Public figure
Bruce Kapferer Silver
Australian anthropologist (born 1940)
Bruce Kapferer is an Australian anthropologist (born 1940). Born 1940 in Sydney. Associated with University of Gothenburg, University of Bergen, University of Adelaide.
At a glance
Gold- Born
- 1940-06-04, Sydney
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Occupations
- anthropologist, university teacher
- Fields
- social anthropology, rite, alternative medicine, nationalism, violence, bureaucracy
Education and professional journey
SilverWork
- University of Gothenburg now
- University of Bergen now
- University of Adelaide now
- University College London now
- James Cook University now
Education
Awards and recognition
Silver- Huxley Memorial Medal 2011
Personal journey
- Languages
- English
Due diligence
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What we have, and what we might have wrong
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- Wikidata, as of 3 Oct 2026. Community-curated knowledge base (CC0)
- Wikimedia Commons. Photo, see the file page for licence
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