{"id":2,"date":"2020-06-24T15:04:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T19:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies-film\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:42:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:42:57","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/socanth\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Graduate Program in Social Anthropology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group border-lg border-primary px-3 py-4 mb-3\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h4\">Master of Arts (MA), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We are a dynamic intellectual community of scholars and students committed to theoretically informed, empirically grounded, and socially relevant research. Our faculty expertise spans a world of topics, theories, and innovative methodologies through which we teach and produce knowledge that critically illuminates the social and cultural life of the past, the present, and projects about the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mb-0 text-uppercase\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/socanth\/programs\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5\">Learn More about the Graduate Program in Social Anthropology<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alert alert-warning\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"mb-0\">We are currently accepting PhD applications. Interested students are encouraged to contact <a href=\"mailto:gpdanth@yorku.ca\">gpdanth@yorku.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><form role=\"search\" method=\"get\" action=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/socanth\/\" class=\"wp-block-search__button-outside wp-block-search__text-button wp-block-search\"    ><label class=\"wp-block-search__label\" for=\"wp-block-search__input-1\" >Search<\/label><div class=\"wp-block-search__inside-wrapper\"  style=\"width: 359px\"><input class=\"wp-block-search__input\" id=\"wp-block-search__input-1\" placeholder=\"\" value=\"\" type=\"search\" name=\"s\" required \/><button aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"wp-block-search__button wp-element-button\" type=\"submit\" >Search<\/button><\/div><\/form>\n\n\n<div 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href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/\">Liberal Arts and Professional Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"toast fade show\" data-autohide=\"false\" role=\"alert\" aria-live=\"assertive\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n  <div class=\"toast-header\">\n    <i class=\"fas fa-exclamation-circle mr-2 text-primary\"><\/i>\n    <strong class=\"mr-auto\">Application Period<\/strong>\n    <button type=\"button\" class=\"ml-2 mb-1 close\" data-dismiss=\"toast\" aria-label=\"Close\">\n      <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00d7<\/span>\n    <\/button>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"toast-body\">\n    <div class=\"row no-gutters\">\n      <div class=\"col-4\">\n        Fall Application:\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"col-8\">      \nOct 8, 2025\u2013Jan 15, 2026 \n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script>\n    $(document).ready(function() {\n        $(\".toast\").toast('show');\n    });\n<\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group grey-bg-block 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src=\"https:\/\/events.yorku.ca\/mecExternalScript?id=25680&t=calendar\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h3 mb-3\">QS University Rankings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>In the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/laps\/newsroom\/2025\/03\/25\/laps-scholarship-continues-to-shine-in-the-recent-qs-world-university-rankings-by-subject\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025 Quacquerelli Symonds (QS) University Rankings by Subject report<\/a>, Anthropology ranked in the Top 150 in the world and tied for #4 in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/482\/2025\/07\/Anthropology-Top-150.png\" alt=\"Anthropology badge for QS rankings 2025\" class=\"wp-image-3622\" style=\"width:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/482\/2025\/07\/Anthropology-Top-150.png 400w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/482\/2025\/07\/Anthropology-Top-150-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/482\/2025\/07\/Anthropology-Top-150-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Featured Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns featured-faculty is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/482\/2024\/09\/Othon-Alexandrakis.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Othon Alexandrakis\" class=\"wp-image-3544\" style=\"width:254px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/482\/2024\/09\/Othon-Alexandrakis.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/482\/2024\/09\/Othon-Alexandrakis-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/482\/2024\/09\/Othon-Alexandrakis-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"h4\">Othon Alexandrakis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mb-0\"><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anthropology, Citizenship, Migration, Emergent and Contested Identities, Governance, Cities, Greece and Europe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"d-inline-block pr-2\"><a href=\"mailto:oalexand@yorku.ca\"><i class=\"fas fa-envelope\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"d-inline-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.laps.yorku.ca\/profiles\/oalexand\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/482\/2024\/12\/sandra-widmer.jpg\" alt=\"photo of Alexandra Widmer\" class=\"wp-image-3572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/482\/2024\/12\/sandra-widmer.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/482\/2024\/12\/sandra-widmer-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/482\/2024\/12\/sandra-widmer-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"h4\">Alexandra Widmer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mb-0\"><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anthropology , Anthropology of Science, Medicine and Technology, Anthropology of Reproduction, Anthropology of Colonialism, Feminist Anthropology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"d-inline-block pr-2\"><a href=\"mailto:swidmer@yorku.ca\"><i class=\"fas fa-envelope\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"d-inline-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.laps.yorku.ca\/profiles\/swidmer\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div 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Hirji\" class=\"wp-image-3403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/482\/2023\/09\/zulfikar-hirji-400x400-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/482\/2023\/09\/zulfikar-hirji-400x400-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/482\/2023\/09\/zulfikar-hirji-400x400-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"h4\">Zulfikar A. 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