Department news
Global war against the rat
Dr Christos Lynteris, has been awarded the Investigator Award in the Humanities and Social Sciences. He will lead a research team to investigate ‘The Global War Against the Rat and the Epistemic Emergence of Zoonosis’.
13 September 2019
Article in Anthropology Today
Our PhD student Gabriela Manley has an article in the latest issue of Anthropology Today, entitled "Scotland's Post-Referenda Futures" - a topic relevant to everyone.
9 September 2019
New book: "The Anthropology of Epidemics"
The Anthropology of Epidemics, co-edited by Christos Lynteris, Ann Kelly and Frédéric Keck.
17 May 2019
New book: "How to Read Ethnography"
An essential guide to approaching anthropological texts.
17 May 2019
New publication: "Energy and Ethics?"
By Mette M High and Jessica M Smith. This special issue of the JRAI presents a much-needed rethinking of how to understand the vital and vexing questions posed by our production, distribution, and use of energy.
30 April 2019
PhD studentship in Social Anthropology and Modern History
The project “Esperanto 4.0: Millennials and the global Esperanto movement in historical and anthropological perspective” invites applications for one PhD studentship.
19 April 2019
New book: “The Anthropology of the Future”
This book, by Rebecca Bryant and Daniel M Knight, presents the concept of 'orientations' as a way to study everyday life.
8 April 2019
A warm welcome to Dr Pauline Destrée
Dr Pauline Destrée joins the Department as a postdoctoral fellow on Dr Mette High's ERC-funded project Energy Ethics.
1 April 2019
Congratulations to Antonio Montañés Jiménez
Congratulations to Antonio Montañés Jiménez who has been awarded the prestigious Young Sociologist Prize of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
19 March 2019
Time and the ethnographic horizon in moments of crisis
The Centre for Pacific Studies is excited to announce a new research venture to explore the time horizons that inform people’s perceptions of crisis.
25 February 2019