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Penelope M. Harvey, FBA , FAcSS (born 1956) is a British anthropologist and academic, who has undertaken ethnographic field work in Spain, Peru and the United Kingdom. [1] Since 2000, she has been Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester. She was a lecturer in Latin American studies at the University of Liverpool from 1985 to 1990, and then a senior lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Manchester from 1991 to 2000. She was additionally Professor II at the University of Bergen (2004–2006) and the University of Oslo (2012–2019); a title given to visiting full professors in Norway. [2] [3] [4] Since November 2019, she has been a member of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management which gives independent advice and scrutiny to the British Government; she currently serves as deputy chair. [5]

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Early life and education

Having studied Spanish at King's College London, she then studied social anthropology at the London School of Economics. [6] She completed her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1987; her doctoral thesis was titled "Language and the power of history: a study of bilinguals in ocongate (southern Peru)". [7]

Honours

In 2019, Harvey was elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS). [3] In July 2022, she was elected Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. [8] The same year, she was elected Member of the Academia Europaea (MAE). [3] She is also a foreign member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. [5] [9]

Selected works

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References

  1. ↑ "Professor Penny Harvey". IAS Durham. Durham University. 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "Professor Penny Harvey FBA". thebritishacademy.ac.uk. The British Academy. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 "Harvey Penelope". www.ae-info.org. Academy of Europe. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  4. ↑ "Penelope Harvey". Research Explorer. The University of Manchester.
  5. 1 2 "Professor Penny Harvey". GOV.UK. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "Penelope Harvey - Curriculum Vitae". www.ae-info.org. Academy of Europe. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  7. ↑ Harvey, Penelope M. (1987). Language and the power of history: a study of bilinguals in ocongate (southern peru) (PhD thesis). London School of Economics. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  8. ↑ "Record number of women elected to the British Academy". thebritishacademy.ac.uk. The British Academy. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  9. ↑ "Penny Harvey". The Beam nuclear and social research network. The University of Manchester. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
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