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        Last chance to see 'Oracles, Omens and Answers' exhibition 
      
    
                                                                                                        
    
    
            
                            
    
            
        
    
                                            
        
                                                    
        
        
                                    
                                                                
                    
        
        
            
        Last chance to see 'Oracles, Omens and Answers' exhibition
7 April 2025
                                    
                                
        Alpa Shah wins best nonfiction author prize at the AutHer Awards for 'The Incarcerations'.
      
    
                                                                                                        
    
    
            
                            
    
            
        
    
                                            
        
                                                    
        
        
                                    
                                                                
                    
        
        
            
        Alpa Shah wins best nonfiction author prize at the AutHer Awards for 'The Incarcerations'.
26 March 2025
                                    
                                
        Recent Books
      
    
                            
    
    
            
                            
    
            
        
    
                                            
        
                                                    
        
        
        
        
        
            
        Recent Books
                                
        The surprising benefits of exercising with friends
      
    
                                                                                                        
    
    
            
                            
    
            
        
    
                                            
        
                                                    
        
        
                                    
                                                                
                    
        
        
            
        The surprising benefits of exercising with friends
31 July 2024
                                    
                                
        2024 edition of the Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford out now
      
    
                                                                                                        
    
    
            
                            
    
            
        
    
                                            
        
                                                    
        
        
                                    
                                                                
                    
        
        
            
        2024 edition of the Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford out now
18 December 2024
                                    
                                
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        Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology (ISCA)
      
            
                    
                
            
                                    
        
                                    
             
    
        
                                            
    Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology (ISCA)
          
        Institute for Science, Innovation & Society (InSIS)
      
            
                    
                
            
                                    
        
                                    
             
    
        
                                            
     
                  
               
                  
               
                  
               
                  
               
                  
               
                  
               
                  
               
                  
               
                  
               
                  
               
                        
                     
                        
                     
                        
                     
                        
                     
                        
                     
                        
                     
          