School of Global Studies

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Prof Ralph Grillo

Post:Emeritus Professor (Anthropology)
Location:ARTS C
Email:R.D.Grillo@sussex.ac.uk

Biography

Studied anthropology at Cambridge (PhD 1968). Taught at Queen's University Belfast (1967-70), and subsequently at Sussex. Formerly Dean of the School of African and Asian Studies (AFRAS), and founding Director of the Graduate Research Centre for the Study of Culture, Development and the Environment (CDE). Anthropological field research in East Africa (1964-5), Ireland (1969), France (1974, 1975-6), Italy (1997). Honorary Member, Association of Social Anthropologists of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth. Awarded Lucy Mair Marsh Medal by Royal Anthropological Institute, London, 2016

Role

Retired but still researching and writing