RESEARCH IN PROGRESS SEMINAR SERIESAT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Friday 21 September 2018, 3.00 pm – 4.45 pm. Pure water: purity and power in ritual meanings and uses of water in Ghana Kirsty Wissing, Australian National University Free, but booking advised https://kirstywissing.eventbrite.co.uk Abstract: Water, being essential to life and fluid in form, is a useful metaphor […]
The Royal Anthropological Institute is proud to award the 2018 Photographic Studies Prize to Dr Karen Strassler.Friday 21 September at 5.30 pm Please join us in this celebration on 21 September between 5.30 and 7.30 pm for a talk by Dr Strassler and a drinks reception. The Eventfulness of Images Focusing on political images in […]
JRAI Special Issue LaunchDislocating Labour: Anthropological Reconfigurations with the special issue guest editors Prof Penelope Harvey (University of Manchester) and Dr Christian Krohn-Hansen (University of Oslo) Tuesday 25 September at 5.30 pm The contributors to this volume interrogate the labour/capital relation, exploring the ways in which industrial outsourcing and subcontracting transform the conditions, possibilities, and […]
Joint seminar with the Anglo-Turkish SocietyThursday 27 September 2018 at 6.00pm at the Royal Anthropological Institute Speaker: Şebnem Şenyener The Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy, its influence on literature and on my work Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy, is a literary mystery. The hero, whose identity is the central riddle of the book, […]
ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2018 followed by the Henry Myers Lecture The 2018 AGM will take place on Thursday 4 October at 3.30 pm in the Stevenson Lecture Theatre, Clore Education Centre, British Museum, London WC1. It will be followed by the 2018 Henry Myers Lecture. All are welcome. Only RAI Fellows may […]
THE HENRY MYERS LECTURE 2018will be given by Prof Simon Coleman, University of Toronto Laterality: A Sideways Look at Ritual Thursday 4 October 2018, at 5.30pm (approximately) in the Stevenson Lecture Theatre, Clore Education Centre, the British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. The lecture will be preceded by the RAI’s AGM. All are […]
BOOK LAUNCHAT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Who are ‘we’?: Reimagining alterity and affinity in anthropology Edited by Dr Liana Chua (Brunel University) and Nayanika Mathur (University of Oxford) Wednesday 10 October at 5.00pm Who do “we” anthropologists think “we” are? And how do forms and notions of collective disciplinary identity shape the way we think, […]
Joint seminar with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, University College London and King's College LondonWhat fire cannot destroy: memories, networks and projects Prof João Pacheco de Oliveira Filho, Head of Ethnography at the National Museum of Brazil Tuesday 16 October at 6.30 pm at the Archaeology Lecture Theatre, UCL The talk will present a brief history […]
The life and works of Sir Edward Evans-Pritchard (1902-1973)Two day conference 18 & 19 October 2018 at the Royal Anthropological Institute There will be no conference fee, and refreshments will be provided on the day, but tickets must be booked. To book tickets please got to https://evans-pritchard.eventbrite.co.uk. Thursday 18 October DAY 1 9.30 TEA AND […]
Joint concert with the Anglo-Turkish SocietyTuesday 23 October 2018 at 6.30pm at the Royal Anthropological Institute Musicians: Esbe, Jeff Rodrigues (guitar) An Evening with Rumi Composer and singer, Esbe, has produced an album featuring lush cinematic strings, delicate Early Music arrangements and Arabic scales. These arrangements, combined with her clear and resonant vocal style, bring […]
REVIEWER MEETS REVIEWEDSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Head Hunters: A Drama Based upon the Life and Works of Alfred Cort Haddon Wednesday 24 October at 5.30 pm Royal Anthropological Institute THIS IS A FREE EVENT The British Museum’s Anthropology Library and Research Centre, in conjunction with the Royal Anthropological Institute, is pleased to […]
4th Folklore Society – Royal Anthropological Institute Joint Seminar Anthropology and Folklore in Conversation: Revisiting Frazer, Lang, and Tylor Thursday 25 October 2018 at 10.00am to 5.00pm 10 – 10:15 Welcome 10:15 – 10:45 Paper 1 Dr. Paul Cowdell Critical Reception and Critical Rejection: Frazer, Folklore and Folklorists 10:45 – 11:15 Paper 2 Docent Dr […]
The Royal Anthropological Institute Blacking Lecturewill be given by Professor Ruth Finnegan FBA, Open University Where Does Music Come From? Thursday 1 November 2018 3:00pm, Meeting Room 1, Floor 7, Sir Duncan Rice Library, University of Aberdeen, 75 Bedford Rd, Aberdeen AB24 3UE All welcome, no need to book. The lecture will be followed by […]
AFTERMATH: screening and Q&A Friday 2 November at 7.00pm Aftermath 2013 / 91 minutes Directed by Raphael Barth With Simron Jit Singh The Royal Anthropological Institute invites you to the screening of the documentary AFTERMATH, which explores the story of the indigenous Nicobar Islanders after being devastated by the 2004 Tsunami. The film focuses […]
BOOK LAUNCHAT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE The Enigma of Max Gluckman: The Ethnographic Life of a "Luckyman" in Africa Robert J. Gordon Monday 5 November at 5.30pm Max Gluckman was one of the more enigmatic figures in post-World War 2 social anthropology. Some have suggested that his `Bridge´ essay is the single most important article […]
Film screening - Meeting Gorbachev, followed by Q&A with director André Singer Tuesday 6 November at 5.30pm Regent Street Cinema, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW Farm boy to President of the USSR; Mikhail Gorbachev helped end the Cold War and enabled the reunification of Germany, only for the Soviet empire to collapse peacefully beneath […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE From Siberia Speaks the World: Ethnographic Insights in Times of Change Dr Susan Crate, Urgent Anthropology Fellow Wednesday 7 November at 5.30 pm Dr Susan Crate has conducted ethnographic research with Viliui Sakha in NE Siberia, Russia since 1991. In this talk she shares her understandings […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Playing Malinowski in Herat: Ethnomusicological fieldwork in 1970s Afghanistan Prof Jon Baily, Goldsmtihs, University of London Wednesday 14 November at 5.30 pm In 1973–74 John Baily, with the help of Veronica Doubleday, conducted fieldwork in the city of Herat, mainly focused on the invention of a […]
REVIEWER MEETS REVIEWEDSEMINAR SERIES AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S ANTHROPOLOGY LIBRARY AND RESEARCH CENTRE The Politics of Distinction: African Elites from Colonialism to Liberation in a Namibian Frontier Town Thursday 15 November at 2.00 pm Anthropology Library and Research Centre, British Museum THIS IS A FREE EVENT The British Museum’s Anthropology Library and Research Centre, in […]
Joint seminar with the Anglo-Turkish SocietyThursday 22 November 2018 at 6.00pm at the Royal Anthropological Institute Speaker: Anderson Bakewell The concept, development and execution of the Ottoman Garden in St Louis, Missouri, USA The Bakewell Osmanlı Bahçesi, which opened in 2006 in the American city of St Louis, is the result of efforts to resurrect […]
