Articles tagged with 'anthropology' | University of Manchester

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2024
12
March
2024
| 12:38 Europe/London
The Association of Social Anthropologists in the UK (ASA) has chosen The University of Manchester to host its inaugural anthropology festival. 
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2022
22
February
2022
| 12:18 Europe/London
On Monday, 7 March 2022 the University will welcome David Wengrow FBA, Professor of Comparative Archaeology at University College London.The lecture, titled ‘For an anthropology and archaeology of freedom’ will draw on Professor Wengrow’s
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2018
27
June
2018
| 09:27 Europe/London
The Royal Anthropological Institute has awarded Social Anthropology lecturer Dr. Madeleine Reeves its prestigious Rivers Memorial Medal, to recognise her excellence in fieldwork and publications.
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10
April
2018
| 10:10 Europe/London
A new project launched in South Africa by The University of Manchester and the University of the Witwatersrand hopes to raise awareness of the vulnerability of deaf children in the country, as well as altering society’s attitudes towards them,
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2017
24
July
2017
| 14:27 Europe/London
A student from The University of Manchester is celebrating after graduating from her degree only three months after giving birth to twin girls.
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13
July
2017
| 16:18 Europe/London
A Nuffield Council on Bioethics enquiry chaired by The University of Manchester’s Professor Jeanette Edwards has highlighted serious concerns about the practice and promotion of invasive cosmetic procedures in the UK.
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30
January
2017
| 12:00 Europe/London
Orlando von Einsiedel, a former Anthropology student of The University of Manchester, has been nominated for an Oscar in the short documentary category - only two years after he was last shortlisted.
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2011
20
December
2011
| 00:00 Europe/London
Scientists studying a unique collection of human skulls have shown that changes to the skull shape thought to have occurred independently through separate evolutionary events may have actually precipitated each other. Researchers at the
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