The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute produces an annual Special Issue, comprising of a collection of articles as voted for by the RAI Publications Committee.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE JRAI SPECIAL ISSUE
Please note that the submission window for proposals to appear in 2027 has now closed.
The RAI Publications Committee will be accepting proposals for the 2028 Special Issue from late-2025.
Each Special Issue will be distributed by Wiley-Blackwell free of charge to RAI Fellows, and as part of the subscription to libraries taking the JRAI.
For more information on the JRAI Special Issues or proposal submissions, please reach out to publications@therai.org.uk.
PREVIOUS SPECIAL ISSUES
2006: Ethnobiology and the Science of Humankind, edited by Roy Ellen (also available as a stand alone book from Wiley here)
2007: Wind, Life, Health: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives, edited by Elisabeth Hsu and Chris Low (also available as a stand alone book from Wiley here)
2008: The Objects of Evidence: Anthropological Approaches to the Production of Knowledge, edited by Matthew Engelke (also available as a stand alone book from Wiley here)
2009: Islam, Politics, Anthropology, edited by Filippo Osella and Benjamin Soares (also available as a stand alone book from Wiley here)
2010: Making Knowledge, edited by Trevor Marchand (also available as a stand alone book from Wiley here)
2011: The Aesthetics of Nations: Anthropological and Historical Approaches, edited by Nayanika Mookherjee and Christopher Pinney
2012: The Return of Hospitality: Strangers, Guests, and Ambiguous Encounters, edited by Matei Candea and Giovanni Da Col
2013: Blood Will Out: Essays on Liquid Transfers and Flows, edited by Janet Carsten (also available as a stand alone book from Wiley here)
2014: Doubt, conflict and mediation: the Anthropology of Modern Time, edited by Laura Bear (also available as a stand alone book from Wiley here)
2015: The Power of Example: Anthropological Explorations in Persuasion, Evocation, and Imitation, edited by Andreas Bandak and Lars Højer (also available as a stand alone book from Wiley here)
2016: Environmental Futures, edited by Jessica Barnes (also available as a stand alone book from Wiley here)
2017: Meetings: Ethnographies of Organizational Process, Bureaucracy, and Assembly edited by Hannah Brown, Adam Reed, and Thomas Yarrow (also available as a stand alone book from Wiley here)
2018: Dislocating Labour: Anthropological Reconfigurations edited by Penelope Harvey and Christian Krohn-Hansen (also available as a stand alone book from Wiley here)
2019: Energy and Ethics? edited by Mette M. High and Jessica M. Smith (also available as a stand alone book from Wiley here)
2020: Mind and Spirit: A Comparative Theory edited by Tanya Luhrmann (also available as a stand alone book from Wiley here)
2021: Towards and Anthropology of Data edited by Rachel Douglas-Jones, Antonia Walford, Nick Seaver (also available as a stand alone book from Wiley here)
2022: On Irreconciliation edited by Nayanika Mookherjee (also available as a stand alone book from Wiley here)
