Welcome to the Department of Anthropology
The Department of Anthropology at Goldsmiths is one of the best in Europe, specialising in innovative research of contemporary relevance. Our teaching has been judged excellent in recent reviews and we obtained a grade of 5 in recent Research Assessment Exercises (2001, 1996). Our degrees explore a range of topics including art, human rights, animals, the body and health, development and visual anthropology.
Graduates from our department have gone on to pursue careers in professional anthropology, media, political activism and international development.
Anthropology programmes:
- BA (Hons) Anthropology
- BA (Hons) Anthropology & Media
- BA (Hons) Anthropology & Sociology
- BA (Hons) History & Anthropology
- MA in Anthropology & Cultural Politics
- MA in Anthropology of Health & the Body in the 21st Century
- MA in Applied Anthropology & Community and Youth Work (with Professional Validation)
- MA in Development & Rights
- MA in Social Anthropology
- MA in Visual Anthropology
- MPhil & PhD Anthropology
- MPhil & PhD in Visual Anthropology
- MRes in Anthropology
- MRes in Visual Anthropology
Latest from Anthropology
- Film Screening: Just a Normal Day
Fri, 19 March 2010
- Funding: AHRC: Department of Anthropology internal deadlines, 2010-11
- Film in Production: The Runner
- Exhibition: Dave Lewis: Field Work - The AOA Commission Exhibition
- Event: Olivia Harris Memorial

Madalena Pantazis, BA in Anthropology