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Social Anthropology at Manchester

Social Anthropology involves the study of social and cultural diversity across the world. Founded in 1949, the Manchester School developed a high international profile for innovative research, particularly in relation to late colonial Africa. Since then our interests have diversified both thematically and geographically and today cover most of the globe. We are particularly known for the study of politics and economics; borders, space and place; new technologies; visual culture and museums. We have an unequalled reputation for ethnographic film-making, photography and sound. We also have many interdisciplinary links, notably with colleagues in development studies, history, archaeology and drama.

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Social Anthropology Discover Day

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Anthropology postgraduate showcase

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Latest news

Congratulations to PhD student Jennifer Peachy for being awarded the Arthur Maurice Hocart Prize from the Royal Anthropological Institute, for the best essay on an anthropological subject by a student of any nationality registered for a postgraduate degree in anthropology at a British or Irish institution.

Manchester PhD graduate, André Cicalo, was awarded the 2012 book prize from the Brazilian Section of the Latin American Studies Association for his book, Urban Encounters: Affirmative Action and Black Identities in Brazil (Palgrave Macmillan 2012).

Paul Henley has been awarded a Leverhulme Major Fellowship (2013-2016) and Peter Wade won a British Academy Wolfson Research Professorship (2013-2016).

Katherine Smith’s recent book Fairness, Class and Belonging in Contemporary England (2012) has been nominated by Palgrave Macmillan publishers for the British Sociological Association’s Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 2013. 

The winner of this year's Emrys Peters Essay Prize is Laura Jordan (PhD, Manchester). Read more.

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Six pathways on our MA programme in Social Anthropology.

4 year BSocSci in Social Anthropology with International study

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Undergraduate study abroad programme

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PhD studentships

Awards include studentships funded by the ESRC,  the School of Social Sciences and the University of Manchester. Seven awards of various kinds were made to students starting doctoral programmes in 2013-14, with one award still pending. Applications for awards for 2014-15 will be invited towards the end of 2013, probably with a deadline very early in 2014. More details.

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IUAES World Anthropology Congress

The University of Manchester will be hosting the 2013 IUAES World Anthropology Congress Conference, with the theme"Evolving Humanity, Emerging Worlds", with the support of Manchester City Council. This is the first world congress to be held in Britain since the first meeting of the International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences was held in London in 1934. Please see the link for more details. More details.

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