Professor Robert Barnes
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Professor Bob Barnes on the 6th July 2024
Professor Robert Barnes was an Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford. He was also Emeritus Fellow of St. Antony’s College, Oxford, and an Affiliate of the Council on Southeast Asia Studies at Yale University.
He was best known for his work on three separate communities on the eastern Indonesian islands of Lembata and Adonara, where he spent five years, over five different decades. He also wrote about the Omaha Indians of Nebraska.
He received his B.A. in Anthropology from Reed College before going on to obtain his B.Litt. and D.Phil. in Social Anthropology from the University of Oxford. He joined the department as a lecturer in 1978 after three years Edinburgh University. In 1996, he became Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford, until his retirement in 2012.
