Gillian Tett Elected as next Provost at King’s

The Department of Social Anthropology is delighted to hear that alumna Dr Gillian Tett will be returning to Cambridge in October of this year. Currently chair of the editorial board and editor-at-large, US, of the Financial Times, Gillian Tett has been elected as the

next Provost of King’s College. She is a social anthropologist by training; her PhD with us was based on fieldwork in Tajikistan and explored questions of alliance, marriage and identity there. She subsequently moved into journalism and has been a fabulous ambassador for our discipline throughout her career, explaining to new audiences how anthropology can help make sense of the world. 

Dr Gillian Tett recently spoke to staff and students in the Department as part of the Anthropology Beyond the Academy seminar series.  The event took place at the time of the launch of her book, Anthro-Vision: How Anthropology Can Explain Business and Life. You can watch the talk here.

Read more about Tett’s new office here.