The Peter Gow Memorial Lecture
Friends and colleagues of the late Peter Gow are fundraising to support a biennial lecture series in Amerindian Studies to honour his legacy.
Department news
Nathan McAllister and Lorenzo Sapochetti awarded David Riches Medal for Postgraduate Research
The Ladislav Holy Memorial Trust announces David Riches Medal 2023 winners.
Dr Stavroula Pipyrou’s special issue on Futures in Post-displacement Italy
Dr Stavroula Pipyrou and Professor Emma Bond from University of Oxford have co-edited a special issue of the Journal of Modern Italian Studies.
New Handbook on Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality
A cutting-edge new handbook on Gender and Sexuality has just been published by Professorial Fellow Cecilia McCallum and co-editors, Dr Silvia Posocco and Dr Martin Fotta.
Dr Patrick O’Hare’s book released in Spanish
Dr Patrick O’Hare and co-authors have just released a Spanish Open Access version of their book "Taking Form, Making Worlds: Cartonera Publishers in Latin America."
Abolishing Poverty: New Book by Dr Gutiérrez Garza
A new book co-authored by Dr Ana Gutiérrez Garza has recently been published by University of Georgia Press.
St Andrews hosts major international conference on 'Financing the Future'
St Andrews hosted the fourth international Energy Ethics conference on the theme 'EE2023: Financing the Future' on 6-8 June 2023.
Medical Anthropology Special Issue on Disease Reservoirs
"Disease Reservoirs", a special issue of the journal Medical Anthropology, edited by Matheus Alves Duarte da Silva, Oliver French, Frédéric Keck and Jules Skotnes-Brown has been published.
Professor Michael Herzfeld is Awarded Honorary Doctorate
In this summer’s graduation ceremonies, Professor Michael Herzfeld was awarded the degree of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, for major contributions to Anthropology and Area Studies.
Social Justice and the Circular Economy
Academics, policymakers, and third sector representatives met in St Andrews to discuss Social Justice and the Circular Economy in the context of the forthcoming Circular Economy Bill (Scotland).