Învăţământul de Antropologie Biologică la Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iaşi, Romania
Teaching and learning anthropology in “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi, Romania

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to start a discussion of what teaching and learning biological anthropology suppose in a Romanian university, particularly in “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi, Romania. Discussion ranges from how to structure a curriculum to be challenging, exciting, and inspiring, to analyzing how institutional and political reforms are affecting the conditions for teaching and learning biological anthropology in our university. Biological anthropology has a history in “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi, and the mission of the didactic programs is to build on this developing tradition by helping students understand the specificity of this disciplinary approach and its practical application. The course of Anthropology, aims to give undergraduate students theoretical and practical skills to explore human evolutionary history, human response to environmental challenges and our relationship to the other primates. The expertise of the teaching staff includes biological anthropology as well as archaeology and primatology, all these subfields being brought together in order to improve understanding across disciplinary boundaries.

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