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25 April 2012
We are sad to announce that Dr. Donald Tayler died quite peacefully on Monday 16 April at the John Radcliffe Hospital, aged 80. He had been at home until just a couple of days before, helped by various wonderful carers who managed to make him comfortable and he had been able to enjoy some of the... More >
17 April 2012
Dr Christina Riggs (University of East Anglia) will deliver the 2012 Evans-Pritchard Lectures during Weeks 1 to 3 of Trinity Term in The Old Library at All Souls College at 5.00 pm.
Unwrapping Ancient Egypt: The Shroud, The Secret and the Sacred
Tuesday 24 April: Desecration
Wednesday 25... More >
17 April 2012
Professor Adam Kuper (Fellow of the British Academy) will deliver the 2012 Marett Memorial Lecture on Friday 27 April at 5.00 pm in the Saskatchewan Room, Exeter College.
Anthropologists and the Bible
The anthropology of religion has maintained an uneasy, often unacknowledged, usually... More >
10 November 2011
Read more about how this study adds to our understanding of the origins of human social behaviour in this BBC news article. More >
30 September 2011
The School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography invites applications for a maximum of three fee waiver awards of up to a value of £10,000 p.a. each to support students beginning their doctoral studies within the School in October 2012. The awards are for a maximum of three years (two years in the... More >
5 September 2011
Robin Dunbar's theory about gossip is making mainstream impact on TV. His work was referenced in the opening sequence of the Big Bang Theory on C4 on 18th August. The limit of 150 friends a person can keep track of appeared on both the Colbert Report (US) (at about 6 mins 30) and QI. More >
5 September 2011
Amy Duffuor, who graduated with Distinction from the final MPhil Migration Studies cohort this year, was awarded a 'Future Leader of Britain' award, which recognizes 100 of the UK's most outstanding black graduates, by Powerful Media on 2nd September at City Hall. Amy is a U.S national and the... More >
31 August 2011
Robin Dunbar's theory about gossip is making mainstream impact on TV. His work was referenced in the opening sequence of the Big Bang Theory on C4 on 18th August. The limit of 150 friends a person can keep track of appeared on both the Colbert Report (US)... More >
22 August 2011
The 'At Home in Japan' exhibition, curated by Inge Daniels at the Geffrye Museum of the Home, in Kingsland Road, London, has featured in the Telegraph (22 Aug) as one of the top five exhibitions to see in London this week. The exhibition that accompanies her recent book The Japanese House:... More >
18 August 2011
Rossi & Rossi and Hanart Square co-present:-
Kesang Lamdark and Palden Weinreb:Generation Exile - Exploring New Tibetan Identities
Curated by Dr Clare Harris
Hanart Square, 2/F Mai On Industrial Building, 17-21 Kung Yip Street, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong
Exhibition from 5 September to 8... More >
