Paul Hockings
Paul Hockings | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 23, 1935 Hertford, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Anthropologist |
| Known for | Ethnographic documentaries |
| Awards | Nilgiris Lifetime Achievement Award (2015) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney University of California, Berkeley |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Anthropology |
| Sub-discipline | Social anthropology Visual anthropology Medical anthropology |
| Institutions | Former dean at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of United International College, China |
| Notable works | The Man Hunters (documentary) The Village (documentary) |
Paul Hockings (born February 23, 1935) is an anthropologist whose prime areas of focus are the Dravidian languages, social, visual and medical anthropology.
He studied archaeology and anthropology at the University of Sydney, the University of California, Berkeley, and at the universities in Chicago, Stanford and Toronto. He taught anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Illinois at Chicago, and he has been the dean of United International College's Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. He is the current editor-in-chief of Visual Anthropology.