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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

The newly established Caroline Humphrey Chair in the Anthropology of Inner Asia has been awarded to Professor David Sneath

The newly established Caroline Humphrey Chair in the Anthropology of Inner Asia has been awarded to Professor David Sneath. This recently endowed chair has been funded by a major donation by the Sigrid Rausing Trust, which has also funded the MIASU Early-Career Postdoctoral Fellowship and Doctoral Studentship in the Social...

Applications invited for Evans Fellowships

Evans Fellowships 2021 The Advisory Committee for the Evans Fund give notice that they intend to proceed to an election of an Evans Fellow or Fellows early in the Easter Term . A graduate of any university is eligible to apply, provided that they intend to engage in research in anthropology or archaeology in relation to...

National Student Survey

The National Student Survey 2021 is now open. It is your chance to give your feedback. If you are in your final year, you may be eligible for the NSS. Visit www.thestudentsurvey.com to find out. We welcome your input.

Graduate Photographic Competition 2021 Launched

Showcase your Fieldwork Photographs Postgraduates in Social Anthropology are invited to enter this year’s Graduate Photographic Competition to have their work displayed in the Department and have the chance to win a Heffers book voucher (First Prize £75, Second Prize £50 and Third Prize £25). 250x200-powell_davies_photo_2...

Church and the Ancestors: Sacred pir mats from Asmat, Papua, Indonesia (3 December 2020 – March 2021)

A new exhibition at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology tells the story of how Asmat people of Papua, Indonesia, have transformed Catholicism in accordance with their ancestral ritual life. An on-line tour is available on the University of Cambridge Museums' YouTube channel, EBXiafDSFA&feature=youtu.be For...

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

The newly established Caroline Humphrey Chair in the Anthropology of Inner Asia has been awarded to Professor David Sneath

Applications invited for Evans Fellowships

National Student Survey

Graduate Photographic Competition 2021 Launched

Church and the Ancestors: Sacred pir mats from Asmat, Papua, Indonesia (3 December 2020 – March 2021)

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