The department established in 2013, is designed to focus primarily on Socio-cultural and Physical Anthropology. It aspires to combine theories, advance methodologies and applied aspects of Anthropology with a specific and intensive research interest in Sikkim and India’s Northeast region as a whole. Regular seminars and guest-lectures are conducted by visiting scholars from both within and outside the country. The department has well-established Physical Anthropology Laboratory and recently installed Archaeological Laboratory-cum-Ethnographic Museum.
Courses offered: MA/MSc, MPhil and PhD
Location: Barad Sadan Building, 5th Mile, Tadong, Gangtok
HEAD/ICs Email ID: anthropology.hod@cus.ac.in
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Sarah Faulkner and Rama Mohan. K.R (2021) Mayel Lyang Embodied: “Tradition” and Contemporary Lepcha Textiles. HIMALAYA,The Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, Vol, 40. No.2. 97-107. Pub by The University of Edinburgh.U.K.
K.R.Rama Mohan. (2021) Negotiating Identity: Ethnic Communities and Assertion for Tribal Status in Sikkim.In ‘Tribal Identity: Contradictions of Ascribed and Self-Asserted Perspectives’ edt by Jesuratnam Devarapilli. 113-124. Kalpaz Publications, New Delhi.
Pukkaalla Dalibandhu and Rama Mohan, K.R. (2020) Local Knowledge and Marine Livelihoods among the South Indian Fishing Community. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 56(3):549-557, Sage Publications.
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