ANU Anthropology

ANU anthropologist and research fellow, Dr Tom Cliff, has been awarded the E Gene Smith Prize for his book ‘Oil and Water: Being Han in Xinjiang’. ‘Oil and Water’ draws on Dr Cliff’s ethnographic research in the Xinjiang region of Western China. It explores the complex dynamics among Han Chinese settlers, whose uneasy existence is a […]

Wednesday, 7th of March from 11:00am-1:00pm ‘How to Get Published:’ a discussion with Prof. Brad Weiss (College of William and Mary) Sir Roland Wilson Building — Seminar Room 3.02, Level 3 What are the key ingredients for a good journal article? What is the article submission process like? What strategies will ensure that your scholarship is widely […]

All are welcome to the launch of Professor Mark S. Mosko’s latest book. Wednesday 28 February 2018 5.00PM–6.00PM Venue: Hedley Bull Atrium Bronislaw Malinowski’s path-breaking research in the Trobriand Islands shaped much of modern anthropology’s disciplinary paradigm. Yet many conundrums remain. For example, Malinowski asserted that baloma spirits of the dead were responsible for procreation […]

  28 February, 9:30-11:00 Coombs Extension, room 1.13 Chris Gregory has been a member of the Anthropology Department at The Australian National University since 1983, and was a Visiting Professor of Political and Economic Anthropology at the University of Manchester from 2008–15. He has been conducting fieldwork on the economy and culture of rice cultivation in Bastar […]

Two films celebrating the life of the city streets “LIVING HAWTHORN” (Melbourne 1906) “IN THE STREET” (New York 1948) These two remarkable films chronicle the life of city streets, in the days when life was lived very much on the streets. LIVING HAWTHORN, by W.A. Gibson and M. Johnson, was made on the principle that […]

Fejos Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ethnographic Film Wenner Gren Foundation Fejos Postdoctoral Fellowships in Ethnographic Film provide up to $40,000 towards the completion of an ethnographic film that is based on anthropological research already accomplished by the applicant. Closing date 1 May Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships Wenner Gren Foundation Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships provide up to $40,000 towards the writing-up […]

One of the great debates in Anthropology is whether humans have agency – do we choose to do what we do? Or is our every thought and action simply a response to societal norms and pressures (that neuroscientists might further write off as pre-conscious and pre-programmed)? It’s called the structure vs agency debate, and if you’re not familiar […]

All seminars are held from 9:30-11:00am in room 1.13 of the Coombs Extension Building, ANU. 28 February Chris Gregory, ANU Why Is the Lotus the Primordial Symbol of Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth in India?: Why the Answer Is Obvious to a Midwife but Not to an Economist 7 March Jane Ferguson, ANU The Moral Economy of […]

Time for the Fruit to Fall? Deathbed Narratives in Modern Indian Literature & Morality and the Labour of Care – SARI Adda Seminar Date: Friday, 9 February, 2018 Time: 12-2pm Venue: Institutes Boardroom, 1.12 Coombs Extension, 9 Fellows Road, Australian National University To begin our Adda seminar series of 2018 we have two superb lectures […]