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Announcement: Professor Wendy James FBA

29 April 2024
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Alpa Shah announced as new Statutory Professor in Social Anthropology

18 April 2024
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Study reveals how humanity could unite to address global challenges

17 April 2024
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School ranked No. 1 for Anthropology in QS World University Rankings 2024

10 April 2024
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New endowed position in SAME: The Wendy James Associate Professorship in Evolutionary Anthropology, with a Tutorial Fellowship at St Hugh's College

23 February 2024
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New Series of the Oxford Anthropology Podcast

07 February 2024
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New Publication: Understanding Obesity

22 January 2024
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New Seminar Series: PalEvo

15 January 2024
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Digital Eating - A new series of the UBVO Podcast

09 January 2024
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2023 edition of the Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford out now

19 December 2023

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