Anthropology and Museum Ethnography: University of Oxford

Research Programmes

• DPhil in Social and Cultural Anthropology
• MLitt in Social and Cultural Anthropology

Taught Programmes

Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology (ISCA)

Degree Programmes in Material Anthropology and Museum Ethnography

The degrees in Material Anthropology and Museum Ethnography explore current issues within Museum Anthropology and Material Culture Theory. Taught within the Pitt Rivers Museum, the MAME degrees examine the creation, function, histories, politics, and meanings of objects; museum representations of cultures; relations between source communities and museums; problems of landscape; art and aesthetics; visual anthropology; the cross-cultural circulation of objects in the global economy, objectification and consumption. The degree also explores methodological and ethical issues.

• MSc in Material Anthropology and Museum Ethnography
• MSc in Material Anthropology and Museum Ethnography (Research Methods) (ESRC-recognized)
• MPhil in Material Anthropology and Museum Ethnography

Degree programmes in Medical Anthropology

• MSc in Medical Anthropology
• MPhil in Medical Anthropology (ESRC-recognized)
• MPhil in Migration Studies

Degree programmes in Social Anthropology

• MSt in Social Anthropology
• MSc in Social Anthropology
• MSc in Social Anthropology (Research Methods) (ESRC-recognized)
• MPhil in Social Anthropology
• MSc in Visual Anthropology (ESRC-recognized)

Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology

MSc in Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology

Since the inception of modern anthropology, considerations of the impact of human biology and natural ecology on human thought, behaviour, social structures and cultural expression have occupied a central position in the field.

Entry Requirements

For research programmes, a full taught-course degree (graduate or undergraduate) in social or cultural anthropology (ISCA) or (preferred) a relevant Master’s degree (ICEA). For taught programmes, an undergraduate degree in any subject at good upper second-class or better (UK system) or GPA of 3.6 or better (US system) or appropriate equivalent. Other suitably qualified candidates without these specific backgrounds but with equally strong equivalents may exceptionally be considered. (For taught programmes there is no requirement for a background in Social Anthropology except for the MSc in Visual Anthropology.)

General enquiries: 

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