Postgraduate supervision in the Department includes anthropological theory, symbolic systems, ethnohistory, economic anthropology and ecology, hunting and gathering societies, and development. Regional specialisms are concentrated on Africa, the Amazon, the Andes, the Caribbean, Europe (especially the British Isles, Spain) and Gypsies,Melanesia and the Middle East.We are especially interested in your substantive and theoretical interest, which is a main criterion for entry, and enquiries arewelcomed from prospective postgraduates with regional interests different from the above.We maintain close relations with kindred disciplines, especially Philosophy, Psychology,Modern Languages, History and Geography. The structure of postgraduate studies in the University allows for the possibility of inter-departmental supervision of research projects of an interdisciplinary nature.


Weekly research seminars are organised by both the Department and the Centres, and include speakers from outside St Andrews and abroad, thus enriching the intellectual environment. Social anthropologists from other UK departments, and beyond, visit and contribute to our series of seminars, and toworkshops and conferences arranged by staff members and by research students.We endeavour to create awarmand friendly atmosphere and this also contributes towards maintaining a high quality of teaching and intellectual exchange.


International Conferences An important element in fostering the Department’s international reputation has been a series of international conferences, each of which has considered an important contemporary theoretical issue within the discipline. These have dealt with, for example, the Anthropology of Violence, Power and Knowledge, Localising Strategies, the Concept of the Market, the Problem of Context, Kingship, the Anthropology of Love and Anger, Ways of Knowing, An Epistemology of Anthropology. The Ladislav HolyMemorial Trust plays an important supportive role for many of these conferences. From time to time distinguished scholars are appointed to the St Andrews Visiting Professorship in Social Anthropology, and each year members of the international academic community join the Department to followpost-doctoralwork and other research endeavours. Such visiting scholars greatly enhance the thriving research environment.


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