María Cifre Sabater, PhD candidate in Social Anthropology research, successfully defended her thesis earlier this month. Her PhD thesis, Changing Forests in a Changing Mediterranean … Read more
Month: December 2019
New Human Geography Sustainability Scholarships announced for 2020
To celebrate the launch of its new BSc in Human Geography in autumn 2019, the School of Anthropology and Conservation is offering five scholarships of … Read more
DICE PhD student Kate Allberry on collecting wild cat DNA samples in the Malaysian jungle
Kate Allberry is a PhD student in Biodiversity Management at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), researching how environmental change influences the movement … Read more
Dr Zerrin Özlem Biner publishes book on violence and precarious coexistence in Turkey
Dr Zerrin Özlem Biner, Lecturer in Social Anthropology, has published her book, States Of Dispossession, through the University of Pennsylvania Press. The military conflict between … Read more
Anthropology of China students visit London Buddhist Temple
Students on The Anthropology of China module visited a popular Chinese Buddhist temple in London last month. The temple is located just around the corner … Read more
DICE Talk – ‘Wildlife Trade on the New Silk Roads’
‘Wildlife Trade on the New Silk Roads’ is the theme of the December DICE talk. The talk will be given by Dr Amy Hinsley, Postdoctorate … Read more
Dr Khalil Avi Betz-Heinemann publishes article in Gods and Radicals and is invited on Last Born In The Wilderness podcast
Research Associate Dr Khalil Avi Betz-Heinemann has had his article Don’t Shoot the Messenger: Invasive Species and Halting Biodiversity Loss in the magazine Gods and … Read more
DICE PhD student Katie Spencer on the DICE 30th Anniversary Talk
This year marked the 30th Anniversary of the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) spanning three decades of applied conservation research across the world. … Read more
Postgraduate student’s ‘Anthropology in Arabic’ web series goes viral
Farah Hallaba has recently joined the School to embark upon an MA in Social Anthropology and Visual Ethnography. She made an informal, short video in … Read more
‘In Berlin, hyper-gentrification has proved just how fast conflict-torn cities can change’ – Dr Jonathan Rock Rokem writes for The Conversation
Dr Jonathan Rock Rokem, Lecturer in Human Geography, writes that Berlin’s urban transformation continues to foster hope for cities still divided by national conflicts. Modern day … Read more