Dalhousie’s Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology offers a unique program of research and teaching that is interdisciplinary, comparative, and critically engaged. We draw on the strengths of our two disciplines–sociology and social anthropology–by recognizing both their distinct intellectual and methodological heritages, while emphasizing how they complement each other. We also share a strong commitment to critical scholarship that is engaged with real world issues of power and inequality in their diverse local and global manifestations. We believe that sociology and social anthropology can make both academic and practical contributions. Many of our faculty work with government and non-government agencies and community groups, providing social analysis and expertise, while retaining their scholarly independence, critical edge and ability to contextualize problems.

Dalhousie University

Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 4P9
Canada
Telephone:(902) 494-6593
Fax:(902) 494-2897