Professor Tracy Kivell, Professor of Biological Anthropology, recently shared her thoughts in a Nature News & Views article on the discovery of a new fossil ape … Read more
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Dr Daniela Peluso organises panel for the American and Canadian Anthropological (AAA/CASCA) Meetings on Changing Climates in Vancouver
Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology, Dr Daniela Peluso, in conjunction with Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Francesca Mezzenzana, have organised a panel for the American and … Read more
Open Lecture – ‘Homo Luzonensis: Discovery of a New Human Species’
Tuesday 3rd December 2019, 18:00 – 19:00. Marlowe Lecture Theatre 1, University of Kent Join Dr Florent Détroit, from the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, to … Read more
DICE MSc field trip to Slimbridge Wetland Centre 2019
In early October, Master’s students across the taught programmes offered by the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) visited the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust‘s … Read more
Event – ‘Approaching Brexit ethnographically, in times of nationalism, racism and xenophobia’
Monday 9th December 2019, 14:00 – 17:00. Swingland Room, Marlowe Building, University of Kent We are confronted with a challenging and timely dilemma: how can … Read more
Queen’s Anniversary Prize for the work of Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE)
The University has been awarded a highly prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education for the work of the Durrell Institute of Conservation … Read more
Dr Joseph W. Bull: ‘Policy-makers must take a more ambitious approach to reversing biodiversity loss’
A group of leading conservationists, including Dr Joseph W. Bull, Senior Lecturer in Conservation Science at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), is … Read more
Dr Matthew Skinner publishes paper revealing that teeth are more beautiful below the surface
Palaeoanthropologists use fossil teeth to reconstruct our evolutionary past. Unfortunately, information about tooth shape is lost as they wear down during an individual’s lifetime. A … Read more
Social Anthropology alumna Dr Carin Tunåker at 50 Years After Stonewall conference
Former PhD candidate in Social Anthropology, Dr Carin Tunåker, gave a talk at the 50 Years After Stonewall’ conference at the University of Edinburgh this … Read more
‘Seven Worlds, One Planet: why David Attenborough’s latest series disappointed me’: Laura Thomas-Walters writes for The Conversation
As someone who has researched the prominence of climate and ecological breakdown in David Attenborough’s documentaries, I was disappointed by the first episode of the … Read more