Professor Renée Hirschon 1944 - 2026

The School is saddened to hear of the death of a valued member of our community.

The School is saddened to learn of the death of Professor Renée Hirschon, Research Affiliate here at the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography. For many years shes was Tutor for Anthropology at St Peter’s College and a huge supporter of our undergraduate degree in Archaeology and Anthropology.

Renée was also extremely well respected as an anthropologist of the Mediterranean region being the author of the classic Heirs of the Greek Catastrophe.

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Professor Renée Hirschon 1944 - 2026

The School is saddened to hear of the death of a valued member of our community.
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Emptiness has moved in next door

New publication from a 5 year project shows how states in the former socialist world are emptying places by withdrawing statecraft and asserting sovereignty, with lessons for Europe as a whole.
Alpa Shah giving the Eilert Sundt Lecture 2026

Alpa Shah confronts a time of ecological crisis in international lecture and article

Professor Shah delivers the The Eilert Sundt Lecture 2026, now published in American Anthropologist.