THE MUSIC ROOM AT FRIEND’S HEARTH INVITES YOU TO A MEMORIAL SCREENING OF THE FILM Amir. An Afghan Refugee Musician’s Life in Peshawar, Pakistan Saturday 21 October 5.00pm BST Place: The Music Room 203 Preston Road, Wembley HA9 8NF (Underground: Preston Road (Metropolitan Line)) We regret to announce the death of our dear friend Amir Jan […]
‘Folklore and Anthropology in Conversation’Seventh Folklore Society – Royal Anthropological Institute Joint SeminarDate: Thursday 26 October 2023Time: 10.00am to 5.00pmLocation: 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 5BTTo attend in person, please register hereTo attend via Zoom, please register hereThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis--Tapirape-Upe mask. via Wikimedia Commons‘Amazonia: Differing Research Perspectivesin Ethnography and Folklore'This seminar will explore subjects […]
RAI Research Seminar and Book Launch Tuesday 31 October 2023, 4:00-6:00pm GMT This is a hybrid event. To join us in Person at the RAI, please register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rai-research-seminar-and-book-launch-ciaran-walsh-tickets-724064254677?aff=oddtdtcreator To join us online on Zoom, please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q4K_K1lnSVSosYS0reUQBg Alfred Cort Haddon, a very English savage Ciarán Walsh Haddon adopted the persona of ‘a very […]
Mostly Out of Africa 6 & 7 November 2023 10.00am to 5.30pm in the Flett Lecture Theatre, Natural History Museum, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD In honour of Chris Stringer's Huxley Medal, the RAI is organising a conference on the theme of 'Mostly Out of Africa'. 'Out of Africa' is commonly used to represent the […]
THE HUXLEY MEMORIAL LECTURE will be given by Professor Chris Stringer, Natural History Museum Tuesday 7 November 2023 at 1.30 pm in the Flett Lecture Theatre, Natural History Museum, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD and on Zoom. Mostly Out of Africa: how, when and where During the last 50 years the Recent African Origin model […]
ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2023 proceeded by the Huxley Lecture The 2023 AGM will take place on Tuesday 7 November 2023 at 2.30 pm in the Flett Lecture Theatre, Natural History Museum, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD and on Zoom. It will be proceeded by the 2023 Huxley Lecture at 1.30 pm. All […]
This event is a collaboration between the Institute of Psychoanalysis, the Royal Anthropological Institute and CPU London HOW DID WE GET HERE AND WHY?: Exploring the Overlaps Between Psychoanalysis and Anthropology In conversation with Hugh Brody and Mike Brearley Chaired by Naomi Segal Friday 17th November 2023 | 6:00pm - 7:30pm (GMT) In their two […]
BOOK LAUNCH EVENT Tuesday 28 November 2023, 4.00-6.00pm GMT This is a hybrid event. To join us in Person at the RAI, please register here (Address below) To join us online on Zoom, please register here Music and Digital Media A planetary anthropology with editor Prof Georgina Born (University College London) discussants Prof Tom Boellstorff (Department […]
Tips on Publishing in the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI) Tuesday, 5 December, 14.00 – 15.30 (GMT) In this online workshop, we will demystify the process of publishing in the JRAI. What kinds of papers make it to the reviews stage? How long do reviews take? How should authors address reviewers’ comments? […]
RAI Research Seminar organised by the RAI's Ethnomusicology and Ethnochoreology Committee Tuesday 5 December 2023, 4:00-6:00pm GMT This is a hybrid event. To join us online on Zoom, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_89U7iby0TLSTKkZb48zyTw#/registration To join us in Person at the RAI, register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rai-research-seminar-andrew-sanger-tickets-722117251137?aff=oddtdtcreator For of These Islands, I am Made: Dance and Environmental Sensibility in the […]
Lecture at the RAI Thursday 7 December 2023, 6.00 - 8.00pm GMT The event will happen in person at the RAI, 50 Fitzroy Street, W1T 5BT To reserve your spot, register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lecture-professor-orlando-patterson-the-paradox-of-freedom-tickets-759624546467?aff=oddtdtcreator The Paradox of Freedom: A Socio-Historical Approach Prof Orlando Patterson (John Cowles Professor of Sociology, Harvard University) Introduction Prof David Scott (Columbia University) The history […]
Event at the RAI Saturday 9 December 2023, 10am - 4pm GMT The event will happen in person at the RAI, 50 Fitzroy Street, W1T 5BT To reserve your spot, register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/freedom-and-slavery-an-open-conversation-with-professor-orlando-patterson-tickets-759673161877?aff=oddtdtcreator Freedom and Slavery: Issues of Comparative Understanding and Contemporary Social and Political Relevance ~ An Open Conversation with Prof Orlando Patterson Professor David […]
BOOK LAUNCH EVENT Friday 19 January 2024, 3.00-5.00pm GMT This is a hybrid event. To join us online via Zoom, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DZS2Io7HSYy4Z3x8JPPjyA#/registration To join us in Person at the RAI, register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-giovanni-ercolani-tickets-772922761787?aff=oddtdtcreator The Maidan Museum: Preserving the Spirit of Maidan Dr Giovanni Ercolani (University of Murcia, Spain) chair Prof Chris Farrands (Nottingham Trent University) […]
BOOK LAUNCH EVENT Friday 26 January 2024, 3.00-5.00pm GMT This is a hybrid event. Registration links to be added soon! INCONCEIVABLE IRAN To Reproduce or Not to Reproduce? Soraya Tremayne (Co-Founding Director of the Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group; Research Affiliate at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Oxford) […]
FILM SCREENING Tuesday 30 January 2024, 5:30pm - 7:30pm GMT This is an in person only event Location: Cinema, Goldsmiths University of London, SE14 6NW Book your free ticket here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/musicdepartmentatgoldsmithsuniversityoflondon/1099180 The Asian Music Unit at Goldsmiths and the Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) are delighted to invite you to this special screening event. European premiere of […]
BOOK LAUNCH EVENT Wednesday 31 January 2024, 6.00-8.00 pm GMT This is a hybrid event. To join us online via Zoom, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RUZ3SgBiRTCx-PambWXoRg#/registration To join us in Person at the RAI, register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-itsushi-kawase-tickets-793419076817?aff=oddtdtcreator Mischief of the Gods: Tales from the Ethiopian Streets Itsushi Kawase Chair: Stephen Hughes, RAI Film Translator: Jeffrey Johnson (from Japanese) […]
BOOK LAUNCH EVENT Friday 9 February 2024, 4.00-6.00pm GMT This is a hybrid event. To join online via Zoom, register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ovJUROgNStqUc2mwEvzAIw#/registration To join in person at the RAI, register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-andre-chappatte-tickets-773158115737 In Search of Tunga: Prosperity, Almighty God, and Lives in Motion in a Malian Provincial Town André Chappatte and Gunvor Jónsson (Honorary Research Associate in Sociology at […]
Screening and Talk In Collaboration with Japan House London 11 February 2024, 15:00 - 16:30 GMT Location: Japan House London, 101-111 Kensington High St, London W8 5SA (Map) Booking here: https://www.japanhouselondon.uk/whats-on/an-introduction-to-neil-gordon-munros-the-ainu-bear-ceremony/ An Introduction to Neil Gordon Munro’s The Ainu Bear Ceremony Simon Wright (Japan House London) Dr Stephen Putnam Hughes (RAI) The Ainu Bear Ceremony was filmedby […]
The Annual William Fagg Lecture Thursday 15 February 2024 at 6pm Clore Centre, British Museum Prof Michael W Scott, London School of Economics and Political Science When is an Object? Insights from the Cumulative Lives of a Solomon Islands Canoe House Post In May of 1936, an anthropomorphic wooden carving from the island of Owa […]
Workshop organised by the Anthropology of Art Committee, Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI). The meeting will take place in person on 16 February 2024 at the RAI, 50 Fitzroy Street, London. Friday 16 February 2024 Royal Anthropological Institute, 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 5BT and on Zoom Friday 16 February 2024, 10am - 5pm GMT […]
