Jane Hubert

Jane Hubert is a social anthropologist, known in particular for her work in mental health and intellectual disability. She is also known for her work in the field of cultural memory studies and archaeology.[1]

Academic career

Hubert is Honorary Senior Researcher in Social Anthropology at St George's, University of London and Honorary Senior Research Associate in the UCL Institute of Archaeology, University College London. At St George's, she has worked on several research projects, including the World Health Organisation project "Intellectual Disabilities" (St George's, and Gouverneur Kremers Centre).[2]

Hubert's support of Peter Ucko and contribution to archaeology

Hubert was the partner of Peter Ucko (former director of the Institute of Archaeology, UCL) for 27 years, and supported him stalwartly in his archaeological work: for example, the World Archaeological Congress, travelling with him and Wang Tao in China, editing several volumes in the One World Archaeology series, and, after his death, the "Transitional Objects" project for the Ucko Collection.[3]

Publications

Hubert has an extensive record of publications (see external links below), the following are merely a selection:

  • 2016 The Experience of Institutionalisation: Social Exclusion, Stigma and Loss of Identity (Routledge, 2016) ISBN 9780415818308
  • 2010 (ed.) Madness, Disability and Social Exclusion: The Archaeology and Anthropology of 'Difference' (One World Archaeology series)
  • 2004 (ed. with Cressida Fforde) The Dead and their Possessions: Repatriation in Principle, Policy and Practice (One World Archaeology series)
  • 1997 (ed. with David Carmichael, Brian Reeves and Audhild Schanche) Sacred Sites, Sacred Places (One World Archaeology series)

References

  1. ↑ Jane Hubert Social anthropology and archaeology. Partner of Peter Ucko Celebratory event at House of Lords for Jane Hubert 27 January 2016. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/calendar/articles/2015-16-news/20160127
  2. ↑ http://webmagazine.maastrichtuniversity.nl/index.php/research/mind/item/75-a-better-future-for-the-most-vulnerable-people
  3. ↑ Vida, C. & Sully, D., (2015). Transitional Objects: The Ucko Collection. A New Heritage Section Joint Research Project. Archaeology International. 18, pp.56–60. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/ai.1807 https://www.ai-journal.com/articles/10.5334/ai.1807/
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