A
message
from Douglas MacMillan, Reader in Resource Economics and Head of School
Welcome to the newly
renamed School of
Anthropology and Conservation! Read
more ...
It's been twelve years since social anthropology joined with the
Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) to form a new
department and in this time we have grown from strength to strength. We
have introduced a range of new taught programmes (both undergraduate
and postgraduate) in conservation, biological anthropology and social
anthropology, seen a doubling of student numbers, moved into new
premises (complete with our own purpose-built laboratories), and
enjoyed excellent results in both of the last two Research Assessment
Exercises (RAE). Our change of name and status as a School reflects
this success.
The strength of the new School lies in both the range and integration
of its intellectual interests: we know that studying humans and human
culture requires an understanding of humans as both cultural beings and
biological animals and we recognise that conservation is more than just
studying the natural world, but also needs an appreciation of how
humans interact with and sometimes threaten that world.
Please use the menus on this page to explore further what we have to
offer: should you require further information you are very welcome to
contact the relevant member of staff.
See
the Student Bulletin
for details of what's happening in the school this week
This
year's Stirling Lecture (17th
November) 'Biological
Relatives: Kinship after Embryo Culture'
to be given by Sarah Franklin, Professor of Social Studies of
Biomedicine at LSE. Professor Franklin is particularly interested in
reproductive and genetic technologies, and has conducted fieldwork on
IVF, cloning, embryo research and stem cells. Her lecture will draw on
material from the book she is currently writing about the history of
IVF. Details
News
RAI
Fellowship in Urgent Anthropology
2009: The Urgent Anthropology
Fellowship for 2009-10 has been
awarded to Dr Simron Singh,
ecological
anthropologist and expert on the Nicobar Islands at the Institute for
Social Ecology in Vienna. More(added 31/07/09)
