We are delighted that Ricardo Ontillera, who gained his PhD with us in 2020, is returning to spend a year (starting this autumn) as a SeNSS Post-Doctoral Fellow. He will have Professor Garry Marvin and Professor Rebecca Cassidy (Goldsmiths) as his mentors. During this time, he and Garry will work on a project exploring the Read More…
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James Davies’ new book ‘Sedated: How Modern Capitalism Created our Mental Health Crisis’
James Davies’ new book Sedated has just been released with Atlantic Books. In Britain alone, more than 20% of the adult population take a psychiatric drug in any one year. This is an increase of over 500% since 1980 and the numbers continue to grow. Yet, despite this prescription epidemic, levels of mental illness of Read More…
Rio Heriniaina has been selected as a top 100 young African conservation leader
Former MRes in Primate Biology, Behaviour and Conservation student, Rio Heriniaina, has been selected as one of the top 100 young African conservation leaders. These awards were created by the African Wildlife Foundation, together with Africa Alliance of the YMCA, World Scouts Movement, and the WWF consortium, and seek to recognise and nurture top Young Read More…
Being Human: Is obesity best understood as a social or biologically/evolutionarily-driven phenomenon?
As part of our first year Being Human module, students write an essay where they consider social and biological anthropological perspectives on a key topic in anthropology. This week we are featuring an essay by Katie Goode. Katie’s bio: I am a first-year anthropology student from Berkshire. I came across anthropology unexpectedly when looking for Read More…
Culture, Madness and Medicalisation: COVID, communities of colour and mental health
In our third year Culture, ‘Madness’ and Medicalisation module, students receive a critical introduction to today’s dominant psychological/clinical practices such as psychoanalysis, bio-psychiatry, psychotherapy, counselling and clinical psychology and the importance of anthropology in illuminating how psychological/clinical practices are dramatically shaping contemporary subjectivities and wider socio/cultural life. This year, our featured essay from the module Read More…
CRESIDA seminar by Ayaz Qureshi on valuing stigma in Pakistan’s HIV prevention
On 17 March 2021, Dr Ayaz Qureshi from the University of Edinburgh presented a webinar in the CRESIDA seminar series titled ‘NGOs and valuing stigma in Pakistan’s HIV prevention’. A recording of the talk is below.
Alt. Vibes Online Festival
‘Alt. Vibes! A Spring in the step around Roehampton’ is a University of Roehampton, Wandsworth Council and community supported initiative funded by the Research England Strategic Priorities Fund. In lieu of a planned parade through Alton Estate and the University of Roehampton campus, this is an online performance featuring university partner the World Heart Beat Read More…
Primate Behaviour and Cognition: Lockdown isolation making you feel more stressed? Listen to a chimpanzee’s advice
In third year module Primate Behaviour & Cognition, students study primate behaviour as a window into the function of behaviour and our own evolutionary history. This week we are featuring a blog post by Niamh McIntosh. Niamh’s bio: I am a third-year student from Kent. I have very much enjoyed studying anthropology at Roehampton University Read More…
How might differences in individual foraging specialisation influence the effect of these environmental changes on primate populations?
In our Master of Research in Primate Biology, Behaviour and Conversation, students acquire a good knowledge of the major areas of primate biology, behaviour and conservation, and of current debates and approaches in the discipline. This week we are featuring a literature review by Anna Cryer. Anna’s bio: I’m a master’s student on the MRes Read More…
Hidden Anthropology Gems IV: a conversation with Hidden Architecture
Welcome to the fourth post of the series. On this occasion, Ricardo R. Ontillera Sánchez, curator of Hidden Anthropology Gems, has gone far from the silo of social anthropologists to have an interdisciplinary conversation about the concept of ‘hidden’ with the editors of the journal Hidden Architecture. Hidden Architecture was created in February 2015 between Read More…
