About the Department of Anthropology

The Department of Anthropology (DA-USP) has sought to cultivate and develop the humanities reflection field dedicated to human diversity. The characteristics of this discipline are reflected in the variety of subjects studied by the teachers and student researchers that integrate it, in the richness of disciplinary interfaces represented in the research lines and groups, in the undergraduate, postgraduate, improvement and extension courses it offers and organizes.
On graduation, he joins the Departments of Political Science and Sociology to graduate bachelors and graduates in Social Sciences, whose professional possibilities are of the most varied, including: teaching at all levels, acting in public and private bodies, research, public policy advice. Already at this stage of formation students can be integrated into research groups, oriented in Scientific Initiation research and encouraged to participate in the organization of events promoted by the Department of Anthropology.

Head of Department: Prof.ª Dra. Marta Rosa Amoroso

Deputy Head of Department: Prof.ª Dra. Marina Vanzolini Figueiredo

Announcement regarding DA election

Professors Drs. Marina Vanzolini Figueiredo (head) and Laura Moutinho da Silva (vice-head) were re-elected for the 2025-2027 biennium.

Public competition for full professor - Notice FFLCH/FLA No. 061-2024

The public competition for full professor - area: anthropological theory, Notice FFLCH/FLA No. 061-2024 - is currently underway. Access the general exam schedule here - from September 29 to October 3, 2025.

We would like to announce that the CALL FOR PAPERS for the Dossier "Old Archives, New Questions" of GIS - Gesture, Image and Sound, Journal of Anthropology, from the Department of Anthropology at USP (University of São Paulo), is open until January 31, 2026.

We would like to invite you to submit a paper. Please note that we have several sections in the Journal and that it is possible to submit a paper to the Articles section or the GIS section, which includes texts, essays, or works in video or audio format.

https://revistas.usp.br/gis/announcement/view/1975
Submission deadline: January 31, 2026

Horários de Expediente DA

Comunicamos os horários de expediente da Secretaria do Departamento de Antropologia (DA) e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia Social (PPGAS) durante o período de férias, conforme segue:

Departamento de Antropologia (DA)
Período: 15/12/2025 a 20/02/2026
Horário de atendimento: das 8h às 12h e das 14h às 17h

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia Social (PPGAS)
Período: 15/12/2025 a 20/02/2026
Horário de atendimento: das 8h às 12h e das 14h às 18h30