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Artifacts from the University's Museums and Special Collections on exhibit in China
More than 120 items from the University’s Egyptian archaeology collection are being exhibited in venues across China throughout 2024. “Meet Ancient Egypt: Mummy, Life and Death in Ancient Egypt” is made up entirely of items on loan from the University of Aberdeen and was designed by Meet You Museum. Artifacts in...
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Success for School of Social Sciences in Guardian University Rankings
The University of Aberdeen has been ranked 4th in the UK for Anthropology and Archaeology, 7th for International Relations, 9th for Politics and 14th for Sociology and Social Policy in the latest Guardian University Guide.
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League Tables Success for the School of Social Science
The University of Aberdeen has been ranked 6th in the UK for Anthropology and Archaeology, 4th in the UK for International Relations and 8th in the UK for Politics by the Guardian University Guide 2023.
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STAR at The Burn
The Scottish Training in Anthropological Research (STAR) course for postgraduate students took place in April 2022. This course is organised by the consortium of anthropology departments at Aberdeen, Edinburgh and St Andrews universities. Students have talks, classes and workshops preparing them for fieldwork. The course traditionally takes place over a few...
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Student Prizes!
Congratulations to our students Annie Nichol, Sara Schmidt and Astrid Offersen, who have all been awarded prizes in this years graduating lists. Well done to all of you! Annie Nichol – prize for Best Dissertation in Anthropology Sara Schmidt – prize for Best Student in Anthropology (Single Honours) Astrid Offersen – prize for...
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Student Awarded Prestigious Wenner-Gren Grant
Congratulations to Laura Goyhenex, anthropology PhD student, for winning a prestigious grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation to conduct her fieldwork with Smith’s Landing First Nation (Tthebatthı Dënésułıné) in Canada. Laura’s doctoral project is on roads for the First Nations communities in the changing Subarctic landscapes (NWT and Alberta, Canada). Well...
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Emeritus Professor Tim Ingold Awarded CBE!
We are very proud to announce that our colleague Tim Ingold, author of The Perception of the Environment, Lines and other key anthropological texts, has been awarded a CBE for his services to Anthropology! To learn more, visit the article at the Press and Journal.
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Sarah Hiepler selected for the Graduate Women International Recognition Award
Sarah Hiepler, PhD student in Anthropology- Archaeology, has recently been awarded the GWI 2022 Recognition Award from Graduate Women International for her PhD research on displaying death in museums. GWI state that: "The fellowships and grants offered by GWI and its national affiliates support the research, study and training needed to open doors...
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Martin Mills published in Monks, Money and Morality
Senior Lecturer in Anthropology and Director of the Scottish Centre for Himalayan Research, Dr Martin Mills, has been published in a new volume, Monks, Money and Morality: The Balancing Act of Contemporary Buddhism, edited by Christoph Brumann, Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko and Beata Switek. The book shows the key position of economic exchanges...
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Museum Studies Exhibition Makes the News!
This summer, a team of Museum Studies Students from the Department of Anthropology created the digital exhibition, Toil and Trouble. This well researched exhibition 'explores the unique history of witchcraft in Scotland' through the themes of Medicine or Magic, Gendered Violence and Oppression, Relationship with Religion, Witch Hunts, and Representation. To...