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Edinburgh Social Anthropology @socanthedi.bsky.social · Jun 13

We're looking for a one-year Teaching Fellow to start in August 2025. Come and join our team! We're receiving applications until 4th July.

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Teaching Fellow (Social Anthropology)

We are looking for a full time Teaching Fellow with experience in social anthropology to contribute to UG and PG courses in the Social Anthropology Subject Area.

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Resto Cruz @restocruz.bsky.social · Jun 12

A summer school on this theme would be helpful??

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Edinburgh Social Anthropology @socanthedi.bsky.social · May 15

Social Anthropology Away Day 2025 ✨

Discussing our values, contemporary anthropology and what we love about our work in Edinburgh on the sun-kissed roof of the National Museum of Scotland.

#anthropology #edinburgh @uoe-sps.bsky.social

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Edinburgh Social Anthropology @socanthedi.bsky.social · May 7

This Friday, 9th May, we’re celebrating Lotte Hoek’s (@mediaautomatiek.bsky.social) promotion as Professor of Cultural Anthropology. She will give her inaugural lecture, ‘For an anthropology of the screen’. If you’re in the vicinity, please come and join us.

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Poster of Lotte Hoek’s inaugural lecture, ‘For an anthropology of the screen’.

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CSSH Journal @csshjournal.bsky.social · Apr 30

"The history of corruption/anti-corruption has been a popular struggle over what politics should look like."

New on FirstView, "A Thousand Years of #Corruption: A History of Corruption and Anti-corruption in the #Philippines since 1946" by Marco Garrido.

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A Thousand Years of Corruption: A History of Corruption and Anti-corruption in the Philippines since 1946 | Comparative Studies in Society and History | Cambridge Core

A Thousand Years of Corruption: A History of Corruption and Anti-corruption in the Philippines since 1946

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Edinburgh Social Anthropology @socanthedi.bsky.social · Mar 19

“Unpacking a sacking: Moral outrage and female workplace precarity in peri-urban India” by Dr. Atreyee Sen

We look forward to welcome Dr. Sen to the Anthropology Seminar to discuss thee dynamics of moral surveillance of digitally literate, young professional women in India. Join us!

Poster for Atreyee Sen's Seminar at the University of Edinburgh

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Lukas Engelmann @engelmal.bsky.social · Mar 18

🚨Job Klaxon🚨

Seeking a post-doc for 5.5 years (!) on our brand new @medicinewithoutdoctors.org project!

The candidate will be working with @cathm.bsky.social and the wider team to lead on playful, design-based methodological collaboration.

Deadline 31 March 2025

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMD146/p...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Medicine without Doctors) at The University of Edinburgh

Explore an exciting academic career as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Medicine without Doctors). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

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Edinburgh Social Anthropology @socanthedi.bsky.social · Mar 7

There are three more Social Anthropology seminars coming up this semester in Edinburgh!

Don’t miss our brilliant speakers:

✨ Nafis Hasan (14/3)

✨ Atreyee Sen (21/3)

✨ Pooyan Tamimi Arab (28/3)

Fridays, 3-5pm, Chrystal Macmillan Building, all welcome!

#anthropology @pooyan1983.bsky.social

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Edinburgh Social Anthropology @socanthedi.bsky.social · Mar 10

We're excited to host @jasondeleon.bsky.social's Munro Lecture later this month:

Soldiers & Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling
27 March 2015, 17.15
MacLaren Stuart Room G. 159 Old College

This event is open to all: jasondeleon.eventbrite.co.uk

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Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 17.15
MacLaren Stuart Room, G. 159 Old College

In this Munro Lecture, Professor Jason De León will present stories from his recent book ("Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling") and examine the complicated relationship among transnational gangs, the human smuggling industry, and migrant desires for safety and well-being.

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Edinburgh Social Anthropology @socanthedi.bsky.social · Mar 7

We could not be prouder of our former Social Anthropology PhD student Dr. Amarasuriya, who was appointed Sri Lanka’s first woman prime minister in 24 years. She was sworn in on 24 September 2024. Her intelligence, integrity, and empathy, have since marked her tenure. #AnthroSky #Anthropology

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Resto Cruz @restocruz.bsky.social · Mar 7

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Edinburgh Social Anthropology @socanthedi.bsky.social · Mar 7

Hello everyone! 👋 We're a bit late, but looking forward to posting here often and re(connecting) with you. In the meantime, please give us a follow and repost this. 😊 #AnthroSky #Anthropology

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Edinburgh Social Anthropology @socanthedi.bsky.social · Mar 7

Hello everyone! 👋 We're a bit late, but looking forward to posting here often and re(connecting) with you. In the meantime, please give us a follow and repost this. 😊 #AnthroSky #Anthropology

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The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities @iashedinburgh.bsky.social · Jan 7

Applications are now open for 2025-26 Fellowships at IASH, with 60 places available! Apply here: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/application-...

Senior/mid-career programmes close 28 Feb.
Postdoctoral/early-career programmes close 25 April.

See our Fellowship pages for details: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/fellowship-p...

Application form | IASH

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American Ethnological Society // American Ethnologist (journal) @amethno.bsky.social · Feb 19

*️⃣*️⃣*️⃣ AE FORUM (52.1): I Was Wrong *️⃣*️⃣*️⃣

“What even the cowherds and women know”:
Everyday life and its promise

by Veena Das
#anthrosky #anthropology

Find it here: ⬇️ americanethnologist.org/journal/issu...

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Resto Cruz @restocruz.bsky.social · Nov 19

How about a kinship studies starter pack?

Please let me know if you’d like to be included (or removed). And please share!

Cc: @wennergrenorg.bsky.social

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Resto Cruz @restocruz.bsky.social · Dec 19

Great news. Congratulations!

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Resto Cruz @restocruz.bsky.social · Dec 10

Done!

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Camelia Dewan PhD @cameliadewan.bsky.social · Dec 10

After seven years of rejections and revisions, my article "Affective assemblages of kinship and single mothers’ labour migration from a ‘climate hotspot’" is now published with
the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
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OA: Please check it out!

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Resto Cruz @restocruz.bsky.social · Dec 6

On Monday, 9th Dec, we're hosting a hybrid seminar by Gabriel Scheidecker (Zurich). His talk will introduce the field of global parenting interventions, and point out the relevance of the anthropology of kinship and encourage a critical exchange between these fields
www.sps.ed.ac.uk/news-event/e...

Where is the anthropology of kinship? Its critical potential for the science of parenting interventions | School of Social and Political Sciencelogo

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Hans Steinmüller @steinmuller.bsky.social · Dec 5

Anthropologists! There's a new call for special issues out with Social Analysis. Deadline is 15 Jan 2025 - please get in touch if any questions www.berghahnjournals.com/fileasset/sa...

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Margot Weiss @margotweiss.bsky.social · Nov 30

👇CFP for the SCA Biennial UNconference, Restorative Relations

Here’s the starting point: does the thought of attending another academic conference elicit fatigue and burnout instead of excitement and possibility? Can it be different?

This is gonna be GOOD!

@culanth.bsky.social #anthrosky

Call for Contributions: Restorative Relations, the 2025 SCA Biennial

Restorative Relations: An Unconference The 2025 SCA Biennial May 8-11, 2025 Stony Point Center; Stony Point, New York Submissions due by Friday, ...

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Resto Cruz @restocruz.bsky.social · Nov 27

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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · Nov 22

It was called LiveJournal and you told the whole world what you wouldn’t even share with your therapist

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Haunted Nick Seaver @nickseaver.website · Nov 21

love it when a book is published specifically for me (on diagrams in anthropology!) punctumbooks.com/titles/burni...

Burning diagrams in anthropology: an inverse museum, by Tristan Partridge, featuring some abstract diagrams on the cover

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Carly Schuster @carlyschuster.bsky.social · Nov 20

Our department at Australian National University is hiring in medical #anthropology. It’s Level B (continuing), equivalent to Assistant Professor. PhD must be in hand (not abd unfortunately). Closing end of Jan. Please spread the word! jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/lecture...

Lecturer in Medical Anthropology - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia

Classification: Academic Level BSalary package: $112,916 - $128,026 per annum plus 17% superannuation Term: Full time, Continuing Location: Canberra / ACT The opportunity to work within a colla...

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