Today marks the final day of The Global War Against the Rat project @standrewsanthro.bsky.social (funded @wellcometrust.bsky.social) after 6 wonderful years of collaborative interdisciplinary research with Oliver French, @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social & @alvesduarte.bsky.social
Congratulations to Dr Jules Skotnes-Brown on winning the 2025 First Book Prize of the Royal Historical Society for his book Segregated Species: Pests, Knowledge, and Boundaries in South Africa, 1910-1948!
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Congratulations to Dr Bridget Bradley, teaching prize double winner!
As well as winning one of the University's Teaching Excellence Awards, Dr Bradley also received a second award from the Student Union, for Outstanding Commitment to Academic Inclusivity.
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Dr Matheus Duarte has co-edited an important new special issue of the journal History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences advancing new approaches to the past & present of microbiology.
The special issue "Rethinking the History of Microbiology" ed. Matheus Duarte & Mathilde Gallay-Keller is out now
Looking forward to the Zoonosis as a Historical and Anthropological Question conference @standrewsanthro.bsky.social next week! wwrat.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/zoonosis-as-...
The conference Energy in Motion begins this Sunday supported by the Centre for Energy Ethics @energy-ethics.bsky.social and hosted at Dundee Contemporary Arts and V&A Dundee.
How might we understand, represent, and respond to the emotional demands of the climate crisis?
Graphic describing the online programme with 4 online workshops, 44 academic papers, film screenings and more
Graphic description of panel themes including resistance, justice, action, hope, artful methods, oil, energy, and more
Graphic describing online workshops
Graphic describing plenary sessions
Using my first BlueSky post to share this exciting hybrid conference 8-10 June I've organised with @susanwardell.bsky.social @gair.bsky.social @energy-ethics.bsky.social
#EnergyinMotion #CEE2025
Join us for art workshops, talks, poetry, film and more!
The University's Open Research team have written a blogpost about the future of library-led publishing to celebrate the release of The Vow of Stability openresearch.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/05/new-...
Congratulations to Dr Richard Irvine on the publication of his latest book, now available open access from @scotunipress.bsky.social!
The Vow of Stability traces the daily lives of Catholic English Benedictine monks: what does it mean to take flight from the world? books.sup.ac.uk/sup/catalog/...
What is the future of humanity & our ways of life? What will become of our traditions, identities, and communities?
TONIGHT at 7pm - join our PhD students at Sandy's Bar @ The Student Union for a "Pint of Science". Learn about the latest research and hear anthropological perspectives on the future.
Offering a unique anthropological account of life in a Catholic Benedictine monastery, 'The vow of stability' by Richard Irvine publishes on 20 May!
Join Richard for a fireside chat to learn more:
📅 22 May
⏰ 2pm BST
👉 www.sup.ac.uk/news/the-vow...
@robotforaday.bsky.social #SocialAnthropology
Congratulations to Dr Daniel Knight on the publication of his latest book with @cornellupress.bsky.social!
Energy Talk explores the expanding photovoltaic presence on Greece's 'Silicon Plains' and how obscured knowledge is revealed in times of upheaval.
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Late arrivals, but may we please be added to this?
The programme for the final conference of the Global War Against the Rat project is now live! Join @visualplague.bsky.social and the project team on 16-17 June to explore "Zoonosis as a Historical and Anthropological Question"
wwrat.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/zoonosis-as-...
But what is anthropology? A film by staff and students at St Andrews in 2011
(Film conceived by Dr Paloma Gay y Blasco and shot by Igor Slepov, with interviews and footage from the annual St Andrews Lammas market)
Our twitter account has been silent for a long time. Finally migrating over to bluesky...