Department news
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.
New York Times: The Social Life of Coronavirus Masks, by Christos Lynteris
An article on the use of masks in East Asia against the coronavirus infection by Christos Lynteris argues for its importance in fostering solidarity in affected communities.
Wellcome Trust PhD Studentship in Social Anthropology
The Global War Against the Rat and the Epistemic Emergence of Zoonosis invites applications for one PhD studentship to start at the University of St Andrews in September 2020.
Framing Animals as Epidemic Villains: Histories of Non-Human Disease Vectors
Framing Animals as Epidemic Villains: Histories of Non-Human Disease Vectors, edited by Christos Lynteris has been published by Palgrave Macmillan.
Energy Ethics Film Screening at COP25 in Madrid
The documentary ‘The end of an era? A story of oil workers.’ focusing on individuals working in the oil and gas industry is being shown as part of the proceeding of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Madrid.
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.
Wolfson Foundation doctoral scholarships
The application period for three Wolfson Foundation doctoral scholarships available at the University of St Andrews is now open.
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.
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.