ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, THE DEPARTMENT OF AFRICA, OCEANIA AND THE AMERICAS OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY AT SOASArt, Materiality and Representation British Museum/SOAS, 1-3 June 2018 We are very pleased to announce the fourth of the RAI’s recent major conferences. As before, it will be jointly organised by the RAI and […]
RAI PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON – ARCHIVAL AFFORDANCESTuesday 12 June 2018 at 6.00pm The RAI Photography Committee invites you to attend our second salon, an informal and convivial evening of conversation exploring the relationship between anthropology and photography. This salon is focused on photographic archives and the concept of ‘affordances’. What do photographs in the archive afford? […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Early Modern Zimbabwean Art History in British Archives Dr Jonathan Zilberg, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Wednesday 13 June at 5.30 pm There is a surprising amount of data on the early history of modern art in Zimbabwe to be found in archives in the UK. […]
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 […]
Photography+(Con)TextSecond International Conference Photography in Academic Research: Images in the Post-Truth Era Call for Papers, Panels and Visual Submissions Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7HX 6-8 September 2018 Donald Trump’s presidency began with a battle over images. Photographs had been reframed, his administration insisted, to detract from the largest inauguration […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE From illustration to evidence in native title: the potential of photographs Michael Aird, Director of the University of Queensland Anthropology Museum Wednesday 12 September at 5.30 pm By working with photographs from the collections of museums and libraries, Michael Aird is testing whether historical photographs can […]
RAI Pop-up Student Conference 13 & 14 September 2018 University of Bristol Where are we going? Reflections on the future of human beings and the anthropological disciplines The annual Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) Student Conference returns for 2018 at the University of Bristol. We will have presentations of work by students from institutions all over […]
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 […]
