Sulphuric Utopias: A History of Maritime Sanitation
Sulphuric Utopias: A History of Maritime Sanitation, by Christos Lynteris and Lukas Englemann, has been published by MIT Press
Department news
ASA conference postponed
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, St Andrews and the ASA have decided to postpone the ASA conference to Monday 23rd - Thursday 26th August, 2021.
Somatosphere COVID-19 Forums
Somatosphere has published 3 forums on COVID-19 edited by Christos Lynteris
Urgent appeal: COVID-19 in the Xingu, Brazil
The Centre for Amerindian Studies and the Department of Social Anthropology support Factum Foundation's appeal for help protecting the Waujá of the Upper Xingu from the effects of COVID-19
Social Analysis special issue "Working with Diagrams"
Christos Lynteris has co-edited with Dr Lukas Engelmann and Professor Caroline Humphrey the latest special issue of Social Analysis on the subject "Working with Diagrams"
Wellcome Trust PhD Studentship in Social Anthropology - Deadline extended to June 25
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.
Antonio Montañés Jimenez Wins the Marian Madison Prize in Romani Studies
Many congratulations to our PhD student Antonio Montañés Jiménez, who has won the Marian Madison Young Scholars’ Prize in Romani Studies
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.