Professor Alan Macfarlane FBA

History Social & Cultural Anthropology, Other Branches

Fellow type: UK Emeritus Fellow
Year elected: 1986
Subjects: Anthropology
Sections: Anthropology and Geography
Website: http://www.alanmacfarlane.com/

Current post

Emeritus Professor of Anthropological Science, University of Cambridge; Fellow, King's College, Cambridge

Past appointments

University of Cambridge Emeritus Professor

2009 -

University of Cambridge Professor of Anthropological Science

1991 - 2009

University of Cambridge Professor of Anthropological Science, University of Cambridge

1991 -

University of Cambridge Reader in Historical Anthropology

1981 - 1991

King's College University of Cambridge Fellow

1981 -

Publications

The origins of English individualism 1978

The diary of Ralph Josselin, 1616-1683 (_RSEH ns_ 3, 1976)

The savage wars of peace 1998

The making of the modern world 2002

Japan Through the Looking Glass 2007

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Rebecca Cassidy FBA

Rebecca Cassidy's research interests are in social anthropology, particularly kinship and inequality, animal and plant breeding, betting and gambling, policy and public health.

Professor Michael Watts FBA

The political economy of resources with a particular focus on the oil and gas and energy sectors, and on food and agriculture in the Global South (Africa in particular)

Professor Ray Hudson FBA

Geography Political and Electoral Geography Developmental Geography Economic Geography

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