Lecture

Joint seminar with the Anglo-Turkish SocietyThursday 17 October 2019 at 6.00pm at the Royal Anthropological Institute Speaker: Priscilla Mary Işın Bountiful Empire: A History of Ottoman Cuisine The Ottoman Empire was one of the largest and longest-lasting empires in history—and one of the most culinarily inclined. According to Prof Robert Dankoff, the Ottomans saw their […]

  The Royal Anthropological Institute in association with the Centre for Environment & Society, Department of Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University Forensic anthropology in the UK – past, present and future Public Lecture by Professor Dame Sue Black Tuesday 22 October 2019 at 6.30pm followed by a drinks reception. JHB Main Lecture Theatre (John Henry […]

RAI Anthropology and Language Committee EventThe architecture of evidence: language printed in 3D Dr Alex Pillen, University College London Friday 25 October 2019 at 6.30 pm All languages have the means for establishing ‘evidence’ for what one is saying. Evidentiality constitutes sections of verbal performance which are closely tied into observable reality. Language and perceivable […]

The Royal Anthropological Institute Blacking Lecturewill be given by Dr Janet Topp Fargion, British Library Archiving World Music Cultures and the Impacts of Listening Thursday 31 October 2019 7:00pm, Knowledge Centre, The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB The lecture will be followed by refreshments. This event is free, but tickets must be […]