!!Jean Sybil La Fontaine
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__Born:__ Nairobi,Kenya  1-11-31\\
__Citizenship:	__British\\
__Marital Status:__ Divorced, two daughters\\
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__EDUCATION__
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*1942-1949 Kenya High School for Girls, Nairobi.
*1950-1953 Newnham College, Cambridge, B.A.Hons.Archaeology & Anthropology: Class I
*1955-1957 Newnham College, Cambridge.  Ph.D.
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__SCHOLARSHIPS__ 		
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*1951 College Prize
*1952-53  Alma Blakeman-Jones Scholar
*1955-57  Gamble Scholar
*1957-58  Harkness Foundation Fellow,University of Chicago
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__POSTS__
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*1961 Part-time Lecturer, Dept.of Anthropology, King's College, Newcastle
*1962-63 Lecturer in Anthropology, Lovanium University, Zaire (two courses taught in French,one in English)
*1965-68 Lecturer in Anthropology, Birkbeck College,London 
*1968-78 Reader in Anthropology, London School of Economics
*1978-83 Professor of Anthropology, London School of Economics.
*1983- Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, London School of Economics
*1983- present Freelance research and writing
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__RESEARCH__
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*1953-1955 E.Uganda – Ethnographic study of the Gisu of Mbale District
*1962-63 Kinshasa Democratic Republic of Congo local politics and the ethnography of the city
*1984-5	Library research – anthropological studies of the family and kinship 		for ESRC
*1985-87 Great Ormond St Hospital London- child sexual abuse 
*1992-4	Satanic Ritual Abuse- funded by Dept. of Health
*2007- Accusations of Witchcraft against Children in London
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__HONOURS__
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*1971 Munro Lectures, University of Edinburgh
*1973-77 Chairman, Association of Social Anthropologists of Great Britain and the Commonwealth
*1976 Henry Myers Lecture, Royal Anthropological Institute
*1983 Emeritus Professor of Anthropology London School of Economics
*1985-1987 President, Royal Anthropological Institute.
*1999 Honorary Doctorate, University of Linkoping, Sweden
*2003 Honorary Doctorate, The Open University
*2005 Saul Sidore Lecture  University of New Hampshire, U.S.A.
*2008-01-29 Hon.Research Fellow Information Network on Religious Movements (INFORM)
*2008 D.Litt (Hon) Goldsmith’s London
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__CONSULTANCIES__
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*1987 Family Planning in Tanzania  Overseas Development Administration.
*Child Sexual Abuse, Economic & Social Research Council
*York's Future, City of York
*Family Planning, Overseas Development Administration    
*Anthropological Perspectives on AIDS in Africa for NIAID/USAID
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__OTHER NON-ACADEMIC WORK__
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*various articles for popular magazines on anthropological subjects
*consultant for TV series; Face Values interviews on radio and television
*Member of various committees of Economic and Social Research Council including Research Grants Board.
*Chair of steering committee for housing project for mentally handicapped.
*Member,U.K. Advisory Committee Save The Children Fund