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The African Report named Dr Sandra Mauel a social anthropologist from the University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) in Mozambique, as one of 10 most influential researchers in Africa. Dr Manuel’s work focuses on the social analysis of the body, gender, and sexuality, as well as health, disease, and treatment. She’s...
Yim’lo Research Assistant Job Description Project description:The Yim’lo project is focused on improving HIV prevention, testing and treatment for men who have sex with men (MSM). The project aims to increase uptake and effective use of HIV prevention, testing, and treatment among MSM by understanding their needs and preferences and...
Contributions are currently being accepted for the Handbook project on Postcolonial Sociology, as part of the Routledge Handbooks program.
The Centre for Medical Humanities and Bioethics at Linköping University and Durham's Institute for Medical Humanities warmly invite applications to our joint Medical Humanities International Summer School (9–11 September 2024, Vadstena, Sweden). The summer school will explore the theme: Interdisciplinarity: Medical Humanities and Research at the intersections of the Humanities,...
Webinar: Arts and Humanities for Good Public Health Tuesday 30 January 2024, 16.00-18.00 (UK time), 18.00 - 20.00 (CAT), 11 a.m.- 1p.m (US EST) All welcome, but please register in advance to receive the Zoom link.
The Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) at the University of Amsterdam is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for prospective PhD candidates. We are inviting applications for five fully funded (salaried) PhD positions. We welcome proposals spanning the entire spectrum of social science disciplines, topics, and methods. Our...
We are pleased to announce that next summer, 3-5 July, we will be hosting a transdisciplinary conference on sexual reproduction and health rights (SRHR) at the University of Amsterdam, through the anthropology department. We welcome traditional paper and panel proposals as well as workshops or experimental formats.
The Department of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia seeks to recruit an outstanding faculty member as part of a University-wide Black Faculty Cohort Hiring Initiative to recruit up to 23 Black scholars over the next four years. We invite applications from qualified candidates for a full-time, tenure-track appointment...
Working with people to reduce health risks from toxic exposure An interdisciplinary team of researchers from four South African universities are looking for a highly skilled postdoctoral candidate to join our research project titled “Health impacts on children living near an accidental release of pesticides near Durban, South Africa”. This...
The symposium is an extension of the ideas put forward through the edited collection of works presented in the book Bodies of Knowledge: Childhoods in Health and Affliction (2021) by Efua Prah and Susan Levine. The symposium aims to continue the discussion about young people, adolescents, and childhoods across varied...
