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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Water and Early City Development in Southeast China: Geoarchaeology Case Study of the Ancient Liangzhu City
Water has been cited as a key factor in influencing the emergence of complex society and the development of early cities throughout the world prehistory. Lianghzu, one of the earliest ‘state’ societies in East Asia dated ... -
Branching out: A comparative analysis of demographic determinants of mammalian speciation
Mammalian speciation is not usually an instantaneous event. It is a protracted process, the course and outcome of which is determined by the interaction between demographic and genetic processes. These demographic processes ... -
Looking behind the Writing: The design and implementation of a framework to provide transitional support for the development of written articulacy at PG level – a University of Cambridge Case Study
(2021-10-22)Writing at postgraduate level is far more than simply writing – it is a complex process of knowledge creation. Yet despite its importance within academia, there seems to exist what has been referred to as a ‘non-pedagogy ... -
HIV/AIDS activism in England, c. 1982-1997.
This PhD thesis examines the history of the groups and individuals who responded politically to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in England. It spans the years of the first confirmed AIDS-related death in the UK, that of Terry Higgins ...
