MASN

Anthropological Association of Ireland Conference 2011

“The Art of Anthropology“
2-3 September
School of Art & Design, University of Ulster, Belfast.
Keynote speaker: Professor Sarah Pink (Loughborough University)

8-11 SEPT 2011
EUROPEAN CULTURE CONGRESS
KEY EVENT OF THE CULTURAL PROGRAMME OF THE POLISH PRESIDENCY
4 days – 100 interdisciplinary events and projects – 300 masters and alternative artists
The interdisciplinary program of the Congress, hosted by Wrocaw, will feature 300 artists, academics, philosophers, and activists, including Zygmunt Bauman, Brian Eno, Jan Fabre, Oliviero Toscani, Mirosław Bałka, Krzysztof [...]

http://raifilmfest.org.uk/film/festival/2011/home/festival [05.03.2011]

On 5-8 July 2011, the first ever combined conference of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES), the Australian Anthropological Society (AAS) and the Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa / New Zealand (ASAANZ) will take place in Perth, Western Australia, on the University of Western Australia’s campus along the Swan River.
c.f.: http://anthropologywa.org/iuaes_aas_asaanz_conference2011/0002.html
[05.03.2011]

9th MASN CONFERENCE: „What are we doing?“
Multiple Roles, Uses and Influences of Anthropology in the Contemporary Society
Ludbreg, Croatia May 2nd – 6th 2011
The main goal of our conference is to analyze the practices of anthropologists in today’s world, namely, the ways in which the knowledge of anthropologists is being used and utilized in various organizations.
We [...]

After the stimulating and interesting meetings in Berlin and Oxford in 2010, we now invite you to join us again in Warsaw, Poland.
The focus of the 2nd annual MAYS meeting will be on Medical Anthropology thematic workshops, leaving time and space for in-depth discussions.
Registration form at http://tinyurl.com/MAYS-Warsaw. Deadline is 15th January for abstract submission; attendance [...]

John L. and Jean Comaroff’s new book entitled “Ethnicity, Inc.” provides provocative insight into recent phenomena concerning the commodification of ethnicity. From ethno-theme parks, Native American casinos, and Scotland as a brand, to San “Bushmen” with patent rights potentially worth millions of dollars, nations acting as commercial enterprises, and the [...]

with its historic background* the 17th of November was made to the international students’ day in 1941. at least since then, students’ all around the world are yearly calling upon their governments and the public to oppose war, to end human rights abuses, and [...]

Jean und John L. Comaroff: History and the People beyond Europe: A Counter-evolutionary Story?
08.11.2010 (18:15)
ERIC WOLF LECTURE: Universität Wien, Kleiner Festsaal
1010 Wien, Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Ring 1
Rarely is “the Global South” seen as a source of theory and explanation for world historical events. Yet, as many nation-states of the northern hemisphere experience increasing fiscal [...]

AAA ( American Anthropological Association) Annual Meeting:
Nov 17-21, New Orleans, LA
See http://www.aaanet.org/meetings/ for more details .
(information on the AAA-website:
109th Annual Meeting
November 17-21, 2010
Sheraton New Orleans and New Orleans Marriott Hotels
New Orleans, Louisiana
Theme: Circulation
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
About the Meeting
In 2010, the AAA will conduct the 109th Annual Meeting in New Orleans, where the river meets the [...]

International Conference
Shah Rukh Khan and Global Bollywood
September 30th – October 2nd 2010

In recent years the circulation of Indian Cinema in a globalized world has become a focus of academic research from a wide range of disciplines and theoretical perspectives. A growing number of publications and conferences have been dedicated to [...]

The new MASN-Site finally gets a Event-Module!!!

Beyond Essentialisms: Challenges of Anthropology in the 21st Century
International Conference
on the Occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the
Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia, 25 to 27 November 2010
Since the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology was established in Ljubljana seventy years ago, it has gradually developed into an [...]

Biannual German Anthropological Association (GAA) (deutsche Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde, DGV)  conference:
DGV-Tagung in Wien, 14. – 17. September 2011
Wa(h)re “Kultur”?
Kulturelles Erbe, Revitalisierung und die Renaissance der Idee von Kultur
For conference-details and the Call For Papers, see:
http://www.dgv-net.de/tl_files/dokumente/Tagungstext_2011.pdf