*Recently released book in the 'Studies of the Biosocial Society' series
HEALTH,
RISK, AND ADVERSITY
Edited by Catherine Panter-Brick and Agustin Fuentes
Foreword by Alan Goodman
*Upcoming Conferences*

Society for the Study of Human Biology Proffered Papers Meeting
Thursday September 17, 2009, 10am
The Castle, Durham University
Call for Oral and Poster Presentations - Abstracts due August 14
Keynote Speaker: Professor Charlotte Roberts
*Recent Workshops and Conferences*
'Ethics in the Field: Contemporary Challenges in Biological
Anthropology, Social Anthropology and Primatology.' April 24-25, 2009.
Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.![]()
'Labour, Value
and Experiment:
Anthropological Reflections on Transnational Medical Research.' February 22,
2009. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
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Society for the Study of Human Biology 50th Anniversary meeting April 1-3, 2008, New College Oxford. Follow link for more information: http://www.sshb.org/future.meetings.htm
'Unhealthy Professional Boundaries?
Working together in Health and Social Care.' December 4-5, 2007, Goodenough College, London, UK![]()
'Theories and Methods in Applied Biocultural
Anthropology'
October 19-20, University of South Florida,
Tampa, Florida, U.S.A. (Featured Speakers: William Dressler,
David Himmelgreen, Thomas Leatherman, Daniel Sellen)
'Medicine and Evolution', 11-12 December 2006, York.
'Fieldwork: examining its practice by biological anthropologists and primatologists, 5th -6th May, 2006, Department of Anthropology, Oxford Brookes University.
'Health, Risk, and Adversity: A New Synthesis from Biological Anthropology', 7-10 April 2006, Grey College, University of Durham
'Space, Movement and Health: Biosocial Perspectives', 18 April 2005, Wolfson Research Institute, University of Durham, Stockton-on-Tees
'Alloparenting in Human Societies', 7-8 May 2004, British Medical Association House, Tavistock Square, London
*Small grants for students*
Please click on the "Postgraduate Bursary Scheme" button to find out more.
Bursary Awardees for the Summer 2008 submission are posted!
The next deadline is July 31, 2009.
Page last updated 11 May 2009
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