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Last updated: 3 October 2016 16-17 UG Lecture List – HSPS Tripos of 13

HUMAN, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL SCIENCES TRIPOS

UNDERGRADUATE LECTURE LIST 2016/17

This is a static lecture list which will be updated periodically. Students and DoS can also access the HSPS timetable at: www.timetable.cam.ac.uk. The online timetable will contain real-time data and updates and can be downloaded to a personal calendar. Students will also receive an email notification when changes are made. Please note that venues for lectures may be subject to change; check the online timetable

If you have any queries about the Lecture List, please contact the Part I Administrator, [email protected]

Part I Events for all Part I students:

Michaelmas Lent Easter

Introduction to Part I (Induction session) Wednesday 5 October, 9-11am Cockcroft Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site

Introduction for ANE subjects Wednesday 5 October 2-2.30 pm North Lecture Room, Downing Site

Options Day for Part II tracks Tuesday 2 May, 2-3.30pm Cockcroft Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site

http://www.timetable.cam.ac.uk/


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ARC1: Introduction to Archaeology Course Organiser: Dr Elizabeth DeMarrais

Also available to the Psychology & Behavioural Sciences Tripos

Michaelmas Term: All Tuesday lectures will be held in Mill Lane Room 4; Wednesdays will be held in Mill Lane Room 5

Lent Term: All Tuesday lectures will be held in Mill Lane Room 6; Wednesdays will be held in Mill Lane Room 8 Easter Term: All Tuesday lectures will be held in Mill Lane Room 5; Wednesdays will be held in Mill Lane Room 4

http://map.cam.ac.uk/Mill+Lane+Lecture+Rooms All practical sessions will be held in the Keyser Workroom of the

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology


Tuesdays and Wednesdays 12 – 1 pm -beginning 11 October Dr Elizabeth DeMarrais, Professor Cyprian Broodbank Introduction to Archaeology 2 lectures - 11, 12 October Dr Elizabeth DeMarrais, Dr Philip Nigst, Dr John Robb Themes in Archaeology I - from human origins to monuments 8 lectures – 18, 25, 26 October, 1, 2, 8, 15, 16 November Dr Elizabeth DeMarrais, Professor Cyprian Broodbank, Dr John Robb Themes in Archaeology II - the archaeology of complex societies 4 lectures – 22, 23, 29, 30 November

Tuesdays and Wednesdays 12 – 1 pm - beginning 24 January

Dr Elizabeth DeMarrais, Professor Cyprian Broodbank, Dr Augusta McMahon, Dr Cameron Petrie, Dr Hratch Papazian Themes in Archaeology II – the archaeology of complex societies (continued) 14 lectures – 24, 25, 31 January, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28 February, 1, 7, 14, 15 March

Tuesdays and Wednesdays 12 – 1 pm -beginning 2 May : weeks 1-4 Prof Cyprian Broodbank, Themes in Archaeology III - Beyond Empires 2 lectures, 2, 3 May Dr Cameron Petrie, Dr Marie-Louise Stig Sørensen Looking forward: Archaeology Today (and Tomorrow) 4 Lectures 9, 10, 16, 17 May

NB: There are no lectures taking place Wednesdays 19 October, 9 November, 1 February, 8 March to allow for practical sessions


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Practical Sessions Sheila Kohring, Imogen Gunn Students will be assigned to one of two practical groups, meeting on the following days: Practical 1 – Under your feet: Cambridge in the past

Wednesday 19 October: 2-3pm, 3-4pm

Thursday 20 October: 2-3pm, 3-4pm Practical 2 – Cognition and technology

Wednesday 9 November: 2-3pm, 3-4pm Thursday 10 November: 2-3pm, 3-4pm

Practical Sessions Sheila Kohring, Imogen Gunn Students will be assigned to one of two practical groups, meeting on the following days: Practical 3- New materialities and complex societies

Wednesday 1 February: 2-3pm, 3-4pm Thursday 2 February: 2-3pm, 3-4pm Practical 4 – Materialising power

Wednesday 8 March: 2-3pm, 3-4pm Thursday 9 March: 2-3pm, 3-4pm

No practical sessions




ARC2: Archaeology in Action Course Organiser: Dr Cameron Petrie

All lectures to take place in South Lecture Room, all practical sessions to take place in West Building Room G2, Downing Site, unless otherwise

specified. http://map.cam.ac.uk/Division+of+Archaeology


Mondays 12 – 1 pm all 8 weeks starting 10 October Dr Cameron Petrie, Prof Charly French, Dr Tamsin O’Connell, Dr Roger Palmer, Dr David Redhouse Archaeology in the Field Practical sessions will take place 2-4 pm, all 8 weeks starting 14 October (Friday) Room G2, West Building* *Sessions on 4 and 11 November will start in WBG2 and then move to the computing suite in B9 from 2:30-4pm

Mondays 12 – 1 pm all 8 weeks starting 23 January Dr Cameron Petrie, Dr Phiip Nigst, Dr Tamsin O’Connell, Prof Martin Jones, Dr Preston Miracle, Dr Corinne Duhig, Dr Natasha Dodwell Archaeology in the Lab Practical sessions will take place 2-4 pm, all 8 weeks starting 27 January (Friday) Room G2, West Building

Prof Charly French, Dr Philip Nigst Training excavation Students will attend four full days of excavation in the field: 25, 26, 27 & 28 April


http://map.cam.ac.uk/Division+of+Archaeology



ARC3: Introduction to the Cultures of Egypt & Mesopotamia

Course Organiser: Dr Augusta McMahon

All lectures will take place in the South Lecture Room, Downing Site, unless otherwise shown



Dr Augusta McMahon, Dr Kathryn Howley

Introductory Lecture: Environment &

landscapes of Egypt and Mesopotamia

Thursday 2 – 3 pm, week1 (6 October)


Egypt & Mesopotamia

Wednesday 2 – 3 pm, weeks 1-7

beginning 12 October

Thursday 2 – 3 pm, weeks 2-8

beginning 13 October


Seminar 1: Power, order & hierarchy

Wednesday 30 November, 2-4pm


Egypt & Mesopotamia

Wednesday 2 – 3 pm, weeks 1-8

Thursday 2 – 3 pm, weeks 1-8

beginning 19 January


Seminar 2: Texts & text aided archaeology

Thursday 16 March 2-4pm


Seminar 3: Death and Identity

Wednesday 3 May 2-4pm

Dr Kathryn Howley

Tour: Fitzwilliam Museum

(meet in the Egyptian Galleries)

Wednesday 10 May 2-3.30pm


Seminar 4: Art and the Human Body

Wednesday 17 May 2-4pm





ARC4: Akkadian Language I Course Organiser: Dr Martin Worthington

Also available to the Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Tripos

All lectures to take place in the North Lecture Room, Downing Site



Mondays and Wednesdays 9 – 10 am All 8 weeks starting 10 October

Mondays and Wednesdays 9 – 10 am All 8 weeks starting 23 January

(Four weeks only)

Mondays and Wednesdays 9 – 10 am Starting 1 May





ARC5: Egyptian Language I Course Organiser: Dr Hratch Papazian

Also available to the Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Tripos

All lectures to take place in the West Building, Seminar Room, Downing Site



Thursdays 9 – 10 am, Mondays 2 – 3 pm All 8 weeks, starting 6 October

Thursdays 9 – 10 am, Mondays 2 – 3 pm All 8 weeks, starting 19 January

Thursdays 9 – 10 am, Mondays 2 – 3 pm Four weeks, starting 27 April





BAN1: Humans in biological perspective Course Organiser: Professor Martin Jones


Michaelmas Term: All Tuesday lectures will be held in Mill Lane Room 7; all Wednesday lectures will take place in Mill Lane Room 2

http://map.cam.ac.uk/Mill+Lane+Lecture+Rooms Lent Term: All Tuesday Lectures will be held in the Hopkinson Lecture theatre http://map.cam.ac.uk/Hopkinson+Lecture+Theatre

all Wednesday lectures will take place in the Biffen Lecture Theatre http://map.cam.ac.uk/Biffen+Lecture+Theatre Easter Term: All lectures will be held in Mill Lane Room 4 http://map.cam.ac.uk/Mill+Lane+Lecture+Rooms


Tuesdays 9 – 10 am, Wednesdays 11-12:

starting 11 October

Dr Peter Walsh

The Scope of Biological Anthropology One lecture, 11 October Dr Peter Walsh Primate Cognition & Social Networks Two lectures, 12 and 18 October Dr Jake Dunn Primate Behaviour & Ecology Eight lectures, 19, 25, 26 October; 1, 2, 8, 9, 15 November Dr Peter Walsh Primate Cognition & Social Networks cont… Three lectures, 16, 22, 23 November Primate Conservation Two lectures 29, 30 November

Tuesdays 9 – 10 am, Wednesdays 11 – 12

starting 24 January

Dr Charlotte Houldcroft Evolutionary Genetics Four lectures, 24, 25, 31 January; 1 February Professor Robert Foley Human Evolution Eight lectures, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28 February ; 1 March

Professor Nick Mascie-Taylor

Nature vs. Nurture

Three lectures, 7, 8, 14 March

Tuesdays 9 – 10 am, Wednesdays 11 –12

starting 2 May

Professor Nick Mascie-Taylor The double burden of malnutrition Five lectures, 2, 3, 9, 10, 16 May Revision Sessions Two lectures 17, 23 May



http://map.cam.ac.uk/Hopkinson+Lecture+Theatre#52.203036,0.119635,18

http://map.cam.ac.uk/Biffen+Lecture+Theatre#52.202579,0.121545,18




POL1: The modern state and its alternatives Course Organiser: Professor Helen Thompson

Also available to the Economics Tripos and the Psychology & Behavioural Sciences Tripos

Michaelmas Term: All Tuesday lectures will be held in Mill Lane Lecture Room 9; all Thursday lectures will take place in the Babbage Lecture

Theatre http://map.cam.ac.uk/Mill+Lane+Lecture+Rooms http://map.cam.ac.uk/Babbage+Lecture+Theatre Lent Term: All lectures will be held in Mill Lane Lecture Room 9


All lectures to be held Tuesdays and Thursdays 10 – 11 am beginning 6 October Dr Helen Thompson & Prof David Runciman The Modern State and its alternatives Sixteen lectures, weeks 1-8

16 lectures , weeks 1 – 8 to be held Tuesdays and Thursdays 10 – 11 am beginning 24 January Dr Helen Thompson & Prof David Runciman The Modern State and its alternatives

Dr Helen Thompson & Dr Christopher Brooke Revision Classes (Lecture Room TBC) Group One (Dr Brooke) Monday 8 May 10-11 Monday 15 May 10-11 Group Two (Dr Brooke) Tuesday 9 May 10-11 Tuesday 16 May 10-11 Group Three (Dr Thompson) Wednesday 10 May 10-11 Wednesday 17 May 10-11 Group Four (Dr Thompson) Thursday 4 May10-11 Thursday 11 May 10-11



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POL2: International Conflict, Order and Justice Course Organiser: Dr Adam Branch


Michaelmas Term: All Monday lectures will be held in Lady Mitchell Hall; all Wednesday lectures in Lecture Room 6

https://map.cam.ac.uk/Lady+Mitchell+Hall

https://map.cam.ac.uk/lecture+block+A

Lent Term: All lectures will be held in the Biffen Lecture Theatre

http://map.cam.ac.uk/Biffen+Lecture+Theatre


Mondays and Wednesdays 10 – 11 am –weeks 1-8 beginning 10 October

Exploring International Relations Through 9/11 Dr Adam Branch (8 lectures) The International Politics of Development Dr Adam Branch (4 Lectures) War in International Society Dr Stefano Recchia (4 Lectures)

Mondays and Wednesdays 10 – 11 am - weeks 1-7 beginning 23 January Sovereignty and International Hierarchies Dr Ayse Zarakol (5 lectures)

Diplomatic Theory and Practice Dr Aaron Rapport (5 Lectures) Global Justice Dr Adam Branch (4 lectures )

Revision Lectures (two-hour lectures; each attended by half the class) Location TBC Lecture 1/ Group One: 3 May, 10-12 Lecture 2/Group Two: 10 May, 10-12


https://map.cam.ac.uk/Lady+Mitchell+Hall

https://map.cam.ac.uk/lecture+block+A

http://map.cam.ac.uk/Biffen+Lecture+Theatre#52.202579,0.121545,18



SAN1: Social Anthropology: the comparative perspective Course Organiser: Professor James Laidlaw


All lectures to be held in Mill Lane Lecture Room 9 http://map.cam.ac.uk/Mill+Lane+Lecture+Rooms


Tuesdays and Fridays 11 – 12 from 7 October Weeks 1 - 4 Identity & Difference Dr Paola Filippucci Dr David Sneath Weeks 5 - 8 The Symbolic and the Real Prof James Laidlaw Weeks 4 and 6 only 4.15 -6.15 pm Wednesdays Mill Lane Room 3 Ethnographic films Dr Rupert Stasch

Tuesdays and Fridays 11-12 from 20 January Weeks 1 - 4 Introduction to Anthropological Theory Dr Matei Candea Weeks 5 - 8 Politics & Economic Life Dr Sian Lazar Weeks 4 and 6 only 4.15 -6.15 pm Wednesdays Mill Lane Room 9 Ethnographic films Dr Rupert Stasch

Tuesdays and Fridays 11-12 from 28 April Weeks 1 - 4 Ethnography Professor Joel Robbins

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SOC1: Modern Societies I: Introduction to Sociology Course Organiser: Professor Patrick Baert


All lectures will take place in Mill Lane Lecture Room 9



Thursdays 11am -1pm, 8 weeks beginning 6 October Prof Patrick Baert Theories of modernity Six lectures - weeks 1-6 Dr Manali Desai, Dr Hazem Kandil The study of modern societies Two lectures, weeks 7-8 beginning 17 November

Thursdays 11am -1pm, 8 weeks beginning 19 January Dr Manali Desai & Dr Hazem Kandil The study of modern societies (cont’d)

Thursdays 11am -1pm , weeks 2 - 4 beginning 27 April Revision sessions (Mill Lane Room 9 tbc) 4 May - Professor Baert 11 May - Dr Manali Desai 18 May - Dr Hazem Kandil



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