Dame Ann Marilyn Strathern, DBE, FBA is a British anthropologist, who has worked largely with the Mount Hagen people of Papua New Guinea and dealt with issues in the UK of reproductive technologies.
15 Facts About Marilyn Strathern
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Marilyn Strathern was William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge from 1993 to 2008, and Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge from 1998 to 2009.
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Marilyn Strathern was born to Eric Evans and Joyce Evans in North Wales on 6 March 1941.
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Marilyn Strathern then became a research student there and went on to obtain her PhD in 1968.
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Marilyn Strathern married fellow anthropologist Andrew Strathern in 1964 and they had three children together before ending their marriage.
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Marilyn Strathern has held numerous positions over her career, all of which involved her work with the people of Papua New Guinea and her expertise in feminist anthropology.
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Marilyn Strathern left Cambridge to become Professor of Social Anthropology at Manchester University in 1985.
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Marilyn Strathern then returned to Cambridge for the final time in 1993 to take the position of William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology until her retirement in 2008.
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Marilyn Strathern was co-opted member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics while chairing the Working Party on "Human bodies: donation for medicine and research" from 2000 to 2006 and 2010 until 2011.
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From her doctoral thesis published in 1972 titled "Women in Between" to her more recent publications, Marilyn Strathern is constantly challenging the definitions and social constructs of gender "norms".
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Marilyn Strathern has spent much time among the Hagen of Papua New Guinea.
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Marilyn Strathern is the author of numerous publications, including 44 single-authored journal articles, 57 book chapters, and over 15 books written alone or with another author.
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Marilyn Strathern's topics vary from Melanesian culture to the culture of the United Kingdom.
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Marilyn Strathern brings to the surface the fact that theories are dominating themselves and while she knows as an anthropologist, she cannot separate herself from them, she does state that she offers a "narrative" over an analysis of the situation.
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The Strathern Annual Lecture was established in 2011 to honour the multifaceted achievements of Dame Marilyn Strathern, and invites a prominent anthropologist.