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

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Ruth Finnegan FBA

Social & Cultural Anthropology, Other Branches

Classical and literary Chinese language and philology; history, religion and thought of pre-imperial and early imperial China; text and manuscript studies (Warring States, Qin, and Han periods); the natural world in pre-modern China

Professor Charles Tripp FBA

Politics in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq & Egypt; Islamic political thought; the relationship between art & power in the Middle East.

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Professor Richard Fardon FBA

Current post

Professor of West African Anthropology, SOAS, University of London

Past appointments

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

Soas, University Of London Reader in West African Anthropology

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

Soas, University Of London Professor of West African Anthropology

University of St Andrews Lecturer in Social Anthropology

Soas, University Of London Professor of West African Anthropology

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

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Ruth Finnegan FBA

Professor Roel Sterckx FBA

Professor Charles Tripp FBA

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Professor Richard Fardon FBA

Current post

Professor of West African Anthropology, SOAS, University of London

Past appointments

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

Soas, University Of London Reader in West African Anthropology

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

Soas, University Of London Professor of West African Anthropology

University of St Andrews Lecturer in Social Anthropology

Soas, University Of London Professor of West African Anthropology

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

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Ruth Finnegan FBA

Professor Roel Sterckx FBA

Professor Charles Tripp FBA

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