The course diary contains term dates, submission deadlines and other notable events for post-fieldwork students. Dates for meetings of the various Graduate Committees (PhD Committee, Degree Committee and Board of Graduate Studies) will be published separately at the beginning of the academic year.
Please note that some dates are subject to confirmation, with final details to be circulated via the socanth writing-up mailinglist.
| PhD in Social Anthropology 2020-21 | |
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| MICHAELMAS TERM 2021 | |
| Friday 8 October | Introduction to Supervising, Edmund Leach Seminar Room |
| Friday 15 October | 6pm, Social Anthropology welcome party, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology |
| Wednesday 13 October | First Writing-up Seminar of term |
| Friday 8 October | First Senior Research Seminar of term |
| tbc | Nominations for PhD student representatives close |
| tbc | PhD student representative elections |
| Thursday 11 November | Last date for submitting applications for the Appointment of Examiners for students submitting in January 2022 |
| Friday 5 November | Deadline 1 for applications to the Ling Roth Fund |
| Friday 3 December | Michaelmas term ends |
| LENT TERM 2021 | |
| Tuesday 18 January | Lent Full Term Commences |
| Friday 21 January | First Senior Research Seminar of term |
| Wednesday 26 January | First Writing-up Seminar of term |
| Thursday 10 February | Last date for submitting Applications for the Appointment of Examiners for students submitting in April 2022 |
| Friday 11 March | Deadline 2 for applications to the Ling Roth Fund |
| Friday 18 March | Lent Full Term ends |
| EASTER TERM 2020 | |
| Tuesday 26 April | Easter Full Term commences |
| Friday 29 April | First Senior Research Seminar of term |
| Wednesday 4 May | First Writing-up Seminar of term |
| Monday 23 May | Last date for submitting Applications for the Appointment of Examiners for students submitting in September 2022 |
| Friday 17 June | Easter Term ends |
A staff-student coffee morning is held during Full Term - you will be notified of the time and date.
Academic calendar
- The Cambridge academic year commences on 1st October and finishes on 30th September each year and is made up of three terms: Michaelmas, Lent, and Easter.
- “Full term” means the eight-week central portion of each of the three terms (Michaelmas, Lent and Easter), during which teaching takes place.
- Graduate students operate on the basis of the academic year which extends beyond the end of the Easter Term are expected to be in residence at all times, even outside of Full Term, unless they have been granted leave to work away.
For specific term dates please see University Term Dates.