Anthropology in Austria From the “Blue Danube“ to studying the diversity of the world Tuesday 8 November 2016 Venue: Wolfson Room, British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH 09:00-09:50 – Registration and Coffee & tea service 10:00-10:30 - Opening remarks 10:30-11:30 – Presentations 11:30-12:00 – Coffee & tea break 12:00-13:00 - Presentations 13:00-14:00 […]
Nueva VeneciaWednesday 9 November 2016, 4.10pm Bertha DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury WC1N 1AW Dir: Emiliano Mazza de Luca Uruguay / 2016 / 80mins Part of our The Lives of Others Season, bringing you tales from the four corners of the earth. The fishing community of Nueva Venecia is like any other, with one extraordinary difference: The village is […]
THE HUXLEY MEMORIAL LECTUREwill be given by Professor Margaret Lock, McGill University Mutable Environments and Permeable Human Bodies Friday 11 November 2016 at 5.30pm, in the BP Lecture Theatre, Clore Education Centre, the British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Mapping the human genome produced unexpected findings that paved the way for recognition of […]
Ukrainian Sheriffs Friday 11 November 2016, 6.30pm Bertha DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury WC1N 1AW Dir: Roman Bondarchuk Germany / Latvia / Ukraine / 2015 / 85mins Part of our The Lives of Others Season, bringing you tales from the four corners of the earth. Welcome to Stara Zburyevka, where local sheriffs Viktor and Volodya are trying […]
What Tomorrow Brings Saturday 12 November 2016, 4.10pm Bertha DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury WC1N 1AW Dir: Beth Murphy Afghanistan / United States / 2015 / 90mins Part of our The Lives of Others Season, bringing you tales from the four corners of the earth. A year in the life of the first all-girls school in a […]
Nueva Venecia Sunday 13 November 2016, 4.10pm Bertha DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury WC1N 1AW Dir: Emiliano Mazza de Luca Uruguay / 2016 / 80mins Part of our The Lives of Others Season, bringing you tales from the four corners of the earth. The fishing community of Nueva Venecia is like any other, with one extraordinary difference: […]
Nowhere to Call HomeMonday 14 November 2016, 6.30pm Bertha DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury WC1N 1AW Dir: Jocelyn Ford China / United States / 2014 / 76mins Part of our The Lives of Others Season, bringing you tales from the four corners of the earth. "This story breaks all the rules and upends popular perceptions of Tibetans […]
A Revolution in Four Seasons Wednesday 16 November 2016, 4.10pm Bertha DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury WC1N 1AW Dir: Jessie Deeter United States / 2016 / 90mins Part of our The Lives of Others Season, bringing you tales from the four corners of the earth. Over the course of Tunisia’s post-revolution years, we follow two politically-opposed young […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Giving messages to small people: Hip hop music and identity in post-genocide Rwanda Dr Andrea Mariko Grant, University of Cambridge Wednesday 16 November at 5.30 pm This paper explores the development of Rwanda’s post-genocide music industry, particularly the booming popularity of Kinyarwanda-language hip hop. Like elsewhere […]
REVIEWER MEETS REVIEWEDSEMINAR SERIES AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S ANTHROPOLOGY LIBRARY AND RESEARCH CENTRE Art, Anthropology and the Gift Thursday 17 November at 10.00 am (tea & coffee served from 9.30 am) Anthropology Library and Research Centre, British Museum THIS IS A FREE EVENT The British Museum’s Anthropology Library and Research Centre, in conjunction with the […]
Royal Anthropological Institute / Development Studies Association Tourism Research SeminarsSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Karst Limestone or Cast Concrete? Coastal tourism and local impacts in Vietnam: lessons from Ha Long Bay Dr Mark Hampton, University of Kent Thursday 17 November 2016 at 5.30 pm This paper explores the local impacts of rapidly growing […]
What Tomorrow Brings Friday 18 November 2016, 4.00pm Bertha DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury WC1N 1AW Dir: Beth Murphy Afghanistan / United States / 2015 / 90mins Part of our The Lives of Others Season, bringing you tales from the four corners of the earth. A year in the life of the first all-girls school in a […]
GAEA GIRLS(Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams / UK / 2000 / 106 min) 18 November 2016. 6:50PM Studio Space, Byre Theatre, Abbey St, St Andrews KY16 9LA. The screening will be introduced by Dr. Mattia Fumanti, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Saint Andrews. Organised by Film Festival Ambassador Angelica Cabezas Pino in collaboration with […]
Latin American Music Seminar: Music and the State in Latin AmericaThe Pavilion, Horniman Museum and Gardens, 100 London Road, Forest Hill, London SE23 3PQ Saturday 19th November 2016 SESSION 1: (10.00-11.00) WHAT IS THE STATE? HOW DOES IT RELATE TO MUSIC/CULTURE? Introduction to the Day: Henry Stobart (Royal Holloway, University of London) and Frederick Moehn […]
Nueva Venecia Saturday 19 November 2016, 4.10pm Bertha DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury WC1N 1AW Dir: Emiliano Mazza de Luca Uruguay / 2016 / 80mins Part of our The Lives of Others Season, bringing you tales from the four corners of the earth. The fishing community of Nueva Venecia is like any other, with one extraordinary difference: […]
Ukrainian Sheriffs Sunday 20 November 2016, 4.10pm Bertha DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury WC1N 1AW Dir: Roman Bondarchuk Germany / Latvia / Ukraine / 2015 / 85mins Part of our The Lives of Others Season, bringing you tales from the four corners of the earth. Welcome to Stara Zburyevka, where local sheriffs Viktor and Volodya are trying […]
Nowhere to Call HomeWednesday 23 November 2016, 4.10pm Bertha DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury WC1N 1AW Dir: Jocelyn Ford China / United States / 2014 / 76mins Part of our The Lives of Others Season, bringing you tales from the four corners of the earth. "This story breaks all the rules and upends popular perceptions of Tibetans […]
RAI EthnomusicologyThird Annual RAI Blacking Lecture The 2016 annual Royal Anthropological Institute Blacking Lecture, named in honour of esteemed ethnomusicologist and anthropologist John Blacking (1928-1990), will be hosted by the University of Roehampton Dance and Anthropology departments. 24 November 2016 at 6.30pm at the University of Roehampton’s Froebel College in the Portrait Room, London SW15 5PJ […]
A Revolution in Four Seasons Thursday 24 November 2016, 6.30pm Bertha DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury WC1N 1AW Dir: Jessie Deeter United States / 2016 / 90mins Part of our The Lives of Others Season, bringing you tales from the four corners of the earth. Over the course of Tunisia’s post-revolution years, we follow two politically-opposed young […]
King’s India Institute and the Royal Anthropological Institute warmly invite you to the MN Srinivas Memorial Lecture 2016 Outside caste?: The enclosure of caste and claims to castelessness in India and the UK Speaker: Professor David Mosse (School of Oriental and African Studies) Date: 29 November 2016 Time: 6:15-7:30pm* Venue: Old Anatomy Lecture Theatre, King's […]
