FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL SCIENCES

Research carried out by Dr David Lawson from UCL Anthropology in collaboration with Dr Anna Goodman (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) and Professor Ilona Koupil (Centre for Health Equity Studies, Stockholm) has been reported in the media, including articles in the Economist and New Scientist. Their research published this week in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, tests current theories of why, as human populations get richer, do they start having less children?

Welcome to David Kertai, a new postdoctoral Research Associate, who recently joined the Institute.

The Institute of the Americas has been awarded a significant grant by the Foundation for Canadian Studies in the United Kingdom on behalf of its new Canadian Studies programme in 2012-2013.

The Institute will introduce three new masters degrees in 2013-14, the first of which is concerned with the archaeology and heritage of Asia.

Professor of United States Studies Iwan Morgan has coedited and contributed a chapter to a new publication that includes contributions by UK and US-based scholars:

Congratulations to Hilary Orange who has been awarded funding to undertake a Knowledge Exchange project at UCL.

Dean Sully encountered Olympic gold dust when Hinemihi welcomed the New Zealand Olympic team with a formal powhiri (ceremonial welcoming) at Clandon Park in Surrey.

A contingent of twenty Institute of Archaeology students took part in the excavations at Tel Bet Yerah (Khirbet el-Kerak), Israel, this summer.

A two day International Event at Anthropology Department, UCL on 6th to 7th November 2012

The Institute of Archaeology is pleased to welcome a strong intake of new undergraduate students, starting this September.