ISCA is a leading centre for anthropological teaching and research in the UK and the world. Originally established as the only centre in the UK specialising in postgraduate teaching and research within the discipline, it continues to supervise large numbers of graduate and research students.
Welcome
Welcome to the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography. The School is renowned for its contributions to anthropological theory, its commitment to long-term ethnographic fieldwork, and its association with the Pitt Rivers Museum and the anthropology of visual and material culture. Home to over forty academic staff, over a hundred doctoral students, twelve Master’s programmes, and two undergraduate degrees (Human Sciences; Archaeology and Anthropology), Oxford anthropology is one of the world’s largest and most vibrant centres for teaching and research in the discipline. It came top of the Power (research excellence + volume) rankings for anthropology in the UK in RAE 2008.
Latest News
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17.05.2013
Applications invited for DPhil studentship funded by HERA through AHRC
African Heritage in Brazil: DPhil Studentship in Anthropology in association with St Antony's...
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7.05.2013
Applications invited for AHRC collaborative doctoral studentship beginning in October 2013
The Cultural Worlds of African Palm Oil: trade, consumption and museum collecting in Britain and Nigeria,...
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3.05.2013
Twilight Takeover at the Pitt Rivers Museum - video
For one night only, on 25 April, Anthropology students took over the Museum's Court and Lower Gallery for an...
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Upcoming Events
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28.05.2013
The law of neighbours in early medieval Ireland
Thomas Charles-Edwards (Jesus College, University of Oxford) More >
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28.05.2013
Modern Love: Recrafting Poetry and Practice among Afghan Youth
Dr Zuzanna Olszewska Evans-Pritchard Lecturer 2013 More >
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29.05.2013
Embracing death: urbanism, empowerment, and the emergence of the cult of La Santa Muerte in Los Angeles
Anthony Panfalone More >