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The Crowther-Beynon Fund awards small grants annually for the development of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s collections. The deadline for applications is 15 April 2020. Please note that it is essential that potential applicants consult with curatorial staff at the Museum prior to submitting an application...

The Department is very sad to learn of the death, on 13th January 2020 at the age of 81, of our long-time and dearly remembered former colleague, Dr Gilbert Lewis. Gilbert was a pioneer in the development of medical anthropology as well as a distinguished ethnographer of Papua New Guinea and theorist of ritual and magic...

Everyday Justice clearly demonstrates the value of revitalizing the category of justice in ethnographic work by revealing how both justice and injustice are woven into everyday life in manifold and widely differing ways. The contributors account for this complexity across multiple particular social relations, places, and...