RAI AGM 2026 Followed by the Myers Lecture

September 30 2026 @ 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm


ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2026
followed by the Myers Lecture

 

The 2026 AGM will take place on Wednesday 30 September 2026 at 3.00 pm
at Kings College London, The River Room. The Strand Campus, The Strand, London, WC2R 2LS

It will be followed by the 2026 Myers Lecture by Professor Aparecida Vilaça on ‘

Conflicting perspectives on other-than-human beings: Amazonian predatory animism encounters the ‘Rights of Nature’. at 6pm.

All are welcome. Only RAI Fellows may vote at the AGM.


Booking

Tickets for the two parts of the event should be booked separately.


AGM

In person tickets for the AGM can be booked here

Myers Lecture & Reception

In person tickets for the Myers Lecture can be booked here

AGM AGENDA

  1.   Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of 30 September 2025 (Minutes)
  2.   Annual Report of the Council for 2025 (TBA)
  3.   Appointment of Auditors (Current auditors: Friend-James, Chartered Accountants)
  4.   Election of Officers and Council for the year 2026-2027 (TBA)
  5.   Announcement of elections of the Huxley Memorial Lecturer and Curl Lecturer for 2026
  6.   Marsh Award for 2026
  7.   Lucy Mair Marsh Medal for 2026
  8.   Rivers Memorial Medal for 2026
  9.   Public Anthropology Award for 2026
  10.   President’s Lifetime Achievement Award for 2026
  11.   Any Other Business

   The RAI AGM & Myers Lecture has been organised with the kind support of the King’s Brazil Institute.

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