News | Department of Social Anthropology | University of St Andrews

Liria de la Cruz Hernández receives Honorary Master of Arts

Liria de la Cruz Hernández, long-term collaborator of Dr Paloma Gay y Blasco at the Department, received an Honorary Master of Arts last Wednesday at the December graduations.

10 December 2019

Wolfson Foundation doctoral scholarships

The application period for three Wolfson Foundation doctoral scholarships available at the University of St Andrews is now open.

14 November 2019

ASA2020 Call for Panels

The Call for Panels is now open for the ASA2020 conference Responsibility which will take place at the University of St Andrews, UK from 24-27 August 2020.

6 November 2019

Global War Against the Rat project vacancies

We are inviting applications for two postdoctoral research fellowships for the Global War Against the Rat and the Epistemic Emergence of Zoonosis project.

17 October 2019

New Book: “Human Extinction and the Pandemic Imaginary”

Human Extinction and the Pandemic Imaginary by Christos Lynteris has just been published by Routledge’s “Studies in Anthropology” series.

11 October 2019

New book: "Encountering Entrepreneurs: An Ethnography of the Construction Business in the North of Italy"

This book, by Elena Sischarenco, shows the daily life of businessmen in a particularly productive area of Northern Italy, Lombardy.

8 October 2019

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