Articles tagged with 'anthropology' | University of Manchester

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 collaborati...

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.

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, by usi...

A student from The University of Manchester is celebrating after graduating from her degree only three months after giving birth to twin girls.

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. ...

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. ...

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 Universiti...