THE HUXLEY MEMORIAL LECTURE will be given by Professor Johannes Fabian, University of Amsterdam "Cultural Anthropology and the Question of Knowledge" Friday 4 February 2011 at 5.30pm in the Stevenson Theatre, Clore Education Centre, the British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. All welcome. Admission free without ticket. Refreshments afterwards. Enquiries to: RAI, 50 […]
Upstairs @ the RAI Screening LIVING WITH THE INVISIBLES colour, 52 minutes, 2003 Filmmaker: Dirk Dumont Anthropologist: Philip Hermans followed by Q&A with Philip Hermans When they emigrated to Europe in the 60’s and 70’s, Moroccans brought with them their culture and their “diseases” (caused by the jinn that inhabit some of them). In Europe, […]
REVIEWER MEETS REVIEWEDSEMINAR SERIES AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S CENTRE FOR ANTHROPOLOGY Anthropology and Expertise in the Asylum Courts Thursday 24th March 2011 at 10.00 am (tea & coffee served from 9.30am) Centre for Anthropology, British Museum THIS IS A FREE EVENT The British Museum’s Centre for Anthropology, in collaboration with the Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), […]
REVIEWER MEETS REVIEWEDSEMINAR SERIES AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S CENTRE FOR ANTHROPOLOGY Media and Nation-building: How the Iban Became Malaysian Thursday 21st April 2011 at 10.00 am (tea & coffee served from 9.30am) Centre for Anthropology, British Museum THIS IS A FREE EVENT The British Museum’s Centre for Anthropology, in collaboration with the Royal Anthropological Institute […]
Urgent Anthropology Programme Seminar Monday, 9 May 2011 from 1pm to 4pm at the Stevenson Lecture Theatre, British Museum. Welcome Address Professor Roy Ellen, President RAI and School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, UK Urgency in Anthropology: some history and the aims of AFUAR Dr. Rajindra K. Puri, RAI Urgent Anthropology Committee and […]
Khyber Friday 3 June, 13.15 in the Stevenson Lecture Theatre, British Museum Free, but booking is advised in order to secure a place. This film, from the Disappearing World Series, looks at the history of Afghanistan up to the Soviet invasion in 1979 from the perspectives of both British and Pashtun, with fascinating parallels to […]
The RAI´s Education Committee is organising a special teachers' training day for those already invovled in teaching the Anthropology A-level or who are planning to teach the A-level in the near future. The event will take place on June 8th at the RAI, located at 50 Fitroy St. London W1T-5BT. The day will include sessions […]
Amir: An Afghan refugee musician’s life in Peshavar, Pakistan Thursday 16 June, 13.15 in the Stevenson Lecture Theatre, British Museum Free, but booking advised in order to secure a place. This film investigates and portrays the life of Afghan refugees living in and around the city of Peshawar in northern Pakistan through the experience of […]
The 12th RAI International Festival of Ethnographic Film 2011will be held in London, 23 - 26 June 2011 Sponsored by The Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), The Department of Anthropology, University College London (UCL), and InSight Education For details on registration and the programme of events please go to the dedicated Film Festival website www.raifilmfest.org.uk. Here […]
The London Anthropology Day is an annual university taster day for Year 12, 13, FE students, careers advisers and teachers. The event is held at the British Museum's Education Clore Centre. On the day, participants get to learn what anthropology is about, the types of careers anthropologists do, as well as gain hands-on experience of […]
2011 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS will be given by Professor Roy Ellen FBA President of the Royal Anthropological Institute & Professor of Anthropology and Human Ecology, University of Kent "ON THE CONCEPT OF CULTURAL TRANSMISSION" On Friday 16 September 2011 at 1.15 pm during the Annual Conference of the Association of Social Anthropologists in the Arts Hall, […]
Royal Anthropological Institute First Annual Postgraduate Conference20 September 2011 Department of Anthropology, Durham University The RAI and Durham University invite research students in all sub-disciplines of anthropology at UK universities to the upcoming postgraduate conference at Durham University on 20 September 2011. As this will be the first postgraduate conference held by the RAI, it […]
ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2011 followed by the 2011 Curl Lecture The 2011 AGM will take place on Monday 3 October 2011 at 3.00 pm in the Stevenson Lecture Theatre, Clore Education Centre, British Museum, London WC1. It will be followed by the 2011 Curl Lecture. All are welcome. Only RAI Fellows may […]
THE CURL LECTURE 2011 will be given by Dr Graeme Were, University of Queensland “On the Materials of Mats: thinking through design in a Pacific society” Monday 3 October 2011, at 5pm in the Stevenson Theatre, Clore Education Centre, the British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. All welcome. Admission free without ticket. Refreshments […]
REVIEWER MEETS REVIEWEDSEMINAR SERIES AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S CENTRE FOR ANTHROPOLOGY Bodily Practices and Medical Identities in Southern Thailand Thursday 20th October 2011 at 10.00 am (tea & coffee served from 9.30am) Centre for Anthropology, British Museum THIS IS A FREE EVENT The British Museum’s Centre for Anthropology, in collaboration with the Royal Anthropological Institute […]
RAI FRENCH ANTHROPOLOGY DAY Friday 4 November 2011, 10.30am to 7.00pm, in Les Salons at the Institut Français, 17 Queensbury Place, London SW7 2DT. The event is free, but places are strictly limited and must be booked in advance. Please email Amanda Vinson on admin@therai.org.uk to book your place. 10.00: Coffee and tea 10.30: Welcome […]
Sport Cultures: capturing sport in a globalised world Join the RAI for an event that explores the human and cultural side of sport in relation to the body, identity and globalisation. Through presentations, exhibitions and hands-on activities, participants will gain a greater understanding of the meaning of sport within society and its impact on the […]
THE HUXLEY MEMORIAL LECTURE will be given by Professor Bruce Kapferer, University of Bergen How Anthropologists Think: Refiguring the Exotic Friday 16 December 2011, 5.30pm, in the Stevenson Theatre, Clore Education Centre, the British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. This event is now fully booked The event is free, but places must be […]
REVIEWER MEETS REVIEWEDSEMINAR SERIES AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S CENTRE FOR ANTHROPOLOGY The Intimate State: Love-Marriage and the Law in Delhi Thursday 12th January 2012 at 10.00 am (tea & coffee served from 9.30am) Centre for Anthropology, British Museum THIS IS A FREE EVENT The British Museum’s Centre for Anthropology, in collaboration with the Royal Anthropological […]
MEN OF WORDS Film and Q&A with director Johanne Haaber Ihle about her film in 2009 and living and working in Yemen in 2011, experiencing the coming of the Arab Spring. (22 mins, 2009, A Student Film from the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology; commendation Wiley-Blackwell Student Film Prize, RAI Film Festival 2011) ”Men of […]
