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Department of Social Anthropology

 

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
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.