Human, Social, and Political Sciences
Human Social and Political Sciences (HSPS) at Pembroke
Pembroke has an established track record in supporting interdisciplinary as well as disciplinary studies in the social sciences. This includes our permanent fellowship (which currently includes specialists in Criminology, Experimental Psychology, International Relations, Politics and Social Anthropology), our visiting Fellows (who we encourage to interact with undergraduates), and our Junior Research Fellows as well as our graduate students, all of whom are encouraged to interact with the students through the supervision system as well as in the broader College initiatives.
Admissions
No particular A Level (or equivalent) subjects are stipulated or deemed inappropriate, and some applicants apply with a mixture of arts and science subjects. We are looking for evidence that students are capable of taking on new information and thinking about it logically and analytically. Those skills may be learned from, for instance, Mathematics, History, Philosophy, or English Literature as well as from more science oriented subjects.
Pembroke College Teaching Staff
Dr Hildegard Diemberger - Director of Studies
I am the Research Director of Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit (MIASU) at University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Pembroke College. I trained as a social anthropologist and Tibetologist at Vienna University, and have published numerous books and articles on the anthropology and the history of Tibet and the Himalaya as well as on the Tibetan-Mongolian interface, including the monograph When a Woman becomes a Religious Dynasty: the Samding Dorje Phagmo of Tibet (Columbia University Press 2007), the edited volume Tibetan Printing – Comparisons, Continuities and Change (Brill 2016) and the edited volume “Cosmopolitical Ecologies across Asia. Places of Power in Changing Environments (Routledge 2021).
Should you have any questions, please contact the Admissions Office in the first instance. Questions about the specifics of the course can be addressed to our Director of Studies, Dr Hildegard Diemberger.