Global war against the rat
Dr Christos Lynteris, has been awarded the Investigator Award in the Humanities and Social Sciences. He will lead a research team to investigate ‘The Global War Against the Rat and the Epistemic Emergence of Zoonosis’.
Department news
Article in Anthropology Today
Our PhD student Gabriela Manley has an article in the latest issue of Anthropology Today, entitled "Scotland's Post-Referenda Futures" - a topic relevant to everyone.
New book: "The Anthropology of Epidemics"
The Anthropology of Epidemics, co-edited by Christos Lynteris, Ann Kelly and Frédéric Keck.
New book: "How to Read Ethnography"
An essential guide to approaching anthropological texts.
New publication: "Energy and Ethics?"
By Mette M High and Jessica M Smith. This special issue of the JRAI presents a much-needed rethinking of how to understand the vital and vexing questions posed by our production, distribution, and use of energy.
PhD studentship in Social Anthropology and Modern History
The project “Esperanto 4.0: Millennials and the global Esperanto movement in historical and anthropological perspective” invites applications for one PhD studentship.
New book: “The Anthropology of the Future”
This book, by Rebecca Bryant and Daniel M Knight, presents the concept of 'orientations' as a way to study everyday life.
A warm welcome to Dr Pauline Destrée
Dr Pauline Destrée joins the Department as a postdoctoral fellow on Dr Mette High's ERC-funded project Energy Ethics.
Congratulations to Antonio Montañés Jiménez
Congratulations to Antonio Montañés Jiménez who has been awarded the prestigious Young Sociologist Prize of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Time and the ethnographic horizon in moments of crisis
The Centre for Pacific Studies is excited to announce a new research venture to explore the time horizons that inform people’s perceptions of crisis.