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This course introduces students to some key ideas and debates around human kinship and relationality; in other words, how humans relate to one another and how relationships are formed, maintained, severed, and conceptualized. In this way, the unit explores what constitutes kin, friends, lovers, and others. The study of relationality forms the foundation of anthropology, but also offers fascinating insights into what it means to be human in a range of historical and global contexts. Drawing on both classic and contemporary material from the study of kinship and beyond, the course traverses themes of marriage, reproduction, love, parenting, friendship, sexuality, reproductive technologies, and relations with non-humans. Students learn the wider significance of the topics to the interpretation and analysis of human societies more broadly.
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This advanced course in development economics provides a thorough exposition of concepts, policy issues, and controversies in the process of economic development. The course covers leading issues in development economics such as the role of trade and institutions in industrialization and long-run development as well as cutting-edge empirical research on various topics such as human capital, conflict, corruption, foreign aid, gender, and the environment.
Life in Egham, UK-England
About Egham
Egham’s quaint, quiet vibes are a breath of fresh air for those looking to get away from the cosmopolitan hustle and bustle. Still, one needn’t throw away the key to city life by residing here—Central London is only a 40-minute train ride away. A university town molded around Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham abounds in academic riches and boasts a close-knit community. For such a small place, Egham has had some big things happen in it, and you can soak it up by visiting the town’s epic historical sites, some of which date to the 11th century.