Ancient DNA has provided spectacular insights into human history, particularly in Europe and Asia, where researchers have reconstructed the genomes of thousands of people. However, fewer than two ...

Sharing stories over a cup of coffee; dancing in a group; cheering a football game in a crowd: these everyday rituals are ...

Led by associate professor Caree Banton and adjunct lecturer Edvan Brito, the course will offer a thorough examination of the foundational sociocultural elements underpinning Brazilian society.

Major sub-disciplinary areas of study in the program include: cultural anthropology/ comparative cultural studies; archaeology; social theory; medical anthropology; political economy, development, and ...

In one of Europe’s most respected Social Anthropology departments, we promote long ethnographic fieldwork in a familiar or unfamiliar setting, at home or abroad. The Master’s thesis based on your ...

Applications have to be approved by the supervisor and the Department of Social Anthropology. Find more information about the options and criteria for elective courses from UiO and externally. Through ...

THE name 'social anthropology' came into use some sixty years ago to distinguish the subject from ethnology. The avowed aim has always been to apply the inductive method of the natural sciences to ...

The monograph series Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology publishes analytical ethnographies, comparative works and contributions to theory. All combine an expert and critical command ...

The first use of the word 'anthropology' in English was recorded in 1593, but its modern use to indicate the study and science of humanity became current in the late nineteenth century. At that time a ...