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 […]
Filming Intangible Heritage: Questions of rights, publication, and archiving Presentation with excerpts from a film in progress, followed by Q&A with Dr. Beate Engelbrecht Wednesday 15 February, 6pm Royal Anthropological Institute, 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 5BT (North-East Corner of Fitzroy Square, off Warren Street, next to the French Theatre Book shop) Free for RAI […]
REVIEWER MEETS REVIEWEDSEMINAR SERIES AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S CENTRE FOR ANTHROPOLOGY State Practices and Zionist Images Reviewed: Dr David Wesley, University of Tel-Aviv Reviewer: Prof Tom Selwyn, SOAS Thursday 16th February 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 […]
Diversity Month 2012 Pink Saris A film by Kim Longinotto. Screening organised in partnership with the Royal Anthropological Institute. Type of event: evening film screening Overview: "A girl’s life is cruel...A woman’s life is very cruel," notes Sampat Pal, the complex protagonist at the center of PINK SARIS, internationally acclaimed director Kim Longinotto’s latest foray […]
Temporary Sanity Dan Brunn, NYC, 2006 The film tells about Jamaica's dance music culture in New York and the life of the versatile disc jockey Skerrit Bwoy. Originally from St Johns, Antigua, the youngster migrated to the Bronx in the mid 1990's, hanging around local clubs to emerge as a star of the international dance […]
Breaking Bubbles: Anthropology for our Future 1st National Anthropology Undergraduates Symposium 3rd to 4th March 2012 University of Kent, Canterbury Encouraging & giving the opportunity to students, who are active within their community, to share with others what they have been doing to make anthropology more then just a discipline. This event is specifically open […]
Violence past and present: researching conflict in northern Mozambique Seminar by the RAI/Leach Fellow, Dr Ana Margarida Sousa Santos (Brunel) Thursday 8 March, 5pm - 7pm Royal Anthropological Institute, 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 5BT (North-East Corner of Fitzroy Square, off Warren Street, next to the French Theatre Book shop) Free for RAI members and […]
Other Europe Rossella Schillaci, Italy, 2011 In Turin, an abandoned clinic has been squatted by more than 200 refugees. The film follows the life of its tenants, until its evacuation by the city authorities a year later. An emblematic tale of all European countries today and their respective immigration policies. Free entrance.
Shooting the Mursi Olisarali Olibui, Ben Young, Ethiopia / UK, 2009 This unique film tells the story of one of Africa's most isolated tribes through the eyes of one of its members, Olisarali Olibui, who carries in one hand a Kalashnikov and in the other a camera. It provides a compelling and at times disturbing […]
REVIEWER MEETS REVIEWEDSEMINAR SERIES AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S CENTRE FOR ANTHROPOLOGY Anthropologist or Colonial Nuisance?: R. H. Mathews and the race to document the ‘disappearing’ world of Aboriginal Australia Thursday 15th March 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 […]
Je ne suis pas moi-même Director Alba Mora, Anna SantamariaCountry/Production Spain Release 2009 Length 50 mins Format Colour / DVD / PAL / All region Location Cameroon / Africa & Brussels, Belgium / Europe Language English, French (English subtitles) Prizes/Commendations Material Culture Film Prize 2009 Where do the Afican masks come from and who determines […]
REVIEWER MEETS REVIEWEDSEMINAR SERIES AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S CENTRE FOR ANTHROPOLOGY Cognitive Variations: Reflections on the Unity and Diversity of the Human Mind Thursday 22nd March 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 […]
