The MA in Anthropology and Law program advances knowledge of human thought, behavior, and social activity across cultures by focusing on the interconnections of anthropology and law. The program is ...

If chimps could talk -- Fossils and what they tell us -- Group size and settlement -- Teaching, sharing and exchange -- Origins of language and symbolism -- Elementary structures of kinship -- A new ...

Social and cultural anthropology examines the myriad ways in which human societies organise themselves, create meaning, and negotiate change. It encompasses the study of social institutions, rituals, ...

Peter Benson, Ph.D., is a cultural anthropologist who teaches courses on culture, film, capitalism, social theory, and ethnography. He received a Ph.D. in social anthropology from Harvard University ...

This course is compulsory on the BA in Social Anthropology and BSc in Social Anthropology. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students. The course gives students ...

Gananath “Obey” Obeyesekere, professor of anthropology, emeritus, died at his home in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on March 25. He was 95. An ethnographer of religion whose scholarship bridged the disciplines ...