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Professor Richard Fardon FBA

Social & Cultural Anthropology, Other Branches West Africa
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2004
Subjects
Anthropology
Sections
Africa, Asia and the Middle East , Anthropology and Geography
Website
http://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff30924.php

Current post

Professor of West African Anthropology, SOAS, University of London

Past appointments

Soas, University Of London Lecturer in West African and Caribbean Anthropology

1970 -

Soas, University Of London Reader in West African Anthropology

1970 -

Soas, University Of London Head of the SOAS Doctoral School and Professor of West African Anthropology

1970 -

Soas, University Of London Professor of West African Anthropology

1970 -

University of St Andrews Lecturer in Social Anthropology

1970 -

Soas, University Of London Professor of West African Anthropology

1970 -

Publications

Raiders and Refugees: Trends in Chamba Political Development 1988

Between God, the Dead and the Wild: Chamba interpretations of Religion and Ritual 1990

Fusions: Masquerades and Thought Style 2007

Great Thinkers: Richard Fardon FBA on Mary Douglas FBA

1 Jul 2019 Professor Richard Fardon FBA

'Purity and Danger' made its author Mary Douglas one of Britain’s most celebrated anthropologists. In this episode Richard Fardon and Henrietta Moore discuss the book’s lasting impact and Douglas’s equally fascinating later work.

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