Anthropology Special Focus Batch 2026-27
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Anthropology is one of the most trusted optionals for UPSC. It has a small, well-defined syllabus, is easy to understand, and offers high scoring potential. But what really makes the difference is the right guidance!
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WHY YOU MUST JOIN KARANDEEP SIR'S ANTHROPOLOGY OPTIONAL FOUNDATION ?
Timebound syllabus coverage
Taught in less than six months ensuring enough time for revision.
Focus on conceptual understanding
Easy to understand pedagogy with engaging classes.
Daily answer writing - PYQ practice and evaluation
Making you well-prepared for writing in mains.
Engaging Classes
Ensuring comprehensive understanding of the subject.
Well curated study material
High quality, well-researched notes including ample case studies.
Coverage of newest concepts and trend based approach
Ensuring that you don't miss any new questions.
Personalized attention and mentoring
Approachable and responsive mentoring team at LevelUp IAS.
Regular doubt sessions
Would be held over zoom every week to connect with students.
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Program Details
- Start Date: 9th February 2026
- Batch Time: The lecture will be available at 10:00 AM as per schedule
- Duration: Till Mains 2026
- Validity: 31st August 2026
- Six Days Lectures in a Week: Monday to Saturday
- One Zoom Doubt Solving Sessions in a Week
- 6 Tests: 4 Sectional + 2 Comprehensive Tests
Delivery Modes
- Pre-Recorded
- Online Access Only
Note: Student can watch each recorded lecture a maximum of three times within 72 hours from the time it is uploaded on the portal.
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- Comprehensive and timely syllabus coverage.
- New and relevant topics covered in class.
- Focus on developing an analytical approach to anthropology.
- PYQ discussion with class
- Personalized attention. and mentoring by faculty and team.
- Well curated class material.
- Daily answer writing and quality evaluation.
- Handouts – Soft Copy for Students.
- Students will get Karandeep Sir’s contact number too for doubt clearing.
- The course will be valid till the validity of last lecture.
- The course validity end date, will be same for all the students, irrespective of their admission date.
- Students can watch each class video a maximum of 3 times recorded.
- Each recorded class video will be available at 10 A.M.
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Topic |
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9 February 26 |
Monday |
0 |
Orientation |
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10 February 26 |
Tuesday |
1 |
Classical Evolutionism |
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11 February 26 |
Wednesday |
2 |
Classical Evolutionism |
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12 February 26 |
Thursday |
3 |
Classical Evolutionism |
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13 February 26 |
Friday |
4 |
Classical Evolutionism |
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14 February 26 |
Saturday |
5 |
Diffusionism |
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15 February 26 |
Sunday |
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16 February 26 |
Monday |
6 |
Diffusionism |
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17 February 26 |
Tuesday |
7 |
American School of Diffusionism |
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18 February 26 |
Wednesday |
8 |
Historical Particularism |
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19 February 26 |
Thursday |
9 |
Functionalism |
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20 February 26 |
Friday |
10 |
Functionalism |
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21 February 26 |
Saturday |
11 |
Structural Functionalism |
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22 February 26 |
Sunday |
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23 February 26 |
Monday |
12 |
Structural Functionalism |
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24 February 26 |
Tuesday |
13 |
Topper Session with Dinesh Vishnoi AIR - 265 |
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25 February 26 |
Wednesday |
14 |
Structural Functionalism & Structuralism |
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26 February 26 |
Thursday |
15 |
Structuralism |
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27 February 26 |
Friday |
16 |
Structuralism |
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28 February 26 |
Saturday |
17 |
Structuralism & Culture and Personality |
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1 March 26 |
Sunday |
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2 March 26 |
Monday |
18 |
Culture and Personality |
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3 March 26 |
Tuesday |
19 |
Culture and Personality |
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4 March 26 |
Wednesday |
20 |
Culture and Personality |
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5 March 26 |
Thursday |
21 |
Neo-Evolutionism |
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6 March 26 |
Friday |
22 |
Neo-Evolutionism |
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7 March 26 |
Saturday |
23 |
Neo-Evolutionism |
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8 March 26 |
Sunday |
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9 March 26 |
Monday |
24 |
Culture Materialism |
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10 March 26 |
Tuesday |
25 |
Symbolic and Interpretive |
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11 March 26 |
Wednesday |
26 |
Symbolic and Interpretive |
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12 March 26 |
Thursday |
27 |
Symbolic and Interpretive |
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13 March 26 |
Friday |
28 |
Cognitive Theory |
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14 March 26 |
Saturday |
29 |
Post-Modernism |
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15 March 26 |
Sunday |
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16 March 26 |
Monday |
30 |
Post-Modernism |
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17 March 26 |
Tuesday |
31 |
Post-Modernism, Religion |
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18 March 26 |
Wednesday |
32 |
Religion |
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19 March 26 |
Thursday |
33 |
Religion |
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20 March 26 |
Friday |
34 |
Religion |
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21 March 26 |
Saturday |
35 |
Religion |
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22 March 26 |
Sunday |
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23 March 26 |
Monday |
36 |
Religion |
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24 March 26 |
Tuesday |
37 |
Religion |
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25 March 26 |
Wednesday |
38 |
Linguistic Anthropology |
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26 March 26 |
Thursday |
39 |
Linguistic Anthropology |
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27 March 26 |
Friday |
40 |
Linguistic Anthropology |
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28 March 26 |
Saturday |
41 |
Linguistic Diversity of India |
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29 March 26 |
Sunday |
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30 March 26 |
Monday |
42 |
Paper-2, History of Indian Anthropology |
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31 March 26 |
Tuesday |
43 |
Indology, L K A Aiyer |
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1 April 26 |
Wednesday |
44 |
S C Roy |
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2 April 26 |
Thursday |
45 |
G S Ghurye |
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3 April 26 |
Friday |
46 |
Verrier Elwin |
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4 April 26 |
Saturday |
47 |
Verrier Elwin |
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5 April 26 |
Sunday |
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6 April 26 |
Monday |
48 |
N K Bose |
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7 April 26 |
Tuesday |
49 |
Haimendorf |
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8 April 26 |
Wednesday |
50 |
D N Majumdar |
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9 April 26 |
Thursday |
51 |
Leela Dube |
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10 April 26 |
Friday |
52 |
Irawati Karve |
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11 April 26 |
Saturday |
53 |
Varna & Ashram |
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12 April 26 |
Sunday |
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13 April 26 |
Monday |
54 |
Purushartha, Rina, Karma and Rebirth |
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14 April 26 |
Tuesday |
55 |
Caste System |
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15 April 26 |
Wednesday |
56 |
Louis Dumont, Andre Beteille, B R Ambedkar |
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16 April 26 |
Thursday |
57 |
Dipankar Gupta, Untouchability |
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17 April 26 |
Friday |
58 |
Caste and Gender, M N Srinivas - Sanskritization |
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18 April 26 |
Saturday |
59 |
M N Srinivas |
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19 April 26 |
Sunday |
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20 April 26 |
Monday |
60 |
Factionalism, Caste in non-Hindus |
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21 April 26 |
Tuesday |
61 |
Caste in Christianity, Caste as social system, Jajmani system |
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22 April 26 |
Wednesday |
62 |
Jajmani System, Caste and Politics |
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23 April 26 |
Thursday |
63 |
Caste violence, Khap panchayat, Dalit Politics |
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24 April 26 |
Friday |
64 |
Future of caste system, Robert Redfield |
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25 April 26 |
Saturday |
65 |
Universalization and Parochialization, Oscar Lewis, L P Vidyarthi |
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26 April 26 |
Sunday |
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27 April 26 |
Monday |
66 |
NMS Complex, Tribe-Caste Continuum, Modernization |
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28 April 26 |
Tuesday |
67 |
S C Dube, Village Studies |
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29 April 26 |
Wednesday |
68 |
Village Studies |
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30 April 26 |
Thursday |
69 |
Village Studies |
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1 May 26 |
Friday |
70 |
Tribal India |
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2 May 26 |
Saturday |
71 |
PVTGs, DNTs |
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3 May 26 |
Sunday |
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4 May 26 |
Monday |
72 |
Colonial rule and tribes, Tribal revolts |
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5 May 26 |
Tuesday |
73 |
Tribal Revolts |
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6 May 26 |
Wednesday |
74 |
Scheduled Areas |
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7 May 26 |
Thursday |
75 |
Administration of forests |
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8 May 26 |
Friday |
76 |
Impact of modern democratic institutions, Role of NGOs |
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9 May 26 |
Saturday |
77 |
Tribal problems |
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10 May 26 |
Sunday |
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11 May 26 |
Monday |
78 |
Ethnic groups and ethnicity |
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12 May 26 |
Tuesday |
79 |
Ethnic conflicts |
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13 May 26 |
Wednesday |
80 |
Ethno-nationalism, Regionalism, Tribe and Nation state |
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14 May 26 |
Thursday |
81 |
Pseudo-Tribalism, Religious and Linguistic minorities, Role of Anthropology in Tribal Development |
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15 May 26 |
Friday |
82 |
Physical Anthropology and Archaeology |
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16 May 26 |
Saturday |
83 |
Physical Anthropology and Archaeology |
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17 May 26 |
Sunday |
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18 May 26 |
Monday |
84 |
Physical Anthropology and Archaeology |
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19 May 26 |
Tuesday |
85 |
Physical Anthropology and Archaeology |
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20 May 26 |
Wednesday |
86 |
Physical Anthropology and Archaeology |
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21 May 26 |
Thursday |
87 |
Physical Anthropology and Archaeology |
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22 May 26 |
Friday |
88 |
Physical Anthropology and Archaeology |
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23 May 26 |
Saturday |
89 |
Physical Anthropology and Archaeology |
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24 May 26 |
Sunday |
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25 May 26 |
Monday |
90 |
Physical Anthropology and Archaeology |
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26 May 26 |
Tuesday |
91 |
Physical Anthropology and Archaeology |
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27 May 26 |
Wednesday |
92 |
Physical Anthropology and Archaeology |
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28 May 26 |
Thursday |
93 |
Physical Anthropology and Archaeology |
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29 May 26 |
Friday |
94 |
Physical Anthropology and Archaeology |
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30 May 26 |
Saturday |
95 |
Physical Anthropology and Archaeology |
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31 May 26 |
Sunday |
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1 June 26 |
Monday |
96 |
Physical Anthropology and Archaeology |
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2 June 26 |
Tuesday |
97 |
Physical Anthropology and Archaeology |
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3 June 26 |
Wednesday |
98 |
Physical Anthropology and Archaeology |
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4 June 26 |
Thursday |
99 |
Primatology |
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5 June 26 |
Friday |
100 |
Primatology |
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6 June 26 |
Saturday |
101 |
Fossils, Race and Racism |
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7 June 26 |
Sunday |
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8 June 26 |
Monday |
102 |
Fossils, Race and Racism |
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9 June 26 |
Tuesday |
103 |
Fossils, Race and Racism |
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10 June 26 |
Wednesday |
104 |
Fossils, Ecological Anthropology |
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11 June 26 |
Thursday |
105 |
Fossils, Epidemiological Anthropology |
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12 June 26 |
Friday |
106 |
Physical Anthropology and Archaeology |
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13 June 26 |
Saturday |
107 |
Physical Anthropology and Archaeology |
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14 June 26 |
Sunday |
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15 June 26 |
Monday |
108 |
Physical Anthropology and Archaeology |
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16 June 26 |
Tuesday |
109 |
Archaeological Anthropology |
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17 June 26 |
Wednesday |
110 |
Archaeological Anthropology |
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18 June 26 |
Thursday |
111 |
Archaeological Anthropology |
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19 June 26 |
Friday |
112 |
Archaeological Anthropology |
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20 June 26 |
Saturday |
113 |
Archaeological Anthropology |
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21 June 26 |
Sunday |
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22 June 26 |
Monday |
114 |
Archaeological Anthropology |
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23 June 26 |
Tuesday |
115 |
Archaeological Anthropology |
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24 June 26 |
Wednesday |
116 |
Archaeological Anthropology |
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25 June 26 |
Thursday |
117 |
Applied Anthropology |
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26 June 26 |
Friday |
118 |
Applied Anthropology |
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27 June 26 |
Saturday |
119 |
Research Methods |
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28 June 26 |
Sunday |
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29 June 26 |
Monday |
120 |
Research Methods |
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30 June 26 |
Tuesday |
121 |
Research Methods |
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1 July 26 |
Wednesday |
122 |
Economic Anthropology |
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2 July 26 |
Thursday |
123 |
Economic Anthropology |
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3 July 26 |
Friday |
124 |
Economic Anthropology |
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4 July 26 |
Saturday |
125 |
Archaeological Anthropology, Political Anthropology |
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5 July 26 |
Sunday |
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6 July 26 |
Monday |
126 |
Political Anthropology |
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7 July 26 |
Tuesday |
127 |
Culture |
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8 July 26 |
Wednesday |
128 |
Culture |
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9 July 26 |
Thursday |
129 |
Culture |
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10 July 26 |
Friday |
130 |
Culture |
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11 July 26 |
Saturday |
131 |
Society |
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12 July 26 |
Sunday |
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13 July 26 |
Monday |
132 |
Society |
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14 July 26 |
Tuesday |
133 |
Society |
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15 July 26 |
Wednesday |
134 |
Society |
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16 July 26 |
Thursday |
135 |
Society |
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17 July 26 |
Friday |
136 |
Society |
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18 July 26 |
Saturday |
137 |
Marriage |
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19 July 26 |
Sunday |
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20 July 26 |
Monday |
138 |
Marriage |
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21 July 26 |
Tuesday |
139 |
Marriage |
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22 July 26 |
Wednesday |
140 |
Family |
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23 July 26 |
Thursday |
141 |
Family |
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24 July 26 |
Friday |
142 |
Family |
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25 July 26 |
Saturday |
143 |
Kinship |
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26 July 26 |
Sunday |
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27 July 26 |
Monday |
144 |
Kinship |
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