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Call for Papers - Anthropology in London Day 2015 Conference: Anthropology on the Move
This year’s Anthropology in London conference invites paper and panel proposals that explore movement in the broadest sense, including movement of objects, people, ideas, cultural practices, and narratives; the structures, discourses, and practices that aid or obstruct such movements; the movement of bodies in dance, ritual, and performance; and anthropological theory and practice ‘on the move’, in step with a changing world. Core themes include, but are not limited to:
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Published: Feb 25, 2015 1:19:19 PM
MN Srinivas Lecture 2015 - Christopher Pinney: 'Destroying the Negatives: M.N. Srinivas, “India’s Villages”, and Photography'
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Published: Feb 24, 2015 11:46:29 AM
Postgraduate Open Day
The Department of Anthropology at UCL invites all prospective candidates to the Postgraduate Open Day on Wednesday, 11th March. More...
Published: Jan 28, 2015 3:30:00 PM
Charlie, Secular Culture and Practical Wisdom
According to many, the brutal attack on Charlie Hebdo has been an aggression against the secular understood as the realm where freedom of speech is not limited by religious or ideological constraints. In painting this picture, commentators have evoked the Age of Reason. In a society based on the values of the Enlightenment, it has been argued, humor should be un-restrained. But, is this the case? Is the secular really a neutral sphere? And, should Voltairean reason be the only guideline for satire in the West? A dose of Anthropological sensibility can help us to contextualise and to answer these questions. More...
Published: Jan 28, 2015 12:04:50 PM
Empowering Society with GNH - Gross National Happiness in Practice
Join us for a special seminar by Dr Saamdu
Chetri (Executive Director, Gross National Happiness Centre, Bhutan).
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Published: Jan 22, 2015 3:11:05 PM
Call For Papers. The War of Worlds: Self and Society in Social Movements
This conference will be held on the 4th and 5th of June 2015, in the Department of Anthropology at UCL. More...
Published: Jan 21, 2015 3:02:17 PM
Inaugural Conference: Anthropological Visions of Sustainable Futures
The inaugural CAOS (Centre for the Anthropology of Sustainability) conference will be held at UCL between 12th to14th February 2015. More...
Published: Jan 16, 2015 2:30:00 PM
Two Lectureships Available in UCL Anthropology
UCL Anthropology currently has two vacancies: Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Environmental Anthropology / Human Ecology, and Lecturer in Palaeoanthropology and Human Evolution. More...
Published: Jan 9, 2015 2:13:35 PM
UCL Anthropology REF 2014
We are proud to report that we entered 100% of eligible research staff in the Research Excellence Framework. We improved upon our excellent performance in RAE 2008 - the majority of research outputs were ranked in the top 4* and 3* categories. Overall, we are now the highest ranked London anthropology department. We achieved the second highest percentage of 4* quality of any Department in the country. More...
Published: Dec 18, 2014 10:51:57 AM
How To Do the Ethnography of World-System Photography
Professor Christopher Pinney is going to give the 4th Adrian Gerbrands Lecture on Friday 28th November 2014, at the National Museum of Ethnology, Steenstraat 1, 2300 AE Leiden. More...
Published: Nov 26, 2014 3:39:47 PM
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