RAI WEBINARWEBINAR SERIES OF THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE 'An Affair with a Village' Webinar + Q&A Professor Joy Hendry (Oxford Brookes) Tuesday 12 May at 2pm BST (UK) Other time zones: 3pm CEST (Central European Summer Time) / 10pm JST (Japan) / 9am EDT (East Coast US) / 11pm AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) A video […]
JRAI Special Issue Online LaunchMind and Spirit: A Comparative Theory with the special issue editor Professor Tanya Luhrmann (Stanford University) and editorial liaison Dr Nick Long (LSE) plus contributors (Felicity Aulino, Joshua Brahinsky, John Dulin, Vivian Afi Dzokoto, Emily Ng, Rachel E. Smith, Kara Weisman) A video of the event is available here Friday 29 May […]
Anthropological Contributions to the Covid-19 CrisisA VIRTUAL SEMINAR SERIES BY THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSITUTE Thursday 25 June 2020 at 3pm (BST) A video of this event is available here Roundtable discussion with: Prof Robin Dunbar, University of Oxford Friendship is turning out to be the single most important factor influencing our mental and physical health. […]
Fringe! Queer Film & Arts FestThe Royal Anthropological Institute and the RAI Film Festival is delighted to team up with Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest throughout July this year in celebration of Pride. The RAI has an extensive catalogue of documentary films which showcase the variety and diversity of human life across the world. […]
Anthropological Contributions to the Covid-19 CrisisA VIRTUAL SEMINAR SERIES BY THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSITUTE Thursday 2 July 2020 at 3pm (BST) A video of the event is available here Smartphones and the fine line between care and surveillance Prof Daniel Miller, University College London Two recent developments have made the fine line between care and […]
Fringe! Queer Film & Arts FestThe Royal Anthropological Institute and the RAI Film Festival is delighted to team up with Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest throughout July this year in celebration of Pride. The RAI has an extensive catalogue of documentary films which showcase the variety and diversity of human life across the world. […]
Anthropological Contributions to the Covid-19 CrisisA VIRTUAL SEMINAR SERIES BY THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSITUTE Thursday 9 July 2020 at 3pm (BST) A video of the event is available here Lockdown Babies: Pregnancy and Childbirth in the Shadow of Covid-19 in Italy Prof Vanessa Grotti, University of Bologna Dr Chiara Quagliariello, European University Institute Since the […]
Fringe! Queer Film & Arts FestThe Royal Anthropological Institute and the RAI Film Festival is delighted to team up with Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest throughout July this year in celebration of Pride. The RAI has an extensive catalogue of documentary films which showcase the variety and diversity of human life across the world. […]
Anthropological Contributions to the Covid-19 CrisisA VIRTUAL SEMINAR SERIES BY THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSITUTE Thursday 16 July 2020 at 3pm (BST) A video of the event is available here Strong Families and Infection – European Kinship and the Corona Virus Dr Patrick Heady, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Ms Barbara Pieta, Max Planck Institute […]
Anthropological Contributions to the Covid-19 CrisisA VIRTUAL SEMINAR SERIES BY THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSITUTE Thursday 23 July 2020 at 3pm (BST) Lockdown: Sociality, Materiality and Placemaking Dr Maruška Svašek, Queen’s University Belfast A video of the event is available here Drawing on previous research into human mobility, emotional interaction and material mediation (Svašek 2018; 2016; […]
Anthropological Contributions to the Covid-19 CrisisA VIRTUAL SEMINAR SERIES BY THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSITUTE Thursday 30 July 2020 at 3pm (BST) A video of the event is available here End-of-life care in England during the Covid-19 Pandemic Dr Erica Borgstrom, Open University Prof Simon Cohn, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Dr Annelieke Driessen, […]
ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Anthropology and Geography: Dialogues Past, Present and Future BRITISH MUSEUM/SOAS/RGS, 14 - 18 September 2020 The Anthropology and Geography: Dialogues Past, Present and Future conference is jointly organised by the RAI, the RGS, the British Academy, the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at SOAS, and the BM’s Department for Africa, Oceania and […]
THE HENRY MYERS LECTURE 2020will be given by Prof David Gellner, University of Oxford The Spaces of Religion: A View from South Asia Wednesday 16 September, 6.30pm (BST) The lecture will be part of the Anthropology and Geography: Dialogues Past, Present and Future virtual conference Do assaults on distinctions and deconstructions of concepts inherited from […]
ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2020 followed by the Presidential Address The 2020 AGM will take place on Friday 16 October at 3.00 pm on Zoom. It will be followed by the 2020 Presidential Address Only RAI Fellows may vote at the AGM. Formal notification of the AGM has also been published in Anthropology […]
The Presidential Address 2020Professor Dame Sue Black, President of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Engagement at Lancaster University Forensic Anthropology and the UK Criminal Justice System Friday 16 October 2020, at 5.30pm (approximately) via Zoom The lecture will be preceded by the RAI’s AGM. Abstract: Forensic anthropologists are […]
REVIEWER MEETS REVIEWEDA VIRTUAL SEMINAR SERIES OF THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE The Sweatshop Regime: labouring bodies, exploitation and garments Made in India Wednesday 21 October 2020 at 5.30 pm This event will happen online, please follow this Zoom link The British Museum’s Anthropology Library and Research Centre, in conjunction with the Royal Anthropological Institute, is […]
RAI Research Webinar A VIRTUAL SEMINAR SERIES BY THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Thursday 29 October 2020 at 3pm (BST) A video of the event is available here Necro/Narco State Dynamics: The Transformation and Mirroring of the U.S and Mexican Nations of the Southwest North American Region. Prof Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez (Arizona State University) Since the conquest of […]
Anthropology CommunicatesA VIRTUAL WEBINAR SERIES ORGANISED BY THE RAI'S ANTHROPOLOGY OF POLICY AND PRACTICE COMMITTEE Wednesday 11 November 2020 at 3-5pm (GMT) A video of the event is available here A Right to Care: The Social Foundation of Recovery from Covid-19 This session will be lead by the LSE Covid and Care Research Group, with confirmed […]
REVIEWER MEETS REVIEWEDAN VIRTUAL SEMINAR SERIES OF THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Being Young, Male and Muslim in Luton Thursday 19 November 2020 at 4.00-6.00pm (BST) A video of the event is available here The British Museum’s Anthropology Library and Research Centre, in conjunction with the Royal Anthropological Institute, is pleased to present ‘Reviewer meets […]
RAI Film Webinar A VIRTUAL SEMINAR BY THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Thursday 3 December 2020 at 2-4pm (GMT) A video of the event is available here What can we learn from children about ethnographic filmmaking? David MacDougall, Indian children and documentary film. Dr Stephen Hughes (RAI) In this seminar I will present material from the video […]
