Dr Martha Newson has written extensively about the relationship between highly committed football supporters and her new research indicates that cocaine use may be associated … Read more
Category: Social Anthropology
April News RoundUp
April -the sun shone, the snow fell, we could get a haircut again or freeze in a pub garden, you handed in your dissertations, the … Read more
“We need to rewrite the stories we tell ourselves!” – Harnessing agency to effect change in the age of eco-anxiety
Natasha Jacob, studying for a BSc in Human Ecology with a Year in Professional Practice writes the third in a series of blogs about how … Read more
Fossil finding at Warden Point with Dr Matthew Skinner
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
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
Being Human – An Anthropology Taster Event 2020
The School of Anthropology and Conservation event is pleased to offer an online Being Human Taster Event for undergraduate applicants and enquirers on Wednesday 2 December 2020, … Read more
Event – Forced to Flee: Living With and After Crisis Part 1
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
PhD students in Social Anthropology present at Qualitative Health Research Network workshop on public trust in healthcare
Keira Pratt-Boyden and Laura Burke, fourth-year PhD candidates in Social Anthropology, were recently invited to participate in ‘Truth, Trust and Research in Health and Social … Read more
Event – Decolonising Scholarship: A conversation with Victoria Klinkert
On the 9th November, 2020, the Centre for Ethnographic Research will welcome Victoria Klinkert, PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at SOAS, to … Read more
Event – Book launch of Dr Zerrin Özlem Biner’s States of Dispossession
On 16th November, 2020, the Centre for Ethnographic Research will be celebrating Dr Zerrin Özlem Biner’s new ethnographic monograph States of Dispossession: Violence and Precarious … Read more