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EXHIBITIONS
Camel: A journey through fragile
landscapes - photographs by Roger
Chapman (to 29.10.2017). Pitt
Rivers Museum, University of
Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford,
OX1 3PP; tel. +44 (0)1865 270927;
www.prm.ox.ac.uk
Where the Thunderbird lives:
Cultural resilience on the Northwest
Coast of North America (to
27.8.2017); Scythians: Desire,
love, identity: exploring LGBTQ
histories (to 15.10.2017); Warriors
of ancient Siberai (to 14.1.2018);
Africa gallery (permanent); Living
and dying (permanent). British
Museum, Great Russell Street,
London WC1B 3DG; tel. +44 (0)20
7323 8299 (information desk); www.
thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/ whatson/
exhibitions/index.html
In a major three-year development
of its gallery spaces, the Hornimans
anthropology collection will be
redisplayed from 2018. Pani (to
26.11.2017); India unplugged
(to 24.9.2017); The robot zoo (to
29.10.2017). Horniman Museum,
100 London Road, Forest Hill,
London SE23 3PQ; tel. +44(0)20
8699 1872; www.horniman.ac.uk
Another India (to 22.4.2018);
Carriers of culture: The longing of
belonging (to 10.9.2017); The island
warrior: Coconut fibre armour from
Kiribati (to 25.9.2017). Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology,
Downing Street, Cambridge CB2
3DZ; tel +44 (0)1223 333516; maa.
cam.ac.uk/
Buildings that fill my eye:
Architectural heritage of Yemen (to
23.9.2017). Brunei Gallery, SOAS,
Thornhaugh Place, Russell Square.
https://www.soas.ac.uk/gallery/yemen/
AUGUST 2017
28-30 Aug 2017 EASA networks
PACSA and anthropology of
security. The making of peace,
conflict and security: Dynamics of
inclusion and exclusion, University
of Amsterdam. www.pacsa-web.eu
SEPTEMBER 2017
7-8 Sep 2017 The pasts, presents,
and futures of queer mobilities:
Transnational movements of
ideas, concepts, and people. 2nd
workshop of the European Network
for Queer Anthropology (ENQA.
Central European University,
Budapest. http://www.easaonline.org/
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15 Sep 2017 15.00-20.00 RAI
AGM followed by the Curl
Lecture by Andrea Migliano. The
British Museums Clore Centre.
https://raiagm2017.eventbrite.co.uk
19-21 Sep 2017 EASA network
LAWNET event. Anticipating
law: The prognostics of fear and
hope. Bern, Switzerland. https://
www.easaonline.org/
22-23 Sep 2017 International
interdisciplinary conference on the
concept of time. Istanbul, Turkey.
http://www.dakamconferences.
org/time
29-30 Sept 2017 International
interdisciplinary conference on
identity and philosophy of the
self. Istanbul, Turkey. http://www.
dakamconferences.org/identity
OCTOBER 2017
4 Oct 2017 RAI research seminar.
Popular photography and the
Internet: Cases from Iran. Shireen
Walton. https://shireenwalton.
eventbrite.co.uk.
12 Oct 2017 Life and work of
Elizabeth Colson. One-day
seminar. Location: RAI. Book via
https://elizabethcolson.eventbrite.
co.uk.
14 Oct 2017 The place of memory
and memory of place. Conference
Cambridge, United Kingdom.
http://memory.irf-network.org
17-20 Oct 2017 Africa and
Africans in national, regional and
global dimensions. 14th African
Studies Conference. Moscow,
Russian Federation. http://www.
inafran.ru/en/node/487
24-27 Oct 2017 Conference on
mermaids, maritime folklore, and
modernity. Copenhagen, Denmark.
http://www.islanddynamics.org/
mermaidconference.html
26 Oct 2017 Third Folklore
Society/RAI joint seminar.
Folklore and anthropology in
conversation. Location: RAI.
Event is free, but book via https://
folkloreandanthropology.eventbrite.
co.uk. Contact: j.h.grayson@
sheffield.ac.uk. therai.org.uk.
28-29 Oct 2017 Why the world
needs anthropologists: Powering
the planet. Calman Learning
Centre, University of Durham.
http://www.applied-anthropology.
com/
NOVEMBER 2017
4 Nov 2017 South Asia and its
diaspora: Musical performances
in the cultures of decolonization.
The Pavilion, Horniman Museum
and Gardens. Contact: mbirley@
horniman.ac.uk. therai.org.uk.
9 Nov 2017 The Folklore AUGUST 2018
Society: Newer Researchers: 14-17 Aug 2018 EASA biennial
Newer Approaches A one-day conference. Dept of Social
conference jointly hosted by Anthropology, University
The Folklore Society and The of Stockholm. https://www.
Elphinstone Institute, University easaonline.org.
of Aberdeen. Warburg Institute,
Woburn Square, London WC1H SEPTEMBER 2018
0AB. http://folklore-society.com/
18-21 Sep 2018 ASA annual
29 Nov-3 Dec 2017 AAA annual
conference as part of the
meeting. Marriott Wardman Park
UKAN initiative. University of
Hotel & Omni Shoreham Hotel
Oxford. https://www.theasa.org/
Washington, DC
conferences/asa18/index.shtml
DECEMBER 2017
NOVEMBER 2018
1 Dec 2017 Symposium: Death
14-18 Nov 2018 AAA annual
and time. BSA Meeting Room,
meeting. San Jose Convention
Imperial Wharf. https://tinyurl.
Center San Jose, CA
com/lvdax3h. Contact: BSADDB@
gmail.com
FEBRUARY 2019
11-15 Dec 2017 Joint ASA/AAS/
ASAANZ conference. Adelaide. 7-8 Feb 2019 ICAS 2019: 21st
international conference on
http://www.theasa.org/
15 Dec 2017 17.30 Huxley Lecture. anthropology and sustainability.
Mumbai, India. https://waset.org/
Margaret Conkey. The British
Museums Clore Centre. https:// conference/2019/02/mumbai/ICAS
conkey.eventbrite.co.uk
AUGUST 2019
JANUARY 2018 13-14 Aug 2019 ICTA 2019:
13-14 Jan 2018 4th International 21st International conference
Conference on media and popular on tourism anthropology.
culture. Leeds, UK. http://www. Venice, Italy. https://waset.org/
socialsciencesandhumanities. conference/2019/08/venice/ICTA
com/4th-international-conference-
NOVEMBER 2019
on-media-and-popular-culture/
20-24 Nov 2019 AAA annual
MARCH 2018 meeting. Vancouver Convention
1-3 Mar 2018 9th Annual womens Centre Vancouver, BC, CAN
leadership and empowerment
Conference. Bangkok, Thailand.
http://www.wleconference.org
JUNE 2018
1-3 June 2018 Art, materiality and
representation. British Museum/
SOAS. https://therai.org.uk/
JULY 2018
9 Jul 2018 London Anthropology
Day. British Museums Clore Centre.
www.londonanthropologyday.co.uk
23-27 Jul 2018 Situations, times,
and places in hunter-gatherer
research. 12th International
conference on hunting and
gathering societies (CHAGS
XII). School of Social Sciences,
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang.
https://chags.usm.my Teaching
25 Jul 2018 Thirteenth international
conference on interdisciplinary
Anthropology
social sciences Granada, Spain. Teaching Anthropology (TA)
http://thesocialsciences.com/2018- is a peer-reviewed, open-
access journal dedicated to
conference/call-for-papers
the teaching of anthropology.
30 Jul - 3 Aug 2018 18th ICAES
World Congress 2018. World (of) Issues are available
encounters: The past, present free online at:
and future of anthropological www.teachinganthropology.org
knowledge. Florianpolis, Brazil.
http://iuaes.org/congresses/index.html