*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*

Intergenerational and Familial Influences on Obesity and Related Conditions

The Biosocial Society and Society for the Study of Human Biology Joint Symposium

Date: 16th-17th September 2010

Location: Durham University

*Recent Workshops and Conferences*

Society for the Study of Human Biology Proffered Papers Meeting, Thursday September 17, 2009, 10am

The Castle, Durham University, Keynote Speaker: Professor Charlotte Roberts
'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.
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

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*Small grants for students*

Please click on the "Postgraduate Bursary Scheme" button to find out more.

Bursary Awardees are posted!

Deadlines are in July and January.

Page last updated 18 May 2010