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The European Field Studies Program has been a pioneer in European anthropology. It encourages and supports anthropological study of Europe in its manifold aspects by providing graduate and Honors undergraduate students with classroom instruction, a discussion forum, and an initial supervised field training experience in Europe. Students in all subfields of anthropology have participated in the program in the past. Among other projects, Umass students have conducted fieldwork on festivals in the Azores, Northern Ireland's marching season, radio journalism in Bratislava, folklore and Archaeology in the outer Hebrides, immigrations and emigrations in Istanbul, women's issues in East Germany, collective farms in Romania, ethnicity in the Trentino, tourism in Basque area. Some physical anthropologists and archaeologists have also used the opportunity to study European Museum collections and consult with European experts in their field.
The overall training of the European Studies Program consists of a required three course sequence:

ANTH 660: Seminar in European Anth I ----------------3 Credits FALL
The orientation seminar includes general introduction to field work and research design. It's main purpose is to help students formulate their specific research plans and to prepare them for their fieldwork in Europe. Project proposals are reviewd. If approved students then travel to Europe in the Spring Semester.

ANTH 680: Field Course in European Anthropology--6 Credits SPRING
In this Field course students will travel to Europe and conduct their field research.

ANTH 685: Seminar in European Anthropolgy II------3 Credits FALL
Students returned from travel need to enroll for this followup seminar in which they carry out analysis of their field data and prepare the results of their research for publication, masters thesis or other research paper.

The staff of the European Studies Program comprises those faculty members of the Department of Anthropology who have declared their interest in some aspect of the study of Europe and who actively partcipate in the programs activities. Meetings and other events sponsored by the European Studies Program are publicly announced and are open to all interested members of the department and the University community.
There are two levels of eligibility for the field training program and for the modest stipends which help support students participants in it. First priority goes to graduate students who are at the pre-dissertation stage at the time of their participation in then orientation seminar. Second priority goes to Honors undergraduate majors who are in their junior or senior years at the time of their participation in the orientation seminar.
The Director of the European Studies Program invites applications to the program with an announcement in thge departments MegaMemo. Interested students should contact the Director for a more complete description of the program and the application process.

Director: Jackie Urla