2011 methods mall now online

The 2011 Anthropology Methods Mall is online. This site has info about five, NSF-supported opportunities for methods training in cultural anthropology.

1. Now in its seventh year, the SCRM (Short Courses on Research Methods) program is for cultural anthropologists who already have the Ph.D. Three five-day courses are offered during summer 2011 at the Duke University Marine Lab in Beaufort, North Carolina

2. Now in its 16th year, the SIRD (Summer Institute on Research Design) is an intensive, three-week course for graduate students in cultural anthropology who are preparing their doctoral research proposals. The 2011 course runs from July 17–August 6 at the Duke University Marine Laboratory.

Continue reading “2011 methods mall now online” →

2011 travelwriting colloquium

Grey Journeys
8th travelwriting colloquium
April 20-21, 2011
School of History and Anthropology
Queen’s University Belfast

This Travelwriting colloquium is the 8th annual event in the annual Writing Journeys and Places seminar series. It is an informal and interdisciplinary meeting. The colloquium will be launched by dance and music displays by senior citizens and a policy-orientated research discussion on Tuesday 19th April.

The conference fee is £25 and includes refreshments and entertainment!

Potential papers: if you are interested in giving a paper – please email a 300 word abstract by 15th January.

To book a place, please contact Dr Jonathan Skinner (j.skinner@qub.ac.uk). There has been a great deal of interest in this event, and places are limited, so early booking is advised.

Continue reading “2011 travelwriting colloquium” →

Anthropology of sport photo contest

In anticipation of the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics, the Royal Anthropological Institute’s Education Outreach Programme has launched an Anthropology of Sport Photo Contest.

The photo contest is open to anyone interested in anthropology, photography and sport.

Deadline for submissions is December 10, 2010.

For further information and submission guidelines please click here.

Papers invited for SPA 2011 panel on affect and modernity

Proposed Panel: Designing for Diagnosis and Affect: Modernity and the Future of Feeling

This panel will theorize the unique interplays of affect and temporality within the expert and knowledge epicenters of late modern life. The organizers, Noelle Molé, Phd (Princeton) and Mark Robinson (Princeton) invite papers that explore these and related themes for a panel at the Society for Psychological Anthropology’ conference in Santa Monica, CA during the dates of March 31-April 3, 2011.

Please submit abstracts to nmole@princeton.edu by Tuesday, November 30, 2010.

Continue reading “Papers invited for SPA 2011 panel on affect and modernity” →

Call for new films in anthropology

The 5th Annual UBC ethnographic film festival is calling for films. The 2011 UBC festival will honor innovation in enthnographic film. Submissions are being accepted from now until December 15th. Visit http://anthfilm.anth.ubc.ca/events.html for more information.

Thanks to Photoethnography blog for sharing this information.

Upcoming event at GW

Book Cover; Photo Credit: Tristram Riley-Smith

From Sherlock Jones to the Mysteries of the Cracked Bell: Anthropological Reflections in and on America

by Tristram Riley-Smith
Head of the Centre for Science, Knowledge, & Innovation in the British Government’s Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure

When: Tuesday, November 30, 6 – 7 pm
Where: 1957 E Street NW, 6th floor, Lindner Family Commons
The Elliott School of International Affairs
George Washington University

Free and open to the public
Please RSVP here

Continue reading “Upcoming event at GW” →

Journal submissions sought from anthro graduate students

The Department of Anthropology at Purdue University and Purdue Press are excited to announce that they are accepting submissions for the 2011 volume of the Journal of Contemporary Anthropology. The journal is a peer-reviewed outlet for innovative graduate student research and provides an opportunity for graduate student professionalization.
Continue reading “Journal submissions sought from anthro graduate students” →

Upcoming event at GW

Anthropology, Human Rights, and the Ethics of the Ethnographer’s Lament

Presentation by Mark Goodale, Associate Professor of Conflict Analysis and Anthropology, George Mason University

Continue reading “Upcoming event at GW” →

Call for papers on well-being of young children in Black immigrant and refugee families

The Migration Policy Institute’s (MPI) National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy is embarking on a timely new research project examining the well-being and development of young children in Black immigrant and refugee families in the first decade of life (birth to age 10). We welcome your support in circulating our Call for Papers to interested parties.

Continue reading “Call for papers on well-being of young children in Black immigrant and refugee families” →

Call for contributions to JGA

JOURNAL OF GLOBAL ANALYSIS

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

Journal of Global Analysis endeavours to become the foremost international forum for academics, researchers and policy makers to share their knowledge and experience in the disciplines of political science, international relations, economics, sociology, international law, political history, and human geography.

Continue reading “Call for contributions to JGA” →