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Tim Boatswain Professor of Anthropology & History

timboatswain@hotmail.com

Chairman of TMC Academy, Singapore

Chairman TMCI, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Chairman British United College, Myanmar

Chairman of Blue Plaques St Albans

Chairman of Conservation 50

Council Member of SAHAAS

Trustee of OVO (Theatre) Charity

Welcome to Anthropology and History, a unique blog here for you to explore. Anthropology and History has added such value to my life, and I love having the opportunity to share my passions and thoughts with my loyal readers. Read on, and enjoy.

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The Making of War: Russia and Ukraine (revised text)

Tim Boatswain

Jan 31, 202321 min read

The Making of War: Russia and Ukraine (revised text)

This is a revised transcript of the talk I gave to the St Albans & Hertfordshire Architectural & Archaeological Society back in September...

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Tim Boatswain

Jan 21, 20235 min read

Erdogan the Dictator?

Two and half years ago I argued President Erdogan of the Republic of Türkiye (as the country is now called) was a dictator in all but...

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Tim Boatswain

Jan 15, 20238 min read

The Pantheon

When we look at the architecture of the ancient world, progressing from the Greek temple, through such structures of the Roman Empire, as...

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Blue Plaques St Albans & Conservation 50

Tim Boatswain

Dec 4, 20221 min read

Blue Plaques St Albans & Conservation 50

Last Friday BPSA & C50 held a social gathering to thank donors and supporters (see attached photos) - also a special thanks to Catherine...

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Tim Boatswain

Nov 25, 20221 min read

Tim Boatswain attends the opening of a new campus for TMC Institute Tashkent, Uzbekistan

https://youtu.be/8BPfPqLsOQE

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How has the human population grown to 8 billion and what are the consequences?

Tim Boatswain

Nov 17, 20223 min read

How has the human population grown to 8 billion and what are the consequences?

This week homo sapiens reached the population figure of 8 billion. The question I have been asked, as I suspect many evolutionary...

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Recording of the Making of War Talk at SAHAAS

Tim Boatswain

Oct 11, 20221 min read

Recording of the Making of War Talk at SAHAAS

The Making of War: Russia and Ukraine Prof Tim Boatswain The question “Why War?” is often asked. Although many species have ‘fight or...

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Tim Boatswain

Aug 2, 20222 min read

The Meaning of Death

Anthropologists will tell you every culture has unique ways of facing the loss that death brings to humans. Around the world, there are...

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Tim Boatswain

Jul 24, 20221 min read

Bricket Road Lime Tree

It was back in December 2020 I started a campaign to save a lime tree on Bricket Road, St Albans that got earmarked for felling because...

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Tim Boatswain

Jul 9, 20222 min read

Hagia Sophia’s Marble Floors Suffer “Tremendous Damage,” Reports Say

Almost precisely two years ago (10th July 2020) I posted on Facebook my dismay that Turkish President Erdogan had turned the Byzantine...

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Tim Boatswain

Jul 2, 20221 min read

We are all doomed: the anthropology of an apocalypse

Last month a national paper carried an article by Joel Day entitled, Nuclear war no longer off the table as Putin normalises the...

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Tim Boatswain

Jun 30, 20221 min read

Peace bench blessed by the Dean

https://www.stalbanscathedral.org/news/peace-bench-blessed-by-the-dean Photo: Chris McIntyre The bench sits in Waxhouse Gate passageway...

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Tim Boatswain

Jun 6, 20222 min read

Elsie Toms

Blue Plaques St Albans (BPSA): the next Blue Plaque in St Albans is for Elsie Toms (1889-1982), historian and previous mayor of St...

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What has Conservation 50 ever done for us?

Tim Boatswain

May 29, 20222 min read

What has Conservation 50 ever done for us?

Back in 2019, with the strong support of the Civic Society, a group of interested parties set up a voluntary organisation to mark the 50...

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Report on Christopher Inn Passage Succubus

Tim Boatswain

May 24, 20220 min read

Report on Christopher Inn Passage Succubus

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Tim Boatswain

May 13, 20221 min read

Radio Verulam Podcast: gender roles

A discussion between Nick Hazell and Tim Boatswain on the anthropology of gender roles: https://radioverulam.com/podcast/gender-roles/

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Tim Boatswain

Apr 30, 20224 min read

Is Genocide being Committed in Ukraine?

Back on 13th April, the BBC journalist George Wright asked the question, " Ukraine war: Is Russia committing genocide?". At least 500...

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Tim Boatswain

Apr 25, 202215 min read

Why Are There Gender Roles?

I must apologise as this post is not a blog but a much longer read. Last week, following my blog, Evil, Women and Misogyny...

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Series of talks on Byzantine Art at St Albans Cathedral

Tim Boatswain

Apr 19, 20221 min read

Series of talks on Byzantine Art at St Albans Cathedral

The first talk in this series will focus on the period c.330-730CE and will explore early Byzantine Art from Constantine to Iconoclasm....

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Tim Boatswain

Apr 12, 20224 min read

Evil, Women and Misogyny

Last month Channel 4 ran a three-part series on the Moors Murders, rehearsing the heinous crimes of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley. It...

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Disgust: Biology, Culture, Cleanliness, and OCD

What is Truth?: An Inquiry into the Nature of Truth

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