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Juliette Gautron , PhD candidate in social anthropology, is the winner of this year’s postgraduate photography competition. Juliette – who is conducting her PhD fieldwork in Colombia – impressed the competition judges with the strong sense of place and intimacy found in her black and white images...

Department’s in-house journal opens up conversations about definition of ‘good’ anthropology . The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology (CJA) (formerly ‘Cambridge Anthropology’) is a vital part of the Department’s research environment. This in-house publication has grown and thrived since its re-launch as an international...

Who are the people who look after you when you die? What happens when there isn’t anyone able or willing to arrange the funeral? These are some of the critical questions posed by Dr Sally Raudon, ESRC postdoctoral fellow, whose doctoral research focused on Hart Island, New York City, the largest public cemetery in the US...

Anthropology retains third place in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024 . We are delighted to remain one of the best universities for the study of anthropology in the world, as ranked by leading higher education data specialist, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). Anthropology at Cambridge was ranked third overall in...