Anthropology Beyond the Academy

Sandi Toksvig is a writer, comedian and broadcaster, and co-founder of the Women’s Equality Party. She’s currently in Cambridge, having been awarded the first Q+ fellowship by the LGBTQ+ research programme of the Department of Sociology. As an undergraduate, she studied Archaeology and Anthropology, and she’ll be talking...

Anthropology Beyond the Academy seminar On writing as an anthropologist Anthropologists write a lot, more than many other scholars, and arguably, our monographs often are as beautifully crafted and accessible as novels. Our discipline is prone to produce good writers - but are we taking our skills we work so hard to...

Think tanks, policymaking and civil society Dr Jan-Jonathan Bock What kind of employment or workplace attracts anthropologists once they leave university? How do they explain to non-anthropologists what it is that they are good at and what their studies have taught them that can be applied practically and with relevance...

Open careers talk from global ethnographic consultancy ReD Associates Join us for the first of this term's Anthropology Beyond the Academy seminars. An open careers talk from a global ethnographic consultancy ReD Associates , a highly successful ‘human science-based strategy consultancy’. Find out more about the use of...

Anthropology Beyond the Academy Seminar with Cornelia Sorabji Anthropology and Diplomacy Dr Cornelia Sorabji CBE is a Counsellor on Strategy & External Expertise and in the Strategy Directorate/Research Analysts at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office of the Government. Cornelia’s Cambridge PhD was about...

Anthropology beyond the Academy: Social Anthropology Career Paths Have you been wondering what you can do with a Social Anthropology degree? In this online event, graduates from our department will answer your questions and talk about how their careers developed after their degree, and how social anthropology informs their...

250x250-anthbeyond-cs.png Anthropology and Diplomacy Join us for the latest Anthropology Beyond the Academy seminar with alumna, Dr Cornelia Sorabji CBE. Dr Sorabje is Counsellor Strategy & External Expertise, Strategy Directorate/Research Analysts at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. Cornelia’s...

Anthropology Beyond the Academy Seminar with Dr Ming-Tsung Lee Inside Out — A Journey of an Unconventional Anthropologist It turns out that a career in anthropology does not have to be in an academic institution. Fifteen years ago, when I finished my PhD in anthropology at Cambridge, I could never have imagined this. I got...

Anthropology, Diplomacy and Impact - POSTPONED Dr Cornelia Sorabji CBE Counsellor Strategy & External Expertise, Foreign & Commonwealth Office Professor of Political Anthropology & Public Diplomacy, UCL Cornelia’s Cambridge University Social Anthropology PhD ( Muslim Identity and Islamic Faith in Sarajevo )...

With alumnus Professor Tone Bringa From the Warzone to the Courtroom- Anthropology on the Frontlines In this talk, I draw on my experiences working «beyond academia» for the UN peacekeeping forces during the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina (1992-95), as an expert witness for the War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and...