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Fossil finding at Warden Point with Dr Matthew Skinner

By jk393 | 10 December 2020

The Anthropology Society (AnthSoc) recently ventured to Warden Point with Professor of Biological Anthropology, Matthew Skinner, to hunt for 50 million year-old fossils. Warden is … Read more

The Healer and The Psychiatrist launches globally and wins Best Feature Film at SVA Festival

By jk393 | 08 December 2020

Honorary Research Fellow in Social Anthropology, Dr Mike Poltorak’s, ethnographic documentary The Healer and the Psychiatrist is being launched by the distributor Documentary Education Resources … Read more

Animation, based on Dr Anika Haque’s research, is released on BBC iPlayer.

By gs510 | 07 December 2020

‘Animated Thinking’ – A Room in Mumbai is released on BBC iPlayer BBC iPlayer has released ‘A Room in Mumbai’, an animated film based on Dr Anika Haque’s research … Read more

Dr Jonathan Rock Rokem awarded funding to research migrant mobility and access to public urban resources

By jk393 | 07 December 2020

Lecturer in Human Geography, Dr Jonathan Rock Rokem, has been awarded funding as Project Investigator to lead the JPI Urban Europe Urban Migration research project, … Read more

Rediscovery of fossils from one of the UK’s most important archaeological sites

By jk393 | 02 December 2020

Biological anthropologists from the School of Anthropology and Conservation (SAC) have rediscovered fossils from Barnfield Pit in Swanscombe, Kent that have lain dormant for 70 years. … Read more

Neanderthal thumbs better adapted to holding tools with handles

By jk393 | 01 December 2020

Neanderthal thumbs were better adapted to holding tools in the same way that we hold a hammer, according to research undertaken at the Skeletal Biology … Read more

Ecologist and DICE alumna to give guest online lecture as part of the DICE Talk series

By jk393 | 20 November 2020

Dr Kirsty Swinnerton, an alumna from the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) will give a guest talk about the conservation of threatened island … Read more

What will be the impact of £40m funding for English green spaces?

By jk393 | 17 November 2020

Following the announcement that the UK Government will invest £40m into green spaces in England to help restore species and combat climate change, Dr Ian Bride, … Read more

Event – Forced to Flee: Living With and After Crisis Part 1

By jk393 | 16 November 2020

How do we live with, and move on from a crisis? Many people find themselves living in amongst the chaos of conflicts or crises just … Read more

Geography and Environment Autumn Term Seminar Series 2020

By jk393 | 13 November 2020

The Human Geography and Environmental Social Science Seminar Series at the University of Kent is launching its first series with two inaugural talks in the … Read more

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