CSSH mourns the loss of Vicente Rafael, esteemed scholar and generous contributor to our journal.
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CSSH mourns the loss of Vicente Rafael, esteemed scholar and generous contributor to our journal.
sites.lsa.umich.edu/cssh/2026/02...
A fine tribute to Vince Rafael from Geronimo Cristobal. It made me recall Vince talking about his early training with Fr John Schumacher SJ, the historian of Jesuit science, at Ateneo. I suspect that's why Vince initially was interested in my work on colonial science in the Philippines...
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The Open Encyclopedia of #Anthropology is looking for a new editorial team. Join us in strengthening #OpenAccess publishing and shaping the future of our discipline.
Applications welcome from individuals or groups.
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We're looking for a one-year Teaching Fellow to start in August 2025. Come and join our team! We're receiving applications until 4th July.
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A summer school on this theme would be helpful??
Social Anthropology Away Day 2025 ✨
Discussing our values, contemporary anthropology and what we love about our work in Edinburgh on the sun-kissed roof of the National Museum of Scotland.
#anthropology #edinburgh @uoe-sps.bsky.social
Poster of Lotte Hoek’s inaugural lecture, ‘For an anthropology of the screen’.
This Friday, 9th May, we’re celebrating Lotte Hoek’s (@mediaautomatiek.bsky.social) promotion as Professor of Cultural Anthropology. She will give her inaugural lecture, ‘For an anthropology of the screen’. If you’re in the vicinity, please come and join us.
www.sps.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
"The history of corruption/anti-corruption has been a popular struggle over what politics should look like."
New on FirstView, "A Thousand Years of #Corruption: A History of Corruption and Anti-corruption in the #Philippines since 1946" by Marco Garrido.
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
Poster for Atreyee Sen's Seminar at the University of Edinburgh
“Unpacking a sacking: Moral outrage and female workplace precarity in peri-urban India” by Dr. Atreyee Sen
We look forward to welcome Dr. Sen to the Anthropology Seminar to discuss thee dynamics of moral surveillance of digitally literate, young professional women in India. Join us!
🚨Job Klaxon🚨
Seeking a post-doc for 5.5 years (!) on our brand new @medicinewithoutdoctors.org project!
The candidate will be working with @cathm.bsky.social and the wider team to lead on playful, design-based methodological collaboration.
Deadline 31 March 2025
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMD146/p...
There are three more Social Anthropology seminars coming up this semester in Edinburgh!
Don’t miss our brilliant speakers:
✨ Nafis Hasan (14/3)
✨ Atreyee Sen (21/3)
✨ Pooyan Tamimi Arab (28/3)
Fridays, 3-5pm, Chrystal Macmillan Building, all welcome!
#anthropology @pooyan1983.bsky.social
Jason De León's photo
photo of young men beside a railway track
Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling Thursday, 27 March 2025, 17.15 MacLaren Stuart Room, G. 159 Old College
In this Munro Lecture, Professor Jason De León will present stories from his recent book ("Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling") and examine the complicated relationship among transnational gangs, the human smuggling industry, and migrant desires for safety and well-being.
We're excited to host @jasondeleon.bsky.social's Munro Lecture later this month:
Soldiers & Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling
27 March 2015, 17.15
MacLaren Stuart Room G. 159 Old College
This event is open to all: jasondeleon.eventbrite.co.uk
@uoe-sps.bsky.social
Profile photograph of Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
We could not be prouder of our former Social Anthropology PhD student Dr. Amarasuriya, who was appointed Sri Lanka’s first woman prime minister in 24 years. She was sworn in on 24 September 2024. Her intelligence, integrity, and empathy, have since marked her tenure. #AnthroSky #Anthropology
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Hello everyone! 👋 We're a bit late, but looking forward to posting here often and re(connecting) with you. In the meantime, please give us a follow and repost this. 😊 #AnthroSky #Anthropology
Applications are now open for 2025-26 Fellowships at IASH, with 60 places available! Apply here: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/application-...
Senior/mid-career programmes close 28 Feb.
Postdoctoral/early-career programmes close 25 April.
See our Fellowship pages for details: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/fellowship-p...
*️⃣*️⃣*️⃣ AE FORUM (52.1): I Was Wrong *️⃣*️⃣*️⃣
“What even the cowherds and women know”:
Everyday life and its promise
by Veena Das
#anthrosky #anthropology
Find it here: ⬇️ americanethnologist.org/journal/issu...
How about a kinship studies starter pack?
Please let me know if you’d like to be included (or removed). And please share!
Cc: @wennergrenorg.bsky.social
Great news. Congratulations!
Done!
After seven years of rejections and revisions, my article "Affective assemblages of kinship and single mothers’ labour migration from a ‘climate hotspot’" is now published with
the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
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OA: Please check it out!
On Monday, 9th Dec, we're hosting a hybrid seminar by Gabriel Scheidecker (Zurich). His talk will introduce the field of global parenting interventions, and point out the relevance of the anthropology of kinship and encourage a critical exchange between these fields
www.sps.ed.ac.uk/news-event/e...
Anthropologists! There's a new call for special issues out with Social Analysis. Deadline is 15 Jan 2025 - please get in touch if any questions www.berghahnjournals.com/fileasset/sa...
👇CFP for the SCA Biennial UNconference, Restorative Relations
Here’s the starting point: does the thought of attending another academic conference elicit fatigue and burnout instead of excitement and possibility? Can it be different?
This is gonna be GOOD!
@culanth.bsky.social #anthrosky
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Abe Simpson talking to the kiddos
It was called LiveJournal and you told the whole world what you wouldn’t even share with your therapist
Burning diagrams in anthropology: an inverse museum, by Tristan Partridge, featuring some abstract diagrams on the cover
love it when a book is published specifically for me (on diagrams in anthropology!) punctumbooks.com/titles/burni...
Our department at Australian National University is hiring in medical #anthropology. It’s Level B (continuing), equivalent to Assistant Professor. PhD must be in hand (not abd unfortunately). Closing end of Jan. Please spread the word! jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/lecture...
#CFP “Global Southeast Asia: Continuity and Change,” Association of Southeast Asian Studies conference at St John’s College, University of Cambridge, September 15-17, 2025. Submit paper and panel abstracts by April 30 for consideration.
@joncong.bsky.social !