Professor Sherry B. Ortner FBA
Social and cultural theory; historical anthropology; gender and feminist theory; anthropology of late capitalism/neoliberalism; film, media, and the culture industries; political activism. Sherpas of Nepal and anthropology of the Himalayas
- Fellow type
- International Fellow
- Year elected
- 2023
- Subjects
- Anthropology, Social Sciences
- Sections
- Anthropology and Geography
Current post
University of California Distinguished Professor Emerita of Anthropology
Other Fellows of the British Academy
Professor Susan J Smith PBA
Professor Susan Smith is President of the British Academy. She is known for her contributions to social geography and for her collaborative interdisciplinary research on the links between housing, inequality, health and wellbeing.
Professor John Mack FBA
The anthropology and history of art and material culture, especially in equatorial Africa and the western Indian Ocean; comparative work on themes such as memory, miniaturisation, and the experience of the environment
