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Social Anthropology at St Andrews has an international reputation for innovative and critical research. It is an unmatched place to study, achieving top position in 2019 UK league tables.
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Postgraduate funding opportunities
The Department of Social Anthropology will be granting a number of scholarships for doctoral students starting their PhD in 2020/2021. These will cover fees or subsistence or make a contribution towards both. Students wanting to be considered for these scholarships must have applied for a place in the Department’s doctoral program by 15th April 2020.
Latest Department news
Antonio Montañés Jimenez Wins the Marian Madison Prize in Romani Studies
Many congratulations to our PhD student Antonio Montañés Jiménez, who has won the Marian Madison Young Scholars’ Prize in Romani Studies
Athena SWAN Bronze Award
The School of Philosophical, Anthropological, and Film Studies has received an Athena SWAN Bronze Award.
Writing Friendship: A Reciprocal ethnography
Writing Friendship: A Reciprocal Ethnography, written by Paloma Gay y Blasco and Liria Hernández, has been published by Palgrave Macmillan.
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