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Edinburgh Social Anthropology
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We’re the Social Anthropology subject area of the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Edinburgh.

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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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June 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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A great way to spend a sunny day of work, with great colleagues in a beautiful city. #anthropology
socanthedi.bsky.social 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
May 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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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
May 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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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’.
May 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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We were so enthralled and delighted to hear Professor Jason De León speak about "Soldiers and Kings" last night!

Colleagues from Social Anthropology and beyond turned out in force to hear and learn from Prof. De León, including, l-r, our Drs. Alejandro Escalente, Grace Zhou and Jeevan Sharma.
Professor De León before his talk, with Social Anthropology Colleagues.
March 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Happening today!
socanthedi.bsky.social 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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Jason De León's photo photo of young men beside a railway track 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.
March 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Do join us!
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socanthedi.bsky.social Edinburgh Social Anthropology @socanthedi.bsky.social · Mar 26
Dr. Pooyan Tamimi Arab will present the final Social Anthropology Seminar of the semester:

“Woman Life Freedom: Visual Triggers of Iranian Feminism”

Chaired by the inimitable Dr. Lucy Lowe.

Join us!!! Friday 28th March, 3-5pm CMB seminar room 1.

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Seminar poster for Dr. Pooyan Tamimi Arab's paper.
March 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Dr. Pooyan Tamimi Arab will present the final Social Anthropology Seminar of the semester:

“Woman Life Freedom: Visual Triggers of Iranian Feminism”

Chaired by the inimitable Dr. Lucy Lowe.

Join us!!! Friday 28th March, 3-5pm CMB seminar room 1.

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Seminar poster for Dr. Pooyan Tamimi Arab's paper.
March 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Last Friday, the brilliant Atreyee Sen gave a riveting account of women, digital scandals, moral surveillance, and the shifting labour market in peri-urban India. What a treat!
Photo of Atreyee Sen's title slide Photo of Atreyee Sen being introduced by Lotte Segal photo of Atreyee Sen giving her talk
March 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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It's Friday and we're.... absolutely delighted that we're ranked 17th in the world (and 5th in the UK)!

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Photo of Chrystal Macmillan Building basking in the sun. With text: "We're chuffed to be ranked 17th in the world (and 5th in the UK)! " followed by three emoticons suggesting celebration/party time. *QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025: Anthropology
March 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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We pinch ourselves, poet and anthropologist Grace Zhou has joined us in Edinburgh! Read her speculative poetics of repair in the beautiful poetry chapbook "Soil Called a Country" where she asks what it means to make a home as an immigrant in a settler colonial nation.

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Cover of Grace Zhou's poetry chapbook
March 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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“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
March 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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In case you've missed it, Magnus Course's gorgeous new book 'Three Ways to Fail' is now available from @pennpress.bsky.social:

www.pennpress.org/978151282656...

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How do we learn what failure looks like? How do we learn how to live with it? What does it mean to fail one another? And how do we live well when everything falls apart? Book cover of 'Three Ways to Fail: Journeys Through Mapuche Chile' by Magnus Course photo of Magnus Course
March 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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The award winning "Routledge Companion to Asian Cinemas" opens with a chapter on protest movements and public film screenings by our colleague Lotte Hoek.
mediaautomatiek.bsky.social Lotte Hoek @mediaautomatiek.bsky.social · Mar 7
Published during the 2024 uprisings in Bangladesh, I was distracted when A Screen in the Crowd came out, narrating earlier moments of protest, digitally enabled crowds, and the large public screen.

Then Routledge Companion to Asian Cinemas won the Aruna Vasudev Award for Best Book on Asia! 🎉
March 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Maya Mayblin's latest book, Vote of Faith, is a richly cinematic and compelling look at priest-politicians in Brazil. Focused on the lives and loves of Catholic priests in the profane world of party politics, she asks: what does desire reveal about the nature of power?
#Anthropology #AnthroSky
Book cover of Maya Mayblin's book "Vote of Faith".
March 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Excited to visit Edinburgh in a few weeks!
socanthedi.bsky.social 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

@uoe-sps.bsky.social
Jason De León's photo photo of young men beside a railway track 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.
March 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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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
March 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Congratulations to Laura Jeffery & collaborators on the publication of ‘Challenges and Prospects for the Chagos Archipelago’!

Watch Laura talk about her chapter, ‘Political and Legal Debates about Chagossian Ethnicity and Indigeneity’: edin.ac/41S9LGF

The volume is open access: edin.ac/3FfL1iW
Photo of Laura Jeffery and the new volume 'Challenges and Prospects for the Chagos Archipelago'
March 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Congratulations to Laura Jeffery & collaborators on the publication of ‘Challenges and Prospects for the Chagos Archipelago’!

Watch Laura talk about her chapter, ‘Political and Legal Debates about Chagossian Ethnicity and Indigeneity’: edin.ac/41S9LGF

The volume is open access: edin.ac/3FfL1iW
Photo of Laura Jeffery and the new volume 'Challenges and Prospects for the Chagos Archipelago'
March 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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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

@uoe-sps.bsky.social
Jason De León's photo photo of young men beside a railway track 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.
March 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
socanthedi.bsky.social
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
March 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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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
Profile photograph of Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
March 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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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
Profile photograph of Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
March 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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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
March 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM