This event aims to raise public awareness of local food projects within the UK and abroad, and foster future collaboration between associated groups of individuals. Presentations given by anthropologists, journalists, and organisations such as Sustain, The Soil Association, and Slow Food UK will accompany information stalls, and hands-on learning activities.
The 11th RAI International Festival of Ethnographic Film is taking place on th 1st-4th of July 2009 at Leeds Met University.
The London Anthropology Day is a university taster day for Year 12, 13 and FE students, career advisors and teachers. Organised by the RAI’s Education Outreach Programme in collaboration with the British Museum and participating universities, it is one of the largest events in the UK aimed at promoting public engagement with Anthropology. The day […]
THE CURL LECTURE 2009 Will be given by Dr Joost Fontein, Lecturer in Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh “Graves, Ruins & Belonging: Towards an anthropology of proximity” Thursday 17 September 2009 at 5.30 pm in the Stevenson Theatre, Clore Education Centre, the British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG All welcome. Admission free without […]
ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2009 followed by the 2009 Curl Lecture The 2009 AGM will take place on Thursday 17 September 2009 at 4.30 pm in the Stevenson Lecture Theatre, Clore Education Centre, British Museum, London WC1. It will be followed by the 2009 Curl Lecture. All are welcome. Only RAI Fellows may […]
THE HUXLEY MEMORIAL LECTURE 2009 will be given by Professor Ian Hodder, Dunlevie Family Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University Human - Thing Entanglement: Towards an Integrated Archaeological Perspective Monday 2 November 2009 at 5.45 pm in the Stevenson Theatre, Clore Education Centre, the British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG All welcome. Admission free […]
Uncertain Vision: Birt, Dyke and the Reinvention of the BBCWhen: Thursday, November 12th 2009 at 10am (tea and coffee from 9:30) Where: Centre for Anthropology, British Museum The British Museum’s Centre for Anthropology, in collaboration with the Royal Anthropological Institute, will be continuing its series of encounters between authors and their reviewers with a seminar […]
REVIEWER MEETS REVIEWEDSEMINAR SERIES AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM’S CENTRE FOR ANTHROPOLOGY Horse People “The world of Thoroughbred racing is glamorous, secretive, dangerous, and seductive – the sport of kings and the poor man's obsession. While the spectacle of racing stirs the imagination, it belies the ruthless business that lies beneath.” When: Thursday, December 10th 2009 […]
REVIEWER MEETS REVIEWEDSEMINAR SERIES AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM’S CENTRE FOR ANTHROPOLOGY The Pot-King When: Thursday, February 11th 2010 at 10am (tea and coffee from 9:30) Where: Centre for Anthropology, British Museum The British Museum’s Centre for Anthropology, in collaboration with the Royal Anthropological Institute, will be continuing its series of encounters between authors and their […]
REVIEWER MEETS REVIEWEDSEMINAR SERIES AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM’S CENTRE FOR ANTHROPOLOGY The Megaliths of Northern Europe When: Thursday, February 18th 2010 at 10am (tea and coffee from 9:30) Where: Centre for Anthropology, British Museum The British Museum’s Centre for Anthropology, in collaboration with the Royal Anthropological Institute, will be continuing its series of encounters between […]
SEMINAR SERIES AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM ‘S CENTRE FOR ANTHROPOLOGY When: Thursday, 4 March 2010 at 10.30 amWhere: Centre for Anthropology, British Museum Following the recent digitasation of the pictorial collection of ethnographic images at the Department of Africa Oceania and the Americas at the British Museum, the BM’s Centre for Anthropology and the Royal […]
Water Cultures: discovering the meaning of water through film SOLD OUT For this year’s ESRC Festival of Social Science the RAI’s Education Outreach Programme is organising a series of evening film screenings and discussions with anthropologists on water, conservation and community. We hope that the debates and ideas shared at the screenings will build momentum […]
The Meaning of Water Location/Time and Date: Saturday March 20th 10:30am - 4:00pm on the HMS President Boat moored on the Thames, near Embankment Tube Station. The RAI’s ‘Meaning of Water’ event focuses on the connections between water, conservation and community. The event aims to raise public awareness of research and development projects undertaken by […]
We would like to invite you for a series of free lunch-time screenings, which the RAI is organising in collaboration with the British Museum for the new exhibition Kingdom of Ife: Sculptures from West Africa. Location: Stevenson Lecture Theatre, Free, booking advised Friday 26 March, 13.30 - Documentary double bill The Blooms of Banjeli: Technology […]
We would like to invite you for a series of free lunch-time screenings, which the RAI is organising in collaboration with the British Museum for the new exhibition Kingdom of Ife: Sculptures from West Africa. Location: Stevenson Lecture Theatre, Free, booking advised Friday 9 April, 13.30, A documentary with guest speaker director Jane Thorburn Alagba: […]
(Cancelled because of travel difficulties.) 2010 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 tranmission' On Friday 16 April 2010 at 1.00 pm during the Annual Conference of the Association of Social […]
We would like to invite you for a series of free lunch-time screenings, which the RAI is organising in collaboration with the British Museum for the new exhibition Kingdom of Ife: Sculptures from West Africa. Location: Stevenson Lecture Theatre, Free, booking advised Friday 23 April, 13.30, A documentary double bill Benin Kingship Rituals Filmmakers: Frank […]
Jean Rouch and the French New Wave Thursday 3 June 20106.30-9.30 pm Paul Henley will introduce Rouch’s classic ‘ethnofiction’ Moi, un Noir, in which migrants on the Ivory Coast improvise their own lives both at work and at leisure. This film won the Prix Louis-Delluc, the French equivalent of an Oscar, in 1959 and had […]
REVIEWER MEETS REVIEWEDSEMINAR SERIES AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM’S CENTRE FOR ANTHROPOLOGY Of Self and Injustice: Autobiography and Repression in Modern Indonesia When: Thursday, June 3rd at 10am (tea and coffee from 9:30) Where: Centre for Anthropology, British Museum The British Museum’s Centre for Anthropology, in collaboration with the Royal Anthropological Institute, will be concluding its […]
