ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Anthropology and Conservation Virtual Conference 25-29 October 2021 We are very pleased to announce a major interdisciplinary conference on Anthropology and Conservation. The aim of the conference is simple: it is increasingly recognised that conservation can only be properly achieved with Indigenous Peoples, in full recognition of their rights. It is therefore […]
VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH BY THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Tuesday 26 October at 6.30 - 8.00pm (BST) This event is part of our Anthropology and Conservation Conference, 25-29 October 2021 The book launch is free to attend and you can register for it here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUpfu2uqj0iHtD0Yzzb9Fq1WsC-T__EBdY9 The book launch is a public event and you do not have to […]
VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH BY THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Thursday 4 November at 4.00 - 6.00 pm (GMT) Music, Dance, Anthropology with editor Prof Stephen Cottrell (City, University of London) Contributors Prof John Baily (Goldsmiths, London) Prof Ann R David (University of Roehampton) Dr Catherine Foley (University of Limerick) Dr Maria Koutsouba (University of Athens) Dr Jerome Lewis (University College London) Dr […]
THE ANNUAL WILLIAM FAGG LECTURE 2019will be given by Professor Wayne Modest, Director of Content at the National Museum of World Cultures and Professor of Material Culture and Critical Heritage Studies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Thursday 4 November at 6.00pm, in the Clore Centre, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Followed by a reception. […]
RAI RESEARCH WEBINAR AND BOOK LAUNCHA VIRTUAL SEMINAR SERIES BY THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Thursday 11 November 2021 at 4.00 - 6.00pm (BST) This webinar will be held on Zoom. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_m5qNemk2RE-jk6HgFPkvyw Once Upon the Permafrost: Knowing Culture and Climate Change in Siberia Prof Susan A. Crate (George Mason University) Once Upon the […]
REVIEWER MEETS REVIEWEDA VIRTUAL SEMINAR SERIES OF THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Tuesday 16 November 2021 at 3.00-5.00pm (BST) This webinar will be held on Zoom. Please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CNDtdgNpQsKFPbcfSJ2gXQ Classes of labour: work and life in a central Indian steel town The Royal Anthropological Institute is pleased to present ‘Reviewer meets Reviewed’, a discussion between author Prof […]
RAI BOOK LAUNCHA VIRTUAL SEMINAR BY THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Thursday 25 November, 4.00pm-6.00pm (GMT) Social Anthropologies of the Welsh: Past and Present with editors Prof W. John Morgan (Cardiff University) Dr Fiona Bowie (Oxford University) and Dr Elaine Forde (Swansea University) Prof Chris Hann (Max Planck Institute of Social Anthropology) Dr Rhys Dafydd Jones (Aberystwyth University) […]
RAI Film Webinar A VIRTUAL SEMINAR BY THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Friday 26 November 2021 at 4-6pm (BST) Event takes place on Zoom. Please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUoduqhrzojHdJjrq-Du-kzgR4X0DSK_JnL Collaboration, co-creation, participation and the surrender of film authorship Speaker: Karen Boswall, University of Sussex How can the embodied knowledge of the men, women and children of the world […]
Anthropology CommunicatesA VIRTUAL WEBINAR SERIES ORGANISED BY THE RAI'S ANTHROPOLOGY OF POLICY AND PRACTICE COMMITTEE Tuesday 30 November 2021, 3.00-5.00pm (GMT) Photo by Good Free Photos on Unsplash Anthropology Communicates on Managing Universities With Prof Andrea Cornwall (SOAS) Prof Cris Shore (Goldsmiths, University of London) chaired by Prof Emma Crewe (SOAS, University of London) What does a […]
RAI RESEARCH WEBINAR A VIRTUAL SEMINAR SERIES BY THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Thursday 9 December 2021 at 4.00 - 6.00pm (GMT) This webinar will be held on Zoom, to register go here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqceGtqj0iE9SKYFfVmYi1fNaMD-3VDifo BREAKING THE SILENCE: MUSIC IN AFGHANISTAN Screening and Q&A with Simon Broughton Chaired by Prof John Baily (Goldsmiths, London) and with Mirwaiss Sidiqi (Director of the Aga Khan […]
THE HUXLEY MEMORIAL LECTURES FOR 2020 & 2021 Tuesday 14 December in the BP Lecture Theatre, Clore Education Centre, the British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. 1.30pm - the 2020 Huxley Lecture from Prof Stephen Levinson, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics 3.00pm - the 2021 Huxley Lecture from Prof Stephen Shennan, University College […]
Mobilising Methods in Medical Anthropology18-21 January 2022 Virtual Conference Scientific committee: Maya Unnithan, Kit Davies, Nadine Beckmann, Clare Chandler, Melissa Parker The RAI and RAI Medical Committee members are delighted to announce the new dates for our conference on ‘Mobilising Methods in Medical Anthropology’. After much deliberation, and following the constantly changing Covid-19 restrictions, we […]
REVIEWER MEETS REVIEWEDA VIRTUAL SEMINAR SERIES OF THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Thursday 20 January 2022 at 4.00-6.00pm (GMT) This webinar will be held on Zoom. Please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7B7mapF5QOaHFoWtSvNU5A Magic’s Reason: an Anthropology of Analogy The Royal Anthropological Institute is pleased to present ‘Reviewer meets Reviewed’, a discussion between author Professor Graham Jones (Massachusetts Institute of […]
RAI BOOK LAUNCHA VIRTUAL SEMINAR BY THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Thursday 27 January 2022, 3.00pm-5.00pm (GMT) This webinar will be held on Zoom, to register go here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYucO2qrTsuGdUhd5QFHlQYIgavrkasAySu Time and Its Object A Perspective from Amerindian and Melanesian Societies on the Temporality of Images with editors Dr Paolo Fortis (Durham University) Prof Susanne Kuechler […]
How Do I Bring You Home? Mridu Rai Exhibition at the Royal Anthropological Institute: December 2021 – April 2022 The exhibition is in the RAI's meeting room. Viewing is possible Mo-Fri 10am-5pm but only by previous appointment via email (info@therai.org.uk) or phone (020 7387 0455) Address: 50 Fitzroy Street, London, W1T 5BT Nearest underground stations: Warren Street (Victoria […]
Anthropology CommunicatesA VIRTUAL WEBINAR SERIES ORGANISED BY THE RAI'S ANTHROPOLOGY OF POLICY AND PRACTICE COMMITTEE Tuesday 3 February 2022, 3.00-5.00pm (GMT) Register for the Zoom event here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvd-ivqDkuE9ZyK5u5WhOkeq7wFU0yvMnV Photo by Jim Grant/Nevada Momentum Anthropology Communicates: with Anthropologist Politicians Speakers: Dr Harini Amarasuriya, MP in the Sri Lankan Parliament Dr Heidi Swank, former member of the Nevada […]
A VIRTUAL SEMINAR SERIES OF THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Thursday 17 February 2022 at 4.00-6.00pm (GMT) You can register for the Zoom event here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qbvnp1ugQJevh0xS0NeUMA Being and dwelling through tourism: an anthropological perspective The Royal Anthropological Institute is pleased to present ‘Reviewer meets Reviewed’, a discussion between author Dr Catherine Palmer (University of Brighton) and […]
BOOK LAUNCHA VIRTUAL SEMINAR BY THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Tuesday 22 February 2022, 2.00 - 5.30pm (GMT) / 3.00-6.30pm (CET) This webinar will be held on Zoom, to register go here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErceivqzsuEt2vZO8B8iwK57iTqG-zmFca Encounters with Anthropology in Austria The RAI is proud to present this two part event, which discusses two important publications highlighting Anthropology in and from […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINAR AND BOOK LAUNCHA VIRTUAL SEMINAR BY THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Friday 25 February 2022, 3.00pm-5.00pm (GMT) This webinar will be held on Zoom, to register go here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIocu6uqTstHtca8DbC5S4RrS5sVvkeXJu8 Hyphen Dr Pardis Mahdavi (Dean of Social Sciences at Arizona State University) and Dr David Shankland (Royal Anthropological Institute) as chair To hyphenate or not […]
BOOK LAUNCHA VIRTUAL SEMINAR BY THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Tuesday 1 March 2022, 4.00pm-6.00pm (GMT) This webinar will be held on Zoom, to register go here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqdO2vqz4rGtJL4ohDCd-PfVydU-b80pFO The RAI is proud to present this book launch event, which discusses a new theory of how ritual has shaped human societies over the millennia: The Ritual Animal: Imitation […]
