Peter Gow Memorial Lecture 2026
“‘Nothing is simple'. An ethnographic theory and its history”. Prof Marcio Goldman (Museu Nacional, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro). 5pm, Thursday 16 April 2026.
Department news
CFP Colonial Medical Ennui Workshop
Paper proposals are invited for the Colonial Medical Ennui Workshop, deadline April 30.
Lecturer in Social Anthropology
The Department of Social Anthropology seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Social Anthropology.
Departmental Seminars 2025-6 Semester 2
The 2025-6 Departmental Seminar programme for Semester 2 has been announced.
Daniel Knight interviewed on polycrisis
Dr Daniel Knight has been interviewed by The Guardian newspaper for an article on living in a time of polycrisis.
David Riches Medal awarded to Viktoriia Grivina
Ladislav Holy Memorial Trust awards Viktoriia Grivina for thesis chapter.
Poison-Healing Boundaries in East Asia
Christos Lynteris is convening a symposium on toxicity, plant animacy and blurred categories in East Asia at Pembroke College on November 19th 2026.
Special Issue: Invasive Species, Global Health, and Colonial Legacies
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences special issue edited by Jules Skotnes-Brown and Christos Lynteris
Ladislav Holy Memorial Trust Postgraduate Workshop Grant
This year's grant has been awarded to Yichi Zhang, Evgeniya Pakhomova and Nathan McAllister for the workshop titled "Intense Episodes: Feeling, Temporality, and Representation."
Departmental Seminars 2025-6
The 2025-6 Departmental Seminar programme for Semester 1 has been announced.