Don't miss 'Meaning in the margins: understanding grassroots histories in Afghanistan', this Friday's seminar with @annikaschmeding.bsky.social(Senior Researcher @knaw-nl.bsky.social) 📆 Fri 7 Nov, 3pm 📍St Antony's College Find out more: www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/event/meanin...

Book your free tickets for a fun evening celebrating crafting from around the world @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social on Fri 7 Nov! 🪢Knot and bead Chinese keepsakes 🧵Make Ukrainian Motanka dolls 🌼Create delicate flowers fit for fashion designers. Free tickets: www.prm.ox.ac.uk/event/museum...

Where is home, and what makes it so? This Friday, join guest speaker Giovanna Bacchiddu (Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) for 'Leaving, staying, and in-between. The anxiety of border crossing in and around Apiao, Chiloé (Chile)'. www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/event/aller-...

'What does it mean to be an academic if I can’t write a book about my colleagues who are being imprisoned and losing their lives?’ @shahalpa.bsky.social @oxford-anthro.bsky.social talks to The Oxford Student about what prompted her to write The Incarcerations. www.oxfordstudent.com/2025/10/11/a...

We've thrilled to be joined by Professor Laura Bear (Department of Anthropology at LSE) this Friday for The Marett Memorial Lecture 2025 'On Whiteness: kinship, care and the racialisation of welfare'. 🗓️ Fri 24 Oct, 5pm 📍Fitzhugh Auditorium @exeter.ox.ac.uk www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/event/the-ma...

Get set for a brand new term of #Anthropology seminars! This Friday we launch the series with Dr Connie Smith @manchester.ac.uk for 'Unbuilding: high-rise landscapes in Nairobi and London'. 📆 17 Oct, 3pm 📍 Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College More info: www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/event/unbuil...

🐵Love chimpanzees? Don't miss this lecture with primate archaeologist Dr Katarina Almeida-Warren (Postdoc Researcher @oxford-anthro.bsky.social ) discussing 'Chimpanzee cultures, archaeology, and conservation'. 🗓️Mon 13 Oct, 7pm 📍Oxford Museum of Natural History

How should tsantsas and Shuar cultural objects be cared for in the future? THIS Saturday, 11 October, take the opportunity @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social to engage with Shuar perspectives to discuss the future care and understanding of Shuar collections in UK museums.

NEW RESEARCH: Women with long Covid are prone to longer, heavier periods Read latest research, which included survey with over 12,000 women, by Dr Alexandra Alvergne (Research Affiliate) and Dr Zuzanna Olszewska (Associate Professor) @oxford-anthro.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s414...

'I look forward to working with colleagues and students alike to deepen our understanding of what makes us human' Welcome to Dr Cyril Grueter @cyrilgrueter.bsky.social who joins @oxford-anthro.bsky.social as Associate Professor in Evolutionary Anthropology. www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/article/welc...

'Mākereti Papakura has been a legend in our family for over a hundred years' On Saturday 27 September, descendants of Mākereti Papakura proudly accepted her MPhil in Anthropology, honouring her legacy as a pioneering Māori scholar nearly a century after she began her journey. Read more ⬇️

This weekend, it was very special to witness the award of a posthumous MPhil in Anthropology to pioneering Māori scholar, Mākereti Papakura @ox.ac.uk Mākereti began her studies at Oxford almost 100 years ago, exploring the customs of her people of Te Arawa from a female perspective.

We're really looking forward to the ceremonies tomorrow to award a posthumous MPhil in #Anthropology to pioneering Māori scholar, Mākereti Papakura! The graduation ceremony starts at 1.30pm, live-streamed from the Sheldonian Theatre @ox.ac.uk Join us & watch online: www.youtube.com/@Educational...

Is student mobility different from other migration? 'Financing the Future: The Contribution of Scholarship and Self-Funded International Students to Short- and Long-Term Migration to the UK' by Dr Ilka Vari-Lavoisier @oxford-anthro.bsky.social explains. doi.org/10.1111/imig...

📖NEW Publication: The Sacred Pancasila Museum and Monument (Lubang Buaya) in Indonesia by Fiona Asokacitta (DPhil student @oxford-anthro.bsky.social ) explores how museums shape the collective memory of violence. Read more: www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/article/new-...

📣Calling all our amazing postdocs! Celebrate UK #NationalPostdocAppreciationWeek by joining one of this week's social events for postdoc researchers including: 📚 Old Bodleian tour 🍻 Pub Social 🎲 Games Night See all events: staff.admin.ox.ac.uk/article/nati...

Are you a prospective undergrad interested in the overlap between the biological & social sciences? Discover the #HumanSciences course @ox.ac.uk at our next #OxOpenDay on Fri 19 Sept! www.ihs.ox.ac.uk/human-scienc... #OxHumSci

'What 27 hours could achieve to change, to shake up the establishment, to change the government is unprecedented.' Dr Krishna Adhikari (Research Affiliate @oxford-anthro.bsky.social ) speaks to @channel4news.bsky.social from Nepal. www.channel4.com/news/sushila...

📣 New vacancy to start in October 2025: Departmental Lecturer in Social and Medical Anthropology Contribute to teaching across the spectrum of our Social & Medical #Anthropology graduate courses. Deadline: Noon, 23 Sep More: www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/de... #AcademicJobs #AnthropologyJobs

Dip into some 'key readings' in anthropology, compiled by @berghahnbooks.bsky.social from its leading titles⬇️ Featuring Prof David Zeitlyn (Professor of Social Anthropology) & @chihab.bsky.social (Associate Professor in Visual Anthropology) Info: www.berghahnbooks.com/samplers/ant...

Come work with our wonderful and dynamic Medical Anthropology teaching team @oxford-anthro.bsky.social ! Deadline 23 September for an October start my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Learn about the politics and processes of making objects displayed @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social in 'FORM', a 2-day workshop 16-17 Sept. Don't miss this rare opportunity to hear from academics, craftspeople and researchers exploring how museum objects were formed. www.prm.ox.ac.uk/event/form-p...

'If you make a society that is conducive to combining work life and parenting then this will just make it easier in all sorts of ways.' Dr Paula Sheppard @oxford-anthro.bsky.social joins @en.france24.com discussion, Should we panic about plummeting birthrates? www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...

☺️Monday mood booster BBC Radio 4 Inside Health presenter James Gallagher laces up for a jog with Dr Arran Davis (Departmental Lecturer @oxford-anthro.bsky.social) to explore the links between social interaction and physical activity. 🎧Listen from 23.13: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Why do people see food waste as immoral? NEW research co-authored by Michal Misiek & Oliver Scott-Curry (Research Affiliates) introduces the Morality-As-Cooperation framework to moral judgements. Food waste is seen to violate: - Fairness - Deference - Group Loyalty 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.pa...

📢Calling musicians & sound artists for new ethnographic sounds project! 'A Century of Sounds' collaboration @citiesandmemory.bsky.social & @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social shares 100 archived sounds. Could you create a composition based on one of these sounds? citiesandmemory.com/century-sounds

'In a world increasingly marked by uncertainty, divinatory practices can teach us how to decide, act and move forward.' What is spider divination and how does it work? Don't miss this fascinating essay from Prof David Zeitlyn (Professor of Social Anthropology)⬇️ 🔗 aeon.co/essays/in-ca...

URGENT action needed to remove barriers faced by Bangladeshi and Pakistani women in London pursuing their career aspirations. Dr. Domiziana Turcatti (Postdoctoral Affiliate COMPAS @oxford-anthro.bsky.social ) 'Bangladeshi and Pakistani women in good work: Barriers to entry and progression.'

‘I cannot say enough – it has been one of the best decisions or my best academic experiences to date. If you’re thinking about applying, I’d 100% say go for it!’ Find out why one of our recent students recommends Human Sciences so highly⬇️ More info: www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/u... #OxHumSci

💑 How about a night out at one of Oxford's dance hot spots to celebrate #NationalCouplesDay! ICYMI: Bronwyn Tarr (Research Affiliate @oxford-anthro.bsky.social ) on BBC Radio 4 comments on the special bonding power of dancing! 🕺💃 🎧Listen from 14:50:45: eu.vocuspr.com/ViewNewsOnDe...

'We’ve long assumed that primates evolved in tropical forests because that’s where most of them live today. But fossil & climate evidence tells a different story...' 🐒NEW research @tpuschel.bsky.social ‪ @oxford-anthro.bsky.social ‬& @uniofreading.bsky.social www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/article/earl...

🐒 Love chimpanzees? Take a look through some of our groundbreaking research by @oxford-anthro.bsky.social colleagues over the past year!

NEW article by Prof Harvey Whitehouse (Director of the Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion) explores 3 'fundamental biases' in human nature: conformism, religosity & tribalism. These impulses may have led us to damage our planet. Can we harness them for solutions? 🔗 iai.tv/articles/hum...

Doing anything special with your bestie #InternationalFriendshipDay ? How about boosting your motivation to stay fit by exercising together!🏃🏃 WATCH Arran Davis (Postdoctoral Researcher @oxford-anthro.bsky.social ) revealing the benefits of exercising with friends! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZIr...

We're ready for the #Euros final this weekend! ⚽ The #Lionesses have provided great drama for spectators - but what are the other ways that football can bring us together? Don't miss recent research from our academics exploring the social bonds created by football ⬇️ #AnthroHighlights @ox.ac.uk

#AnthroHighlights ICYMI: Who will you marry? Will you get your dream job? Watch our videos with David Zeitlyn (Professor of Social Anthropology) to learn about the recent renewed interest in divination to answer the big questions in life! 👀Watch now: www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/article/prof...

'You get to really understand the beauty of what it means to be human.' Our Human Sciences degree studies humans from multiple interconnecting perspectives. It's a fascinating and varied course - more: www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/u... #OxHumSci

🚣Have any of the big summer sporting events inspired you to exercise more to keep fit? 👀Watch BBC Ideas video with Arran Davis (Postdoctoral Researcher @oxford-anthro.bsky.social ) exploring how exercising with friends can help you stay motivated and energised! www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/article/why-...

'Human Sciences is valuable because it trains you to look at a problem from different angles.’ Our Human Sciences students consider real-world challenges from diverse biological, social & cultural perspectives. Hear more ⬇ Course info: www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/u... #OxHumSci

This #WorldPopulationDay we're spotlighting recent research by Dr @paulajasheppard.bsky.social @oxford-anthro.bsky.social which shows that a supportive partner is more important than finances or housing when it comes to having a baby. www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/article/lack... #WorldPopulationDay

👏 Dr Arran Davis (Postdoctoral Researcher) was part of a team that won the @ox.ac.uk Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Local Community Engagement! The Oxford Young Sport Leaders Programme (OYSLP) is run by the Oxford SDG Impact Lab. Photos by Andrew Bailey and Martin Dunkley Smith

Don't miss Professor David Zeitlyn on Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV) 'Press Hour' - a fascinating debate on cultural diversity & multilingualism in Cameroon ⬇️ Prof Zeitlyn discusses: - The advantages of multilingualism - How political issues are being mapped onto cultural & linguistic discussions

📣Don't miss this recent publication from DPhil student Princess Banda: "An Introduction to the Framework of ‘Obstetric Racism': Theory and Intellectual Lineage" (in The Routledge Companion to Gender and Reproduction) Find out more: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

📣 Join us from 10am-5pm at #OxOpenDays to find out about the Human Sciences undergraduate course! Chat to students & hear from tutors across two sessions, including a talk on the degree and its admissions process. 📅2 and 3 July / 19 September More: www.ihs.ox.ac.uk/human-scienc...

What happens when humanitarian aid is cut or delayed? Don't miss this new article in @voxdev.bsky.social co-authored by Vittorio Bruni (DPhil student) outlining the dramatic 'cascade of effects' in Kakuma, alongside key implications for policymaking ⬇️ voxdev.org/topic/instit... @odid-qeh.bsky.social

📣NEW article by Javier Lezaun (Associate Professor @oxford-anthro.bsky.social) Middling Worlds @limnpress.bsky.social describes a recent oceanographic study exploring strategies to accelerate the uptake of atmospheric CO2 as a potential climate solution. Find out more: limn.press/article/midd...

ICYMI: Professor @alpashah.bsky.social (Professor of Social Anthropology) was a guest panellist on the BBC World Service weekend show, providing perspectives on a wide range of global issues. 🎧 Catch up now: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

A new study reveals chimpanzees use chewed-up leaves on injuries - a form of self-care never seen in them before. Read more from @oxford-anthro.bsky.social's Dr Elodie Freymann ⬇️

It's week 8 and to round off the term we've got one final event as part of the Fertility and Reproduction Studies Seminars⬇️ Speaker: Saba Mirhossein (Bielefeld University) 📅 12.30pm, 17 June Find out more: www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/event/demogr...

🏥 It’s a health theme for this week’s #anthropology talks: - Reproductive mobilities in Central Asia, Dr Shahnoza Nozimova @oxford-anthro.bsky.social - Social energetics, Dr Arran Davis @oxford-anthro.bsky.social - Chinese Medicine in the UK, Prof. Xuanxuan Yan 🔗 www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/events