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Dame Henrietta Louise Moore, (born 18 May 1957) is a British
social anthropologist Social anthropology is the study of patterns of behaviour in human societies and cultures. It is the dominant constituent of anthropology throughout the United Kingdom and much of Europe, where it is distinguished from cultural anthropology. In t ...
. She is the director of the Institute for Global Prosperity at
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(UCL), part of the Bartlett, UCL's Faculty of the Built Environment.


Early life

Moore graduated from Durham University with an upper second in Archaeology and Anthropology in 1979. She continued her studies at
Newnham College, Cambridge Newnham College is a women's constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1871 by a group organising Lectures for Ladies, members of which included philosopher Henry Sidgwick and suffragist campaigner Millicen ...
, completing a PhD in 1983.


Career

After leaving university Moore spent one year working for the
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in
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...
as a Field Director. She then became a Curatorial Assistant at the
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, also known as MAA, at the University of Cambridge houses the university's collections of local antiquities, together with archaeological and ethnographic artefacts from around the world. The museum ...
before joining the
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as a Lecturer in Social Anthropology in 1985. Moore eventually rejoined Cambridge as a lecturer, where she became Director of Studies in Anthropology at
Girton College Girton College is one of the Colleges of the University of Cambridge, 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. The college was established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon as the first women's college in Cambridge. In 1 ...
and then a
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of Pembroke College in 1989. After a series of academic appointments in Social Anthropology at the
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Moore took up the William Wyse Chair of Social Anthropology at
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. In 2009 Moore was made a Professorial Fellow of
Jesus College, Cambridge Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's full name is The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge. Its common name comes fr ...
. Moore has been critical of proposed restrictions in immigration, as proposed by
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in the run-up to the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum. She is the Chair and Co-Founder of SHM Group, a consulting firm specialising in
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.


Honours

She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the
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for services to the social sciences. She was elected a Fellow of the
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in 2007. In 1995, Moore and Megan Vaughan were awarded the
Herskovits Prize The ASA Best Book Prize, formerly known as the Herskovits Prize (Melville J. Herskovits Prize), is an annual prize given by the African Studies Association to the best scholarly work (including translations) on Africa published in English in the pre ...
by the
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for their book ''Cutting Down Trees: Gender, Nutrition, and Agricultural Change in the Northern Province of Zambia, 1890-1990''. In 2014 Moore received an honorary degree from Queen's University Belfast.


Major works

* * * * (Winner of the 1995
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) * * * * * * *


References


External links


Henrietta Moore official website
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SHM Foundation website

Barbican Centre Trust website

European Research Council website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Henrietta 1957 births Living people Social anthropologists British anthropologists Alumni of Trevelyan College, Durham Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge Fellows of Jesus College, Cambridge Fellows of the British Academy British women anthropologists William Wyse Professors of Social Anthropology British women scientists Academics of the London School of Economics Place of birth missing (living people) Academics of University College London Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire