Jeremy Boissevain
Encyclopedia
Jeremy Boissevain is Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology
at the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research (University of Amsterdam).
and has subsequently taught at the Universities of Montreal, Sussex
, Malta
, New York (Stony Brook), Massachusetts (Amherst)
, Columbia University
and the Jagiellonian University
in Cracow.
Social anthropology
Social Anthropology is one of the four or five branches of anthropology that studies how contemporary human beings behave in social groups. Practitioners of social anthropology investigate, often through long-term, intensive field studies , the social organization of a particular person: customs,...
at the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research (University of Amsterdam).
Academic background
Boissevain graduated for his PhD in 1962 at the London School of EconomicsLondon School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
and has subsequently taught at the Universities of Montreal, Sussex
University of Sussex
The University of Sussex is an English public research university situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, within the city of Brighton and Hove. The University received its Royal Charter in August 1961....
, Malta
University of Malta
The University of Malta is the highest educational institution in Malta Europe and is one of the most respected universities in Europe. The University offers undergraduate Bachelor's Degrees, postgraduate Master's Degrees and postgraduate Doctorates .-History:The University of Malta was founded in...
, New York (Stony Brook), Massachusetts (Amherst)
University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public research and land-grant university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States and the flagship of the University of Massachusetts system...
, Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
and the Jagiellonian University
Jagiellonian University
The Jagiellonian University was established in 1364 by Casimir III the Great in Kazimierz . It is the oldest university in Poland, the second oldest university in Central Europe and one of the oldest universities in the world....
in Cracow.
External links
- http://www.alanmacfarlane.com/ancestors/Boissevain.html Video interview with Jeremy Boissevain
- http://www.assr.nl/ Website of the Amsterdam School for Social science Research, where Boissevain currently works