'The Anthropology of Energy' module awarded 'Golden Dandelion'
A new Honours-level module curated and taught by a Centre for Energy Ethics team has been awarded a ‘Golden Dandelion’ prize for excellence in education for sustainable development.
Department news
New book from Dr Melissa Demian
We are pleased to announce the release of Dr Melissa Demian’s new book In Memory of Times to Come: Ironies of History in Southeastern Papua New Guinea.
Remembering Professor Peter Gow (1958-2021)
The Department of Social Anthropology and the Centre for Amerindian and Latin American Studies are hosting an international event in remembrance of Professor Peter Gow (1958-2021).
Dr Karen Lane wins Outstanding Teacher in the Teaching Awards
Dr Karen Lane has been awarded Outstanding Teacher (Evening Degree) for her Social Anthropology programme.
Dr Bridget Bradley awarded Sustainability in the Curriculum Prize
Dr Bridget Bradley has been awarded the Sustainability in the Curriculum Prize for the best new module addressing sustainability in 2021.
Dr. Aimée Joyce receives COST Action award
Dr Aimée Joyce is the principal organiser on the newly established TRACTS: Trace as a Research Agenda for Climate Change, Technology Studies, and Social Justice funded by the EU Commission for Science and Innovation.
Reframing Disease Reservoirs: Histories & Ethnographies of Pathogens & Pestilence Conference
The Global War Against the Rat and the Epistemic Emergence of Zoonosis project is holding its first annual conference (May 26-28).
“Controlling the Plague in British India” Online Exhibition
Online exhibition “Controlling the Plague in British India” published by Visual Representations of the Third Plague Pandemic project in collaboration with Science Gallery Bengaluru.
Ladislav Holy Memorial Lecture (ASA2021) by Peter Geschiere
Ladislav Holy Memorial Lecture delivered at ASA2021 by Professor Peter Geschiere is now available online
ASA2021 Early Bird Registration is now open and will end on 15 March 2021
Early Bird Registration for ASA2021 (St Andrews, March 29-April 2) is now open and will end at 23:59 GMT on 15 March 2021.