Medical Anthropology in Europe: Shaping the Field RAI Conference on 1-2 July 2010 at St Antony's College, University of Oxford Medical anthropology has just as long a history in Europe as in North America. However, European medical anthropologists are often unknown in Britain. One reason is that they often do not write in English or […]
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 […]
THE HENRY MYERS LECTURE 2010 will be given by Professor Sir Geoffrey Lloyd, University of Cambridge “Humanity between gods and beasts? Ontologies in question” Thursday 23 September 2010 at 5.45 pm in the Stevenson Theatre, Clore Education Centre, the British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. All welcome. Admission free without ticket. Refreshments afterwards. […]
ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2010followed by the 2010 Henry Myers Lecture The 2010 AGM will take place on Thursday 23 September 2010 at 4.00 pm in the Stevenson Lecture Theatre, Clore Education Centre, British Museum, London WC1. It will be followed by the 2010 Henry Myers Lecture. All are welcome. Only RAI Fellows […]
LIVING WITH THE INVISIBLES (Vivre les invisible)followed by Q&A with anthropologist Philip Hermans Location: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Manson Lecture Theatre, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT No booking required; visitors will be asked to sign in with the porter. LIVING WITH THE INVISIBLES (Vivre les invisible) , 52 minutes, 2003 Filmmaker: Dirk […]
Screening of Jean Rouch’s Les Maîtres Fous (The Mad Masters), 1954, 35 mins, selected by artist Spartacus Chetwynd and screened in conjunction of his own performative works, The Walk of Dover (2005) and Call of the Wild (2006). Saturday 2 October, 11am – 5.30 pm, Whitechapel Gallery Film London and Channel 4 in association with […]
Dilemma and Decision: Ethnographic Filmmaking in the Making 29th October REGISTRATION 9.30 AM. TO 10.00 A.M. SCREENINGS 10.00 AM TO 6.30 P.M. Itsushi Kawase, University of Manchester (Ethiopian Troubadors) John Baily, Goldsmith’s College (Amir, refugee musicians) An van Dienderen, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, University College Ghent (Verapaz, Belgian quest for Eldorado in Guatemala) Angela […]
The Charitable Crescent: Politics of Aid in the Muslim WorldThursday November 25th 2010 @ 10 am (Tea & coffee served from 9:30) Centre for Anthropology, British Museum This is a free event. The British Museum’s Centre for Anthropology, in collaboration with the Royal Anthropological Institute, is delighted to present for the first seminar of the […]
Of Orderlies and Men: Hospital Porters Achieving Wellness at WorkThursday 20th January 2011 @ 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, is delighted to present for the 2nd seminar of the […]
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, […]
