Executive Dean of the fabulous Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Lancaster University. Research explores how abstract ideas are made concrete realities.
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23 Jun 2025
British Academy Post Doctoral Fellowships in Social Sciences and Humanities
For early-career researchers, applicants are expected to have completed their viva voce during 1 April 2023 to 1 April 2026.
Details at thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fund…
Apply during 2nd July - 1st October 2025
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Professor Edward Simpson retweeted
2 Jun 2025
Help the Helen Kanitkar Library stay open! 📚 The library relies on the generosity of the anthropology alumni community. Without this space, students will lose a valuable hub where knowledge, creativity, and community thrive. 🔗Make a gift here: ow.ly/Hxgi50W2myN
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Professor Edward Simpson retweeted
Together with @pprlancaster and @LancasterHistor, we are proud to host this talk by Spain's Ambassador to the UK on Monday 25th November. Free event, no registration required! @LancasterFASS
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We are excited to announce we’re now taking applications for our suite of new MAs, designed for people who want to make a difference through ethical leadership and collaboration. Starting October 2025. Sign up for a PG Open Day to find out more: lancaster.ac.uk/study/open-d…
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Professor Edward Simpson retweeted
11 Jul 2023
We are so excited to welcome @MimiSheller next Monday for her in-person and online lecture “Mobility Justice and Climate Reparations: Reflecting on Twenty Years of Mobilities Research” 💛
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Professor Edward Simpson retweeted
14 Feb 2023
For years we’ve tried to beat traffic by building more roads. It hasn’t worked.
Around the world, building more roads and lanes has resulted in more traffic.
That’s why we are going to do things differently in Wales. #RoadsReview
gov.wales/roads-review-welsh…
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Professor Edward Simpson retweeted
13 Jan 2023
Graduating in 2006 with an MA Medical Anthropology, Global Health PR and Communications Consultant Sarah Walton-Smith lets us know how her career has been helped by studying at SOAS.
Read her @SOASalumni story here⬇️
bit.ly/3CKJInV
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15 Sep 2022
SOAS is hosting the 2023 Association of Social Anthropologist's conference: theasa.org/conferences/asa20…
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Professor Edward Simpson retweeted
22 Aug 2022
TEN DAYS to go! The deadline for the @WritersCentre Saroj Lal Mentorship in translation from Hindi (one of 13 languages this year), mentored by the one and only @shreedaisy, is 31 August. Spread the word! Full details online:
nationalcentreforwriting.org…
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Professor Edward Simpson retweeted
6 Aug 2022
One year on, the true historical value and global strategic significance of Afghanistan is that it is as much an end of the road for failed geopolitical experiments, as it is an incubator of new political struggles. My latest @htTweets column on the war(s) that never ended. 1/2
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Professor Edward Simpson retweeted
28 Jul 2022
📢 Inlaks-King's India Institute visiting PhD scholarship is now open for applications. Closing date September 2nd.
Open to PhD students in Social Sciences and Humanities currently enrolled at an Indian university. Please spread the word. @KingsIndiaInst
inlaksfoundation.org/irtg/ki…
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Professor Edward Simpson retweeted
20 Jun 2022
Exhibition: Crafting Subversion: DIY and Decolonial Print
Date: 28 April 2022 - 3 September 2022
Time: 10:30 AM-5:00 PM
Venue: Brunei Gallery, SOAS University of London
Curated by Dr Pragya Dhital
soas.ac.uk/gallery/crafting-…
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Professor Edward Simpson retweeted
21 Jun 2022
The latest @compuniguide recognises the value of SOAS humanities subjects with @SOASanthro now ranking 5th in the UK: bit.ly/3n5bzak
Philosophy and @SOASHistory have also climbed up the table to 11th and 12th!
#CUG2023
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Professor Edward Simpson retweeted
13 Jun 2022
Come work with us! We are hiring a lecturer to join our dynamic department. Details for this position of Lecturer in #Anthropology @SOAS University of London can be found here: vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/285…
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Professor Edward Simpson retweeted
13 May 2022
We are recruiting! Two fixed term (12 months) positions available - one in social anthropology and one in social/health anthropology.
Links to vacancies below 👇
durham.taleo.net/careersecti…
durham.taleo.net/careersecti…
Closing date: 16th June 2022
#anthropologyjobs
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Professor Edward Simpson retweeted
12 May 2022
Join a great cause to keep the Helen Kanitkar Library safe. HKL is more than just a library! It's the heart of our student community. Read more about the inspiring story of Dr Kanitkar and the HKL here, and join the students crowdfunding campaign: soas.hubbub.net/p/savetheHKL…
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Professor Edward Simpson retweeted
11 May 2022
Scholarship applications are open!
We have partnered with @CowrieSF to offer scholarships to Black British students planning to study at SOAS this year.
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Professor Edward Simpson retweeted
8 May 2022
The Ester Boserup Prize 2022 is awarded to Prof Tania Li. She will give a public talk on 12th May. Do join.
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Professor Edward Simpson retweeted
5 May 2022
Don’t miss this workshop on ethnographic storytelling! Open to all :)
28 Apr 2022
Our workshop! May 26 : 2pm - 6.30 pm
Ethnography otherwise
In collaboration with @theBRIHC and @DASA_UoB
On zoom. Register in advance at: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/r…
On campus in Birmingham. Register in advance at: forms.gle/WUBEdPSAq345i1TZ9
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