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Department of Social Anthropology and St Catharine’s College announce the first University Lectureship in Malay World Studies

The Department of Social Anthropology and St Catharine’s College are pleased to announce the establishment of a University Lectureship in Malay World Studies. Dr Liana Chua has been appointed as the first Tunku Abdul Rahman University Lecturer in Malay World Studies, an entirely new position that is fully funded by St...

Over a quarter of a million read the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Anthropology (CEA)

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Anthropology (CEA) has so far been read by over a quarter of a million people, reported the Managing Editor of CEA. It has published six new entries in the first five months of 2021. They discuss anthropological insights to diverse topics such as “Climate Change”, “Depression”, “Dependence”...

New publication edited by Dr Anita Herle & Jude Philp: Recording Kastom: Alfred Haddon’s Journals from his Expeditions to Torres Strait and New Guinea, 1888 and 1898

Recording Kastom brings readers into the heart of colonial Torres Strait and New Guinea with the personal journals of Cambridge zoologist and anthropologist Alfred Haddon. Haddon’s journals highlight his comprehensive vision of anthropology and preoccupation with documentation. They also reveal the personal, often intimate...

SHARE Summer School 2021 - Open for applications

SHARE is an online programme provided by the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Cambridge Open for applications now. Closing date: 31 May 2021 SHARE is a two-week, paid, summer research experience programme which aims to enhance diversity and inclusiveness within the social sciences at...

The Mongolia & Inner Asia Studies Unit at Thirty Five

Founded in 1986 by Caroline Humphrey and Urgunge Onon, the Mongolia & Inner Asia Studies Unit is a centre within the Department of Social Anthropology which supports 250x250-carrie-humphrey.jpg interdisciplinary research and teaching relating to the great steppe region of Inner Asia, centred on Mongolia, including...

Dr Joe Ellis appointed first Sigrid Rausing Early-Career Postdoctoral Fellow

As a result of a generous donation from the Sigrid Rausing Trust, the Mongolia & Inner Asia Studies Unit and Department of Social Anthropology is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Joe Ellis as its first Sigrid Rausing Early-Career Postdoctoral Fellow. 250x250-2018-_j.ellis_.jpg As well as playing a full role...

Update on ‘Mongolian Cosmopolitical Heritage' project

‘Mongolian Cosmopolitical Heritage: tracing divergent healing practices across the Mongolian-Chinese border’ is a 4-year research project led by Prof David Sneath and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council that began 1 March 2020. The project seeks to explore ethnographically the mechanisms linking health and...

From perceptions of climate change to changed climates of perception

The four-year multidisciplinary ‘Himalayan Connections: Melting glaciers, sacred landscapes and mobile technologies in a changing climate’ (HimalConnect) project researches the environmental perceptions and management strategies of so-called ‘remote’ communities in Nepal and Bhutan, drawing on long-term, place-based...

Three new Gates Cambridge Scholars to join the Department

The Department of Social Anthropology is delighted to announce that three new Gates Cambridge Scholars will be joining the Department in Michaelmas 2021. Ila Ananya (India) and Adaiah Hudgins-Lopez (USA) will both be joining the MPhil in Social Anthropology course and João Kelmer (Brazil) will join the PhD in Social...

Cambridge comes top in world QS ranking for Anthropology

We are pleased that Cambridge has again been ranked the top anthropology department in the world in the influential rankings carried out annually by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS World University Rankings). https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2021/anthropology

Department of Social Anthropology and St Catharine’s College announce the first University Lectureship in Malay World Studies

Over a quarter of a million read the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Anthropology (CEA)

New publication edited by Dr Anita Herle & Jude Philp: Recording Kastom: Alfred Haddon’s Journals from his Expeditions to Torres Strait and New Guinea, 1888 and 1898

SHARE Summer School 2021 - Open for applications

The Mongolia & Inner Asia Studies Unit at Thirty Five

Dr Joe Ellis appointed first Sigrid Rausing Early-Career Postdoctoral Fellow

Update on ‘Mongolian Cosmopolitical Heritage' project

From perceptions of climate change to changed climates of perception

Three new Gates Cambridge Scholars to join the Department

Cambridge comes top in world QS ranking for Anthropology

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