RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Revisiting: Cultural concepts through cycles of keywords and phrases. OR: What happened to linguistic anthropology in the UK? Opportunity or obsolescence in an age of superdiversity. Chair: Professor David Parkin, University of Oxford Wednesday 4 December at 5.30 pm Abstract: We are rightly reluctant to use […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Defining 'a sense of place': working with local communities to explore the social meaning of language variation Dr Emma Moore, University of Sheffield Wednesday 29 January at 5.30 pm Research in the field of sociolinguistics has explored the many ways in which language correlates with different […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINAR SEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Gordon Childe, Neolithic Diffusion: a new model Maxime Brami, University of Liverpool Wednesday 5 February at 5.30 pm Vere Gordon Childe, a founding father of modern archaeology, defined the Neolithic 'revolution' as the shift from food- gathering to food-producing. Central to this theory is the […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Biology, Genetics and Blood Groups at the Royal Anthropological Institute 1930-1956. Dr Jenny Bangham, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin Wednesday 12 February at 5.30 pm In 1951, Herbert Fleure—geographer, anthropologist and recent president of the Royal Anthropological Institute—chaired a meeting of “anthropologists, […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE People-wildlife interactions and the human dimensions of conservation. Human-Wildlife Conflicts, People-Wildlife Interactions, or People-People Conflicts? Professor Catherine M Hill, Oxford Brookes University Wednesday 26 February at 5.30 pm Once the undisputed domain of biologists and ecologists, conservation science is increasingly recognised as a multidisciplinary field that […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE The Royal Anthropological Institute’s ANTHROPOLOGICAL INDEX ON-LINE HALF A CENTURY OF ANTHROPOLOGY: 50 YEARS OF PUBLISHED RESEARCH Dr Max Carocci and Helen Earl-Fraser, Royal Anthropological Institute Wednesday 5 March at 5.30 pm The AIO as it is fondly known, has been a source of inspiration for […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE The Political Economy of 'Applied Anthropology': Cases of tourism development in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Palestine, and Ethiopia. Professor Tom Selwyn, SOAS Wednesday 12 March at 5.30 pm This seminar will reflect on some of the political, intellectual, and ethical issues raised in the context of participation by anthropologists […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE A turbulent quarter-century with the RAI: 1974-2000 Jonathan Benthall, former director of the Royal Anthropological Institute Wednesday 19 March at 5.30 pm As part of the RAI's current investigation of its history, Jonathan Benthall, who was Director between 1974 and 2000, will give a personal assessment […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Mother’s milk: reconsidering milk-kinship in our understanding of family and kinship in Europe Dr Elena Soler, Charles University, Prague Wednesday 26 March at 5.30 pm Human milk has long been linked to the construction of motherhood, with breastfeeding and maternity constituing a cultural ideal in many […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Innovation and originality in traditional Oceanic art Dr Harry Beran Wednesday 2 April at 5.30 pm Most survey books on traditional Oceanic art give the impression that this art is timeless — that the range of artworks produced at the time of early contact with the […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Anthropology and Security Studies Dr Christopher Farrands, Nottingham Trent University, and Dr Giovanni Ercolani, Universidad de Murcia Wednesday 9 April at 5.30 pm Aim of the Seminar is to develop the argument of the need of an anthropological approach to security studies. For this purpose, the […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Light and Dark Tourism from Montserrat to the Maze Prison: Anthropological Reflections Dr Jonathan Skinner, Roehampton University Wednesday 7 May at 5.30 pm Dark tourism is a newly scripted phenomenon now being applied in the anthropology of tourism. Where does the expression come from, how is […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Edith Durham: on the trail of an Edwardian traveller in Kosovo. Elizabeth Gowing (Author) Wednesday 14 May at 6.30 pm Mary Edith Durham was the first woman Vice President of the RAI, a woman who broke up a fight between two soldiers on a train in […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE The evolution of human behaviour - evidence from Kanjera South, Kenya. Dr Laura Bishop, John Moores University Wednesday 21 May at 5.30 pm Palaeoanthropologists investigate how our ancestors lived, and how humans’ interactions with and place in the landscape changes through time. We can see how […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Anthropology in pre-university Education: negotiating a presence Professor Brian Street, King's College London Wednesday 4 June at 5.30 pm I will discuss the work of the RAI Education Committee in helping to develop anthropological perspectives in pre-university education in the UK. In particular the development of […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE The Empire of Mt. Sion: A Korean Millenarian Group Born in a Time of Crisis. Professor James H. Grayson, Sheffield University Wednesday 18 June at 5.30 pm In 1940, during the middle of the Second World War, a millenarian movement emerged in the south-eastern corner of […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE The Mari Lwyd in Wales: Celebration as National Identity. Dr Juliette Wood, Cardiff University and The Folklore Society Wednesday 24 September at 5.30 pm The Mari Lwyd has been associated with New Year celebrations in Wales since the end of the nineteenth century. The custom involving […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Evolutionary life history theory and the demographic consequences of rural development intervention in Ethiopia. Dr Mhairi Gibson, Bristol University Wednesday 1 October at 5.30 pm Across the developing world labour-saving technologies are designed and introduced specifically to improve community health and well-being; however long-term anthropological fieldwork […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Archaeology on the track of earliest fire: the consequences for human life, and recent researches in Africa Professor John Gowlett, Liverpool University Wednesday 8 October at 5.30 pm Fire plays a major part in human life, with both social and technological significance, but it also poses […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE The emergence of ethnomusicology and the RAI Professor John Baily, Goldsmiths Wednesday 15 October at 5.30 pm In 1953, when the newly denominated discipline of ethnomusicology was emerging, the RAI Council proposed ‘to appoint a committee to consider what action should be taken for the encouragement […]
