCA exchange program in the BGIA in USA, New York. 

On December 17, the AUCA Department of Anthropology held an award ceremony dedicated to those students who were selected to receive the Mary Schweitzer Scholarship for Excellence in Antropology.

Mary Schweitzer Scholarship for Excellence in Anthropology welcomes applications from promising students of Anthropology, Technology and International Development Department at AUCA. The aim of this scholarship is to support students who show commitment to and excellence in anthropology. This year, the scholarship fund raised over $3000.

AUCA is glad to announce that students of the Anthropology, Technology and International Development Department are welcome to apply for Mary Schweitzer Scholarship for Excellence in Anthropology.

Anthropology Department announces INTERNATIONAL ANTHROPOLOGY VIDEO CONTEST DEDICATED TO THE INTERNATIONAL ANTHROPOLOGY DAY - FEBRUARY 18Deadline: February 18, 2021Participants: high school students from Central Asia and Afghanistan, as well as students of the NGA Program and Technical School of Innovation AUCA.

Dinara Abildenova, a senior lecturer of Kazakh National University named after Al-Farabi gave a presentation "Marriage ceremonies in Kazakhstan: Norms and their change" on September 30, within the AUCA Anthropology Club meeting. In this presentation she focused on social changes that took place in Kazakh marriage ceremonies after the country’s independence.

This symposium aimed to create a common platform for both undergraduate and master students to present their senior and master theses and projects, discuss them and exchange their feedbacks.

On Saturday, December 1, the Division of Social Sciences held the 1st Annual Student Thesis Symposium of Social Sciences “Writing Senior and Master Theses and Projects in Social Sciences” at the American University of Central Asia.