Last week we saw the launch of the new 'EDI in application processes' toolkit! editoolkit.webspace.durham.ac.uk (more info in thread 👇)

Our Prof Rob Barton has been elected as a fellow of the @rsb.org.uk! Fellows of the RSB demonstrate a distinctive and notable contribution to the advancement of the biological sciences, with min. 5yrs' influential experience throughout their career. More about Rob: www.durham.ac.uk/staff/r-a-ba...

Prof Nayanika Mookherjee has said of her article: "In this essay I write on the danger of misinformation in South Asia in the run up to the Feb 2026 Bangladeshi elections and the codes of vulnerabilities which becomes preyed on." (continued in thread)

New article published by our Prof Nayanika Mookherjee, '2026 Bangladeshi Elections and Information Bombs' Read it here: www.durham.ac.uk/research/cur... (republished from counterpointbd.com) #Anthropology #PoliticalAnthropology #DurhamAnthropology

"Untimely Figures: Artefacts, Time and History in an Amerindian Ritual" Last term our Department's Dr Paolo Fortis was invited to give the weekly Departmental Seminar at the University of Oslo's Social Anthropology Department - learn more here! www.sv.uio.no/sai/english/... #Anthropology

📃 Out now! 📃 Our Anthropology Department's Professor Yulia Egorova has co-edited an issue of Ethnoscripts titled 'Jewish Cultural Heritage, Minority Agency, and the State' - available free and open access here: journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/ethnoscripts... #DUresearch #Anthropology #CulturalHeritage

Research by @tomyarrow.bsky.social challenges the idea that emotional openness is the only route to friendship. He found that care & intimacy can be forged through shared work, banter & even silence. www.durham.ac.uk/research/cur... @uk.theconversation.com @durhamanthropology.bsky.social

My @uk.theconversation.com piece on male friendship and intimacy beyond words is out today:

Me on Sky News waffling nervously about friendship and intimacy: news.sky.com/video/mental...

Keep an ear out this Thursday 18 Dec at 11am for our Prof Jo Setchell on BBC Radio 4! It's all about monkey business... 🐒 If you can't wait - it's already available online: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #Anthropology #Primates #DurhamAnthropology

Today sees the publication of the Theme Issue featuring the CES Transformation Fund grant scheme. Enjoy! royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3... @durhamdcerc.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social @cultevolfunding.bsky.social @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social

We're looking forward to the upcoming Inaugural Professorial Lecture by our Professor Ben Campbell - “What Are you Doing in this Place of Nothing but Rocks and Trees?” 🗓️ 3-5pm, 10 Dec 2025 📍CLC407, Calman Learning Centre Free to attend! More info and abstract: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Professor Gina Porter, @durhamanthropology.bsky.social, and Bradley Rink, at the University of the Western Cape, draw on research in Cape Town and London to challenge the common assumption that young men walk freely and without fear within communities. Read more 👉 bit.ly/43I4D8B #DUResearch

Aug 2025 when our Prof Nayanika Mookherjee was in Bangladesh: Nayanika carried out fieldwork, gave a lecture at Jahangirnagar University's Anthropology Dept and spoke at a Legal Aid (BLAST) event, on Reparative Justice for victims of conflict related sexual violence (CRSV). She also...(1/2)

First paper out in FACE-UP project on protecting children from urban air pollution www.growkudos.com/articles/10.... with Judith Covey and @clairehorwell.bsky.social. @durhamanthropology.bsky.social

'Undamned: indigenous leadership in river restoration in North America', a talk by Prof Beth Rose Middleton Manning (University of California, Davis) on 10 Nov, 5.30pm at Trevelyan College. No need to book, just come along. #IASFellows @durhamanthropology.bsky.social

Thanks @patrickesavage.bsky.social great to see the door stop being used in great teaching @durhamanthropology.bsky.social @durhamdcerc.bsky.social

📢 Upcoming event! 📢 This year's Layton Dialogue will be on Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Change: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. 📅 5 Nov, 3-5pm 📍CLC407, Calman Learning Centre Free and open to all! More info: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/... #Anthropology #IndigenousKnowledge #ClimateChange

Our Head of Department Prof Yulia Egorova a few weeks ago: 💭 Yulia presented her work on Jewish-Muslim solidarity networks at the workshop ‘Unsilencing Islam: Historical and Sociological Perspectives’. 📍The University of Chicago-Paris Centre, organised by Sarra Zaied and Elisabeth Becker-Topkara

Delighted to share that Athena Swan have conferred a Silver Award on our Department! This recognises our efforts to advance #GenderEquality in our community. Thank you to so many in our Department for their work towards this application! @advancehe.bsky.social #AthenaSwan #Anthropology

Day 1 of our recent Gibraltar field school: 🗺️ site orientation in the Upper Rock Nature Reserve 📋practice behavioural data collection 😋and a dinner in Casemates Square! Find out more about our residential field courses: durham.ac.uk/departments/... #Anthropology #StudyAnthropology #Fieldwork

Congratulations to our Prof Jo Setchell, appointed to the REF (Research Excellence Framework) 2029 sub-panel on #Anthropology and #DevelopmentStudies! This expert sub-panel will assess #research quality in Anthropology and Development Studies, across UK higher education institutions.

The Royal Anthropological Institute has awarded our Prof Nayanika Mookherjee with the Rivers Memorial Medal, one of the highest accolades in #anthropology! This recognises her outstanding contributions to anthropology, with an emphasis on fieldwork and a significant body of theoretical literature.

Congratulations to one of our PhD students, Emily! 👏🎉 Read more in the new blog post Emily's linked to below! #Anthropology

Ever wondered what #Anthropology is and how it can kickstart your career? Our BSc Anthropology alum Lucy Faber spoke to Prof Rob Barton on exactly this topic! Learn how Anthropology gives you the skills & perspective to thrive in the workplace ☝️ 🎞️ Full interview on YouTube - link in bio/thread!

🎓 Interested in studying #Anthropology at the 'University of the Year'? Check out our undergrad courses: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/... - and our postgrad taught courses! www.durham.ac.uk/departments/... Congratulations to our global university community on this success! 👏 Read more below 👇

It's a wrap! Team BONES finishes the field season and departs Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya. Our Department's Fire Kovarovic stops for the traditional post-field-season photo on the equator 🌍 #Anthropology #Fieldwork #Palaeoanthropology #DUresearch #DurhamUni

🎙️ 'Betwixt The Sheets': History of Celibacy 🎙️ aka a #HistoryHit #podcast ft. our Emeritus Professor Sandra Bell and Professor Elisa Sobo! Together they've edited a book: 'Celibacy, Culture, And Society: #Anthropology Of Sexual Abstinence'. 🎧 Listen to learn more: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

(1/3) Check out this blog post below by one of our BA #Anthropology alumni, Abigail Lewis! Abigail is now Access and Participation Programme Coordinator at Durham Students' Union. wonkhe.com/blogs/for-so...

New #research co-authored by our Prof Rob Barton reveals that in primates, longer thumbs and larger brains evolved together 🧠 Read the #OpenAccess paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s42... #DUresearch #Anthropology #PrimateEvolution #CognitiveEvolution #DurhamAnthropology

(1/2) A recently deceased male elephant provides an opportunity to study the dispersal of large mammal remains! Pictured here: our Department's Fire Kovarovic, Briana Pobiner (NMNH Smithsonian), Kari Lintulaakso (Finnish Natural History Museum LUOMUS) and Isaack Kipkoech (Ol Pejeta Conservancy).

Physical copies of this 71-chapter tome now exist. Do encourage your library to buy a copy…also doubles as excellent door stop! Co-edited with Jamie Tehrani and @rachkendal.bsky.social. @oxunipress.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social

In Kyoto: Prof Hannah Brown is a RIHN Visiting Research Fellow researching bushmeat, zoonotic disease, and ‘local knowledge’ between #anthropology and #ecology. She will work with Associate Professor Hongo, the FASHLOKS project and engage with others at RIHN. More: www.chikyu.ac.jp/rihn_e/news/...

🔍 Snaps from a one-day workshop on how to identify mammal bones, evidence of carnivore damage and weathering recorded on them! Dr Fire Kovarovic, Dr Ogeto Mwebi and Dr Briana Pobiner delivered this workshop, attended by staff at Ol Pejeta conservancy. Thanks Nelly Maiyo for helping us organise it!

Really pleased my paper (with Paolo Heywood) 'On the problem of continuity' just got accepted by JRAI. It proposes a theory of culture beyond the inventive assumptions that often dominate analyses and over-determine ethnography. DM or email if you're interested to see the accepted draft.

#InTheField in Kenya 🚙 Packing the field vehicle to head out of Nairobi to Ol Pejeta wildlife conservancy for a few weeks of #fieldwork! L-R: Our Fire Kovarovic, Ogeto Mwebi (National Museums of Kenya), Briana Pobiner (Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History) #anthropology #DUresearch

Our latest plug for the value of anthropological theory in applied contexts. Writing led by my colleague Andrea Kaiser Grolimund @swisstph.ch with collaboration from the Alive Africa project team. Funding: @erc.europa.eu Does One Health need an ontological turn? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We're showcasing some of our @erc.europa.eu projects, including work by Professor Hannah Brown & her team to deepen understanding of human-animal relations in evolving economic conditions. Read more: bit.ly/4dMQQkU @britishacademy.bsky.social @durhamanthropology.bsky.social @mamatommy.bsky.social

Researchers from our @durhamanthropology.bsky.social ‬ have shown that human persecution leads to prolonged anxiety & physiological stress amongst baboons. Find out more 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

Thank you to all 🗳️ Durham University voters 🗳️ who gave my poster the 1st place in the DCAD Poster competition! 🥇 This means a lot! All your comments and feedback were highly useful 🌸

Click the link below to learn about Durham's MSc in Physical Activity, Health and Society! 🎓🔍⬇️ ➡️ www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

To celebrate Earth Day, take a look at Durham's MSc in Global and Planetary Health! 🌍🎓⬇️ ➡️ www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Great talk by @rachelaharrison.bsky.social at #ehbea2025, showing that children were less likely to 'overimitate' with an unfamiliar, than a familiar, demonstrator.

Loved presenting the first half of my PhD research on Storytelling and human cooperation today @ehbea2025.bsky.social - thanks to all the organisers for a great conference!

And in an exciting new development, @emilymljeffries.bsky.social of @durhamanthropology.bsky.social wins the other best student talk prize! Amazing day for @durhamuniversity.bsky.social and @durhamdcerc.bsky.social PhD students. #ehbea #ehbea2025

Click the link below to learn about Durham's MSc in Sustainability, Energy and Development! 🎓🔍⬇️ ➡️ www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Click the link below to learn about our MSc in Medical Anthropology! 🎓🔍⬇️ www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Dr Micheal Crawley's (@mphcrawley.bsky.social) new book, 'To the Limit' has been shortlisted for The Sports Performance Book of the Year 2025! 📚🏆 To learn about the award, and to vote, click the link below! ➡️ sportsbookawards.com/vote/

Professor Helen Ball's new book 'How Babies Sleep - A Factual Guide to the First 365 Days and Nights' will be released this May! 📚📅 To pre-order her new book, click the below! ✅ www.penguin.co.uk/books/459772... She is also currently recording the audio version of her book! 🎤🎧

Click the link below to learn about our MA in Socio-Cultural Anthropology! 🎓🔍⬇️ www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...