University of Manchester - Archive (anthropology)
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2025
11
June
2025
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10:22
Europe/London
Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute Anthropologist awarded multiple prestigious book prizes
Atmospheric Violence: Disaster and Repair in Kashmir (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024) has most recently been awarded Gold in the ‘Social Change and Social Justice’ category at the 2025 Nautilus Book Awards. Recognising books that advance …
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15
May
2025
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16:04
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Tiny Human Dramas returns to 91Ö±²¥â€™s Contact Theatre on Saturday 31 May with a daring, moving and utterly unique night of theatre.
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04
April
2025
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09:41
Europe/London
In a remarkable stride towards enhancing the lives of those affected by MND, the Wellcome Trust has awarded a £2.66 million Wellcome Discovery Award to a pioneering project led by Professor Andrew Irving, Dr Michael Atkins (aka Cheddar Gorgeous), …
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2024
12
March
2024
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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
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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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2017
24
July
2017
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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
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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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2011
20
December
2011
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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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