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

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

Professor Ana Claudia Duarte Rocha Marques, PhD, was the professor nominated by the examining board for the public competition for full professor - area: anthropological theory, FFLCH/FLA Notice No. 061-2024, held from September 29th to October 3rd, 2025. Access the general exam schedule here - from September 29th to October 3rd, 2025.

Current CAPES Transformative Agreements

Find out which publishers are participating and what requirements must be met for publication.

Link:  https://www.abcd.usp.br/apoio-pesquisador/escrita-publicacao-cientifica/descontos-autores-usp/

Public Competition - Professor Doctor DA - FFLCH/FLA Notice No. 019-2025.

PUBLIC COMPETITION BASED ON QUALIFICATIONS AND EXAMINATIONS AIMING AT FILLING 02 (TWO) POSITIONS OF DOCTORAL PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY, AREA OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY OF THE FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY, LETTERS AND HUMAN SCIENCES OF USP. FFLCH/FLA Notice No. 019-2025.

Calendar of the 2nd Phase.

More information at:https://academica.fflch.usp.br/ppi/doutor

Obituary notice: Professor João Baptista Borges Pereira

We regret to inform you of the passing of João Baptista Borges Pereira, professor in the Department of Anthropology, Professor Emeritus of FFLCH, and director of the Faculty for two terms.
Read the full note.