School of the Humanities and Social Sciences
About this community
The School of the Humanities and Social Sciences covers a wide range of disciplines with differing methodologies, from highly quantitative analysis of ‘big data’ to ethnography and the analysis of the material culture and thought of past societies. The geographical range is equally broad, with specialist centres in Latin America, Africa and South Asia, as well as Development Studies and the specialists within each Department or Faculty.
Find out more about the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences at http://www.cshss.cam.ac.uk/.
Sub-communities within this community
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Department of Archaeology
Promote archaeology as a discipline concerned with the entirety of human history - ranging in time from the Palaeolithic to the modern day, and in space from the Americas to the UK and Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia -
Department of Social Anthropology
Combines expertise in the central traditional fields of social anthropology with active explorations of new areas of study
Recent Submissions
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To compare the creation and development of school culture in amalgamated schools and multi-academy trusts from a teacher perspective; a longitudinal, mixed methods multiple case study.
(2019-05-18)To compare the creation and development of school culture in amalgamated schools and multi-academy trusts from a teacher perspective; a longitudinal, mixed methods multiple case study. Wayne Birks, Ed. D. student, Clare ... -
Destruction as Rule: Containment, Censuring and Confusion in Pakistani Balochistan
(2019-07-15)This dissertation explores the contour and content of state-ordered destruction in the construction of state, territory, and subjects. To do so, it carries out a historical and ethnographic study of state violence, from ... -
Play Well: Educating for the Prevention of Playing-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries at a Specialist Music School in the UK. A Physiotherapist-led Action Research Project.
(2019-05-18)Abstract This Action Research took place within a specialist music boarding school in England by the school physiotherapist. It was conceived as a direct result of the physiotherapists concerns about the number of preventable ... -
Manorial Officeholding in Late Medieval and Early Modern England, 1300-1600
(2019-09-01)This thesis investigates the role and identity of manorial officers, individuals drawn from a lord’s tenants who were vital in administering his manor court and directly-farmed lands. It analyses officeholding from a social ...
