ASA2021 Early Bird Registration is now open and will end on 15 March 2021
Early Bird Registration for ASA2021 (St Andrews, March 29-April 2) is now open and will end at 23:59 GMT on 15 March 2021.
Department news
"Nonhuman Heroes and Villains: A Cross Project Conversation" Webinar
The Global War Against the Rat project is co-convening a webinar on "Nonhuman Heroes and Villains: A Cross Project Conversation" on March 4 15:00-16:30
An interview with Emilka Skrzypek in the New Books Network podcast series
Emilka Skrzypek was interviewed for the New Books Network podcast where she talked about her new book ‘Revealing the Invisible Mine: Social Complexities of an Undeveloped Mining Project’ (Berghahn, 2020).
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Vacancy with UKRI/MRC project
The "Developing Effective Rodent Control Strategies to Reduce Disease Risk in Ecologically and Culturally Diverse Rural Landscapes" project is advertising 32-month postdoctoral Research Fellow post.
First annual conference of The Global War Against the Rat and the Epistemic Emergence of Zoonosis
The Global War Against the Rat and the Epistemic Emergence of Zoonosis is to host its first annual conference (online) on 27-28 May.
Developing Effective Rodent Control Strategies to Reduce Disease Risk in Ecologically and Culturally Diverse Rural Landscapes
Christos Lynteris is the co-investigator of a new UKRI/MRC-funded project on developing effective rodent-control strategies for reducing plague, leptospirosis and rickettsioses in rural Tanzania and Madagascar.
Transitional Justice in Law, History and Anthropology
We are pleased to announce the publication of Dr Melissa Demian’s new book.
"Emptiness" collection
A collection on "Emptiness" has been published in Cultural Anthropology's Theorizing the Contemporary series.
Scottish Funding Council: Grants Awarded to Researchers in Department of Social Anthropology
As part of the St Andrews Restarting Research Funding Scheme, the Scottish Funding Council has awarded grants to Bridget Bradley, Mette High, Sabine Hyland and Emilka Skrzypek.
Christos Lynteris shortlisted for AHRC/Wellcome 2020 Medical Humanities Award for Best Research
Christos Lynteris has been shortlisted for AHRC/Wellcome 2020 Medical Humanities Award for Best Research for his Visual Representations of the Third Plague Pandemic project (ERC).