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Professor Emma Tarlo FBA

Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2026
Sections
Anthropology and Geography

Summary

Emma Tarlo's research interests are anthropology of material culture with reference to the politics of dress in India, the emergence of Islamic fashion in Britain and Europe and the global trade in human hair; and anthropological non-fiction writing and exhibition curation.

Current post

Goldsmiths, University of London Emeritus Professor of Anthropology

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