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Read more at: John Fahy and Jan-Jonathan Bock (Eds): The Interfaith Movement: Mobilising Religious Diversity in the 21st Century
John Fahy and Jan-Jonathan Bock (Eds): The Interfaith Movement: Mobilising Religious Diversity in the 21st Century

John Fahy and Jan-Jonathan Bock (Eds): The Interfaith Movement: Mobilising Religious Diversity in the 21st Century

John Fahy and Jan-Jonathan Bock (Eds): The Interfaith Movement: Mobilising Religious Diversity in the 21st Century Although its beginnings can be traced back to the late 19th century, the interfaith movement has only recently begun to attract mainstream attention, with governments, religious leaders and grassroots...


Read more at: Major New Research Project - "Imaginative Landscapes of Islamist Politics Across the Balkans-to-Bengal Complex"

Major New Research Project - "Imaginative Landscapes of Islamist Politics Across the Balkans-to-Bengal Complex"

Dr. Sertaç Sehlikoglu has been awarded a ERC Starting Grant (€1.5million ) for a major new research project entitled “Imaginative Landscapes of Islamist Politics Across the Balkans-to-Bengal Complex”. She is a Cambridge-trained social anthropologist specialised in gender and subjectivity in the Middle East and in...


Read more at: Professor Harri Englund Elected a Fellow of the British Academy
Professor Harri Englund Elected a Fellow of the British Academy

Professor Harri Englund Elected a Fellow of the British Academy

The Department congratulates Professor Harri Englund on his election to the British Academy. Each year, the British Academy elects to its Fellowship UK-based scholars who have achieved academic distinction as reflected in scholarly research activity and publication. More information on Professor Englund's work can be found...


Read more at: Winner of the Sue Benson Prize in 2019
Winner of the Sue Benson Prize in 2019

Winner of the Sue Benson Prize in 2019

Every year, the Department awards a prize of £200 to the most outstanding IIB dissertation. The prize is named in memory of Dr Sue Benson (1948-2005), an anthropologist who lectured, supervised and directed studies in Cambridge for 26 years and who was an inspiration, both personally and intellectually for generations of...


Read more at: Winners of the 2019 “Images Fresh from the Field" Graduate Photographic competition announced

Winners of the 2019 “Images Fresh from the Field" Graduate Photographic competition announced

The entries in this year’s 'Images Fresh from the Field' Graduate Photographic competition were all of a very high quality and the judges, Professor Caroline Humphrey and Dr Rupert Stasch, would like to thank all those who participated. The judges sought to evaluate the submissions according to the quality of their visual...


Read more at: London Anthropology Day 2019
London Anthropology Day 2019

London Anthropology Day 2019

London Anthropology Day 2019 We are taking part in London Anthropology Day (LAD), an annual university taster day for Year 12, 13, FE students, careers advisers and teachers. #LAD2019 will take place on Saturday 29th June 2019 at the Clore Education Centre, British Museum. Book your free place now: www...


Read more at: Dr Anthony J. Pickles: Money Games: Gambling in a Papua New Guinea Town
Dr Anthony J. Pickles: Money Games: Gambling in a Papua New Guinea Town

Dr Anthony J. Pickles: Money Games: Gambling in a Papua New Guinea Town

Dr Anthony J. Pickles: Money Games: Gambling in a Papua New Guinea Town Gambling in Papua New Guinea, despite being completely absent prior to the Colonial era, has come to supersede storytelling as the region’s main nighttime activity. Money Games is an ethnographic monograph which reveals the contemporary importance of...


Read more at: Ed Pulford: Mirrorlands: Russia, China and Journeys in Between

Ed Pulford: Mirrorlands: Russia, China and Journeys in Between

Ed Pulford: Mirrorlands: Russia, China and Journeys in Between The China-Russia borderlands offer a unique vantage point from which to understand the myriad peoples, places and political cataclysms which have united and divided these two vast countries over time. As home to frontier-traversing tradespeople, cross-border...


Read more at: Five shortlisted for CUSU student-led teaching awards 2019

Five shortlisted for CUSU student-led teaching awards 2019

The Department is pleased to announce that five of our number have been shortlisted in the Lecturer and Supervisor categories of the 2019 CUSU student-led teaching awards: Lecturer Dr Matei Candea Dr Yael Navaro Undergraduate Supervisor (Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences) Dr Joe Ellis Dr Patrick McKearney Dr Perveez...


Read more at: Anthropology Beyond the Academy

Anthropology Beyond the Academy

The Department is experimenting with ways in which to build connections with our alumni and friends. We have begun a series of events, entitled ‘Anthropology, Beyond the Academy’, in which speakers from a diverse range of fields describe and reflect on the ways in which having studied anthropology has informed their work...