We're hosting a virtual town hall on 24 Mar, 3-4pm, where our CEO, Professor Sir Ian Chapman, will outline UKRI's upcoming five-year strategy & new mission. He'll be joined by an executive panel and a Q&A will follow. Registration closes 23 Mar, 5pm. Register here⬇️

Reminder for tomorrow if you're on campus! Promises to be a great talk 😀

Thank you, @flintdibble.bsky.social, for a great talk today! Full room and long Q&A 😎

For those of you on campus tomorrow, this is a reminder for our next BAARS with @flintdibble.bsky.social!

#ICYMI: Dr Antonella Mazzone (@bristolantharch.bsky.social) introduced us to her River Comics @leverhulme.ac.uk project which explores the ways Amazonian communities adapt to climate change & the lessons we can learn from them Read more about this important research 👉 brnw.ch/21x0j9L

Reminder for tomorrow: our very own Dr Zhang tomorrow in BAARS!

✍️ Dr Antonella Mazzone (@bristolantharch.bsky.social) introduces her River Comics @leverhulme.ac.uk project which explores the ways Amazonian communities adapt to climate change & the lessons we can learn from them Read more about this timely research 👉 brnw.ch/21x0j9L @cabot-institute.bsky.social

Listen to our own Dr Morelli! 🙌🏽

Reminder for tomorrow for those of you on campus!

Reminder for tomorrow's BAARS!

Tomorrow in BAARS 📢 See you there!

Yesterday, Dr Fulminante hosted a special interdisciplinary BAARS workshop 'Beyond binary: navigating the spectrum of gender in the Past to disseminate EDIB in the Present'. Here some pics from the event. Thank you to all the wonderful speakers and contributors!

Congratulations to Dr Becerra-Valdivia and her colleagues on this new publication! 🐢 🌊

Reminder for tomorrow at BAARS 👇 See you there!

Congratulations to Prof Mhairi Gibson and Dr Hannelore Van Bavel for their new publication! This work is a broad review on how anthropologists are contributing to understanding on FGMC. Read through link 👉 doi.org/10.1111/aman...

How monogamous are humans compared to other animals? Check out this BBC interview with @kitopie.bsky.social to learn more!

Recent research by @kitopie.bsky.social also discussed in The Archaeology Channel 👇🏽👏🏽 www.archaeologychannel.org/audio-guide/... @uobartsmatter.bsky.social

Nice to have heard Kit on the radio yesterday discussing his recent publication on @nathumbehav.nature.com! Congrats on all the engagement 🙌 🎉 @uobartsmatter.bsky.social

Thank you to Dr Adam van Casteren (@adamvanc.bsky.social) for a great (& very active) BAARS talk today on human and ape biomechanics 🚶🏾‍♀️ 🦍!! Our seminar series resumes next term so watch this space for more amazing speakers ☝🏽

I am pleased to share that my review of David Pendery’s Transnational Taiwan: Crossing Borders into the 21st Century has now been published in the International Journal of Taiwan Studies. This marks my first academic publication after joining @bristolantharch.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1163/2468...

'It may feel worlds apart, but the challenges and choices facing states today have been playing out since the dawn of the earliest states, thousands of years ago.' Dr @kitopie.bsky.social (@bristolantharch.bsky.social) writes in a new piece for The Conversation theconversation.com/the-real-rea...

Here’s @theconversation.com piece accompanying the recent paper by Kit and colleague. Check it out👇🏽

Congratulations to our own, @kitopie.bsky.social, and his colleague on this new @nathumbehav.nature.com paper on the role of cereal grains in the creation of early states! 🙌👏 Clink on the post below to access and enjoy 👇

🗣️ TONIGHT: Join Jonathan Stamp, former consultant on the award-winning HBO series Rome, for a public lecture on Bringing Ancient Rome to Life The FREE event organised by @igrct.bsky.social takes place in the Wills Memorial Building, 5-6.30pm, tickets 👉 brnw.ch/21wXs5g @clahbristol.bsky.social

Everyone who visited our department today during the Open Day got to vote for their favourite staff/student pumpkin 🎃 The votes are in and the clear winner is… Fiona’s moai 🗿 from Rapa Nui (aka Easter Island)! 🏆 Congrats, F! 🙌🏽 👏🏽 Upon hearing the good news, Fiona said: “Life goal achieved!”

On Halloween, our staff and graduate students carve Anth & Arch themed pumpkins (& one squash). Spooky stuff!

Some pics from today during the #Archaeology University Day at the British Academy in London 📍 Lovely day to meet colleagues and potential students! Thank you to the organisers for a great event and to our staff, @helenfewlass.bsky.social & @lorenabecval.bsky.social, for representing us! 🙏🏽 🙌🏽

📺 Prof Ronald Hutton (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) joins Rylan Clark & @profaliceroberts.bsky.social on #WitchesOfEssex to investigate the truth behind the British witch trials of the 16th & 17th centuries Watch the full three-part series on Sky History & Now 👉 bit.ly/47l3e8X

Congratulations to our own Dr Becerra-Valdivia and colleagues on this new publication!

📢 Call for abstracts!

Do check out this new paper by our own Mhairi Gibson & colleagues! This study has important information for policy makers seeking to change attitudes and norms to violence against women and girls 👇

Congratulations Rayane! A Postdoctoral Researcher on the Infracursions Project (PI @amypenfield.bsky.social), Rayane has been recently featured in the Brazilian media as a ‘scholar to watch’, being commended for leading work on sustainability. Check it out: www.estadao.com.br/150-anos/ter...

🥳 Congratulations to Dr @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social (Philosophy) & Dr @helenfewlass.bsky.social (@bristolantharch.bsky.social) who have received highly prestigious ERC Starting Grants! Read more about Project LEAD led by Rebecca & Project ARRIVAL led by Helen 👇 www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/se...

Congratulations to our very own, @helenfewlass.bsky.social, on her ERC Starting Grant win!!! We’re proud and happy! Can’t wait to see you and your new team do amazing science 🧪 🙌🏽

'There is much more to be found beneath the waves' PhD @bristolantharch.bsky.social candidate Claire Isabella Gilmour comments on the discovery of artefacts from the ancient, submerged city of Canopus in a new piece for @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/new-finds-sh...

Time for you to get to know another of our staff members! Tune in to hear from Stuart Prior, a Professor of Archaeology 📺 Full interview in our IG account (bristolantharch). Clip made by Bianca Li and Naia Lewendon-Wicks from @uobartsmatter.bsky.social

Time for you to get to know another of our staff members! Tune in to hear from Kit Opie, a Senior Lecturer in Evolutionary Anthropology 📺 Clip made by Bianca Li and Naia Lewendon-Wicks from @uobartsmatter.bsky.social.

Congratulations to Lorena and colleagues! 👏 🙌

'This inquiry promises to listen to survivors, without filtering the parts that are uncomfortable to hear.' Dr William Tantam (@bristolantharch.bsky.social) & Dr Daniel Taggart consider the Casey Report in a new piece for @theconversation.com theconversation.com/what-the-new...

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Ever wondered what #Anthropology is all about? Let our staff tell you! Clip made by Bianca Li and Naia Lewendon-Wicks from @uobartsmatter.bsky.social.

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The time has come for you all to meet our fearless leader, Prof Mark Gillings, a brilliant archaeologist 🏮🗡 Clip made by Bianca Li and Naia Lewendon-Wicks from @uobartsmatter.bsky.social.

Congratulations to @drsarahmyers.bsky.social, our own Mhairi and colleagues on this paper! 🙌 Check it out through the link 👇

Interested in some good ol' flint knapping? Check out our PhD student, Nick, teaching our undergraduate cohort all about it 😎 Clip made by Bianca Li and Naia Lewendon-Wicks from @uobartsmatter.bsky.social.

Time to get to know more of our staff! 📺 Next up is @drcamimorelli.bsky.social, a Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at our department. Clip made by Bianca Li and Naia Lewendon-Wicks from @uobartsmatter.bsky.social.

Well done to the organisers! 🙌🏽

Some images from our Postgraduate Symposium last week! Planned and delivered by our brilliant student community 👏

Congrats Lorena and colleagues! 🙌🏽

Register and join us for this lecture on the 21st of May 👇🏽