Paul Hockings

Paul Hockings
Born (1935-02-23) February 23, 1935
Hertford, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationAnthropologist
Known forEthnographic documentaries
AwardsNilgiris Lifetime Achievement Award (2015)
Academic background
EducationDoctor of Philosophy
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
University of California, Berkeley
Academic work
DisciplineAnthropology
Sub-disciplineSocial anthropology
Visual anthropology
Medical anthropology
InstitutionsFormer dean at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of United International College, China
Notable worksThe 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.