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Professor Keith Hart at the Audrey Richards Annual Lecture in African Studies, May 2014, Cambridge

Professor Keith Hart 1943-2025. In memoriam

Keith Hart, who died 6 November 2025 in his Paris home, was a brilliant, complicated and inspiring academic and public intellectual with a longstanding connection to Cambridge Anthropology – as student, teacher and colleague.

New Publication - Towards an Anthropology of Psychology

Towards an Anthropology of Psychology: Ethnographic Studies of Psychological Healthcare Editors: Mikkel Kenni Bruun and Rebecca Hutten Anthropology and psychology share a long history of rivalry, collaboration, and mutual disregard. This volume reconsiders psychology as a field of anthropological enquiry. In doing so, it...

Sally Montgomery shortlisted for the UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing

The Department is delighted to announce that Sally Montgomery was shortlisted for the UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing, a prize for the best short non-fiction piece on science written for a general audience in Australia. This piece was originally published as an article for the magazine Sapiens, which can be...

Matei Candea appointed new Head of the Department

Professor of Social Anthropology brings a wealth of experience to his new role at Cambridge.

AIM: Explore

The Department of Social Anthropology is happy to confirm that it will be participating in this year’s AIM: Explore programme. AIM: Explore is a free support programme to help MPhil and PhD applicants prepare their application to the University of Cambridge. Support is provided via 2 one-hour online sessions with a current Cambridge PhD student and is tailored to your specific needs.

Children take part in a workshop as part of the Cambridge Festival’s Family Weekend

What does it mean to be a child? Lessons from the Colombian Amazon

At this year’s Cambridge Festival, a unique workshop rooted in anthropologist Sasha Flatau’s fieldwork invited visitors to step into the world of childhood in the Colombian Amazon – seen through the eyes of the children who live there.

Introducing the winner of the Postgraduate Photographic Celebrations 2025

A haunted tour guide now deceased, a seemingly empty photograph identified as spiritually busy by a ‘seer’, and a death-themed theme park. These three images – taken in Singapore by recent MPhil graduate Ashley Chin – powerfully articulate the city-state’s rich connection to ghost stories and haunted space.

Buddhist Revival in Mongolia Podcast with Professor David Sneath

David Sneath worked with producer Anthony Denselow for BBC World Service radio Heart and Soul series, to tell the remarkable story of how a 10-year-old Mongolian boy has been recognised by the Dalai Lama as the new reincarnation of the head of Gelugpa School of Buddhism in Mongolia.

The exterior of the British Academy in London. Credit: The British Academy

British Academy elects Cambridge anthropologist Professor Yael Navaro to Fellowship

Professor of Social, Political and Psychological Anthropology among new Fellows of the UK’s prestigious national academy for the humanities and social sciences.

Practicing Spiritual Dancing by Devi Chakrabarti, representing Social Anthropology

Cambridge remains a leading institution for study of Anthropology, say latest subject rankings

It’s that time of year when prospective students start exploring the broad inventory of university courses on offer to find the right fit. Many will be drawn to Anthropology at Cambridge – and with very good reason.

Professor Keith Hart 1943-2025. In memoriam

New Publication - Towards an Anthropology of Psychology

Sally Montgomery shortlisted for the UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing

Matei Candea appointed new Head of the Department

AIM: Explore

What does it mean to be a child? Lessons from the Colombian Amazon

Introducing the winner of the Postgraduate Photographic Celebrations 2025

Buddhist Revival in Mongolia Podcast with Professor David Sneath

British Academy elects Cambridge anthropologist Professor Yael Navaro to Fellowship

Cambridge remains a leading institution for study of Anthropology, say latest subject rankings

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