UCL Anthropology

The Anthropology department is delighted to announce that it will be awarding a number of Mary Douglas Awards, collectively worth £32,000, to students applying for our Master’s programmes for entry in September 2013.  These fee waivers, worth between £1000 -£ 4000 pounds depending on the programme, will be available across all eight of the masters programmes and will be awarded based on the merit of individual applications. 

Christopher Pinney, Professor of Anthropology and Visual Culture at UCL has been awarded the Padma Shri on the occasion of Republic Day by the Government of India. Pinney was given the award under the category of Literature and Education. Non-citizens of India are very rarely given the Padma Shri. The award will be presented by the President of India at Rashtrapati Bhavan. > Read: The Ministry of Home Affairs press release