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The Institute for Subjectivity and the Cultural Imagination (I-SCI) brings together anthropologists working on the role of the imagination in diverse social and cultural scales
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The Laboratory for the Ethnography of the UK (LabUK) is a research platform for the study of contemporary British society and culture through an anthropological lens
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MSc in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Our MSc in Social and Cultural Anthropology is a flagship of cutting edge, research-led training in socio-cultural anthropology. Offering a flexible programme of study in the heart of London, the course provides a thorough grounding in anthropological theory and analysis, an understanding of ethnographic approaches to the study of contemporary society, and a strong foundation in anthropological research methods and their interface with the professional practices in the world at large. Read more about the MSc in Social and Cultural Anthropology programme
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New IBSc Film
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more about past and present students' experience of the IBSc programme in
medical anthropology, including the journalist Max Pemberton, in this new
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Eight Teaching Assistants Required
Would you like to earn approximately £670 (possibly a little more) helping to run the ‘People and the Sea’ Global Citizenship Programme which is being piloted for the first time this year at the end of this term. More...
Padma Shri Award
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.
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Travel, Imagination and Experience
A discussion on the pleasures of armchair anthropology and the suffering of travellers with
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Starts: May 1, 2013 5:00:00 PM
Asian Philosophical Encounters
This workshop hopes to bring together a range of themes, including ideas of sameness and difference, temporality, comparison, and cosmology, drawing on philosophical and religious texts from Chinese, Japanese, and inner Asian traditions to inform anthropological perspectives. In particular, we are interested in discussing and exploring how and to what extent ideas from these traditions can help problematize ethnographic concerns with cross-cultural translation.
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Starts: Apr 29, 2013 9:30:00 AM
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