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Department of Social Anthropology

 
Read more at: Brown Bag Lunch with Johannes Lenhard (Max Planck - Cambridge Centre for Ethics, Economy and Social Change) - Anthropology between Homelessness and Venture Capital

Brown Bag Lunch with Johannes Lenhard (Max Planck - Cambridge Centre for Ethics, Economy and Social Change) - Anthropology between Homelessness and Venture Capital

Tuesday, 8 March, 2022 - 12:00 to 13:00

After stumbling into anthropology via economics/management and sociology around ten years ago, Johannes has focused in his research (and practical work) on two topics as different as they could be, at least on the surface: his PhD and postgrad work before that was focused on the survival and home-making practices of people...


Read more at: Indigenous Media and Sovereignty in Taiwan with Eliana Ritts (PhD candidate NYU)

Indigenous Media and Sovereignty in Taiwan with Eliana Ritts (PhD candidate NYU)

Monday, 28 February, 2022 - 17:00 to 18:30

Indigenous Media & Sovereignty in Taiwan Founded in 2005, Taiwan Indigenous Television is the first Indigenous television station in Asia, a ground-breaking national media network created by, for, and about Taiwan’s diverse Austronesian Indigenous groups. My talk will offer an overview of Indigenous media production in...


Read more at: Orientalist Constructions of the Frontier Pashtuns: On the Postcolonial History and Repercusions - Zahid Ali Shah (Quaid i Azam University) and Ruling the Borderlands: Pakistan's State and its Ruling Practices - Usman Khan (Quaid i Azam University)

Orientalist Constructions of the Frontier Pashtuns: On the Postcolonial History and Repercusions - Zahid Ali Shah (Quaid i Azam University) and Ruling the Borderlands: Pakistan's State and its Ruling Practices - Usman Khan (Quaid i Azam University)

Thursday, 24 February, 2022 - 11:00 to 12:30

Orientalist Constructions of the Frontier Pashtuns This article seeks to explore the colonial encounters with Pashtuns of the erstwhile North West Frontier Province (now renamed as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan and their mythical Orientalist constructions in the colonial historical and ethnographic accounts of the late...


Read more at: The Made-Up State: A Trans History of Technology in Indonesia (Benjamin Hegarty)

The Made-Up State: A Trans History of Technology in Indonesia (Benjamin Hegarty)

Wednesday, 23 February, 2022 - 11:00 to 12:30

250x250-cusasevent-hegarty.png This presentation is based on Benjamin Hegarty’s forthcoming book, (Cornell University Press), which will be published in November 2022. Indonesia’s trans women have achieved hypervisibility in the postcolonial nation. Yet this has not translated into complete acceptance or legal recognition...


Read more at: The King of Bangkok with Claudio Sopranzetti, Chiara Natalucci and Sara Fabbri

The King of Bangkok with Claudio Sopranzetti, Chiara Natalucci and Sara Fabbri

Monday, 7 February, 2022 - 17:00 to 19:00

The English translation of this best-selling graphic novel tells the story of Nok, an old blind man who sells lottery tickets in Bangkok, as he decides to leave the city and return to his native village. Through reflections on contemporary Bangkok and flashbacks to his past, Nok reconstructs a journey through the slums of...


Read more at: CUSAS Brown Bag lunch with Dr Dolores Senorans

CUSAS Brown Bag lunch with Dr Dolores Senorans

Tuesday, 30 November, 2021 - 12:30 to 13:30

CUSAS Brown Bag lunch with Dr Dolores Senorans CUSAS welcomes you to the first of the series of Brown Bag Lunches with Dr Dolores Senorans on Tuesday 30th November at 12:30pm. Dr. Dolores Señorans will be leading an informal session on her current research on unwaged garment sector workers’ union organisation in Argentina...


Read more at: CUSAS - Workshop on Documentary and Ethnographic Filmmaking

CUSAS - Workshop on Documentary and Ethnographic Filmmaking

Thursday, 25 November, 2021 - 14:30 to 18:30

Part 1: 2:30 - 4:30 , Babbage Auditorium, Attenborough Building, New Museums Site. In this session, Adam will s creen his new short film on America's largest and longest-running black rodeo, the Okmulgee Invitational, as well as an extended trailer for a feature documentary currently in production about a team of black...


Read more at: CUSAS Webinar with Dr Anna-Riikka Kauppinen

CUSAS Webinar with Dr Anna-Riikka Kauppinen

Thursday, 17 June, 2021 - 17:00

CUSAS Webinar with Dr Anna-Riikka Kauppinen, Research Associate, Max Planck Cambridge Centre for Ethics, Economy and Social Change (University of Cambridge) To register please email: cusas@socanth.cam.ac.uk


Read more at: CUSAS Webinar

CUSAS Webinar

Thursday, 27 May, 2021 - 17:00

CUSAS - Social Anthropology and Theology in Conversation CUSAS warmly invites undergraduate and postgraduate students to our second Theology and Social Anthropology Chat on Thurs. 27 May at 4pm on Zoom. Please register here: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJErdumqpj4uH9MLATQy2VdoDYv3Nm7fSw8P Based on the...


Read more at: CUSAS Postgraduate Picnic

CUSAS Postgraduate Picnic

Tuesday, 25 May, 2021 - 12:00

CUSAS Postgraduate Picnic Join your fellow postgraduate students for a walk to beautiful Grantchester Meadows! With COVID restrictions easing to allow up to 30 people to meet outside, we want to create an opportunity for MPhil, MRes, and PhD students to come together and relax in the sunshine. We will meet outside of the...