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> CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT: MELANCHOLIC STATES
> http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/events/melancholicstates/registration.htm
>
>
> INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN’S STUDIES, LANCASTER UNIVERSITY
>
> 27-29 SEPTEMBER 2007
> INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE with PAPERS, EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES
>
> Confirmed plenary speakers
> M. Jacqui Alexander (University of Toronto)
> Gaye Chan (University of Hawai’i)
> Veena Das (Johns Hopkins University)
> David Eng (Rutgers University)
> Ayse Gul Altinay (Sabinci University, Istanbul)
> Yehudit Keshet (activist and writer, Jerusalem)
> Ranjana Khanna (Duke University)
> Roz Mortimer (filmmaker, London)
> Kavita Panjabi (Jadavpur University, Calcutta)
> Nandita Sharma (University of Hawai’i)
> Cindy Weber (Lancaster University)
>
>
> Dr. Nayanika Mookherjee, Department of Sociology Lancaster
> University Lancaster LA14YD. UK tel: (44) 01524 592805 fax: (44)
> 01524 594256 email: [log in to unmask]http://
> www.lancs.ac.uk/fss/sociology/staff/mookherjee/mookherjee.htm
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>
> School of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies, University of Sussex
>
> Funded DPhil Studentship, from 1 September 2007, for three years
>
> Department of Anthropology, University of Sussex
>
> Recognising Christianity': How African Immigrants Redefine the
> European Religious Heritage
>
> The Department of Anthropology, University of Sussex, is offering a
> fully funded opportunity for a DPhil studentship, attached to a
> Norface-funded project 'Recognising Christianity'. The project
> forms part of the general Norface Research Programme: 'Re-Emergence
> of Religion as a Social Force in Europe?'
>
> For further details of the project please contact Prof. Coleman
> (tel. +44-(0)1273-678371; email [log in to unmask]). For
> details of the Department of Anthropology, University of Sussex,
> see http://www.sussex.ac.uk/anthropology/
>
> Applications, providing a covering letter, full CV and the names
> and addresses of two referees, should be emailed or posted to Prof.
> Coleman (Anthropology, Arts C, University of Sussex, BN1 9SJ, UK).
> The closing date for applications is June 29. It is expected that
> interviews will form part of the selection process in July.
>
> For details see also: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/
> scholarships_and_bursaries/pg/overseas/dphilanthropology.php
>
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>
> British Academy restates opposition to academic boycotts
> The International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly
> Societies was created to address grave issues of science and human
> rights throughout the world. It aims to put into practice the
> professional duty of scientists and scholars to assist those
> colleagues whose human rights have been - or are threatened to be -
> infringed and to promote and protect the independence of academies
> and scholarly societies worldwide. The basis of the network's
> activities is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
>
> The network seeks to promote the free exchange of ideas and
> opinions among scientists and scholars in all countries and,
> thereby, to stimulate the development of collaborative educational,
> research and human-rights endeavours within academies and the
> institutions with which they are affiliated.
>
> Moratoria on scientific exchanges based on nationality, race, sex,
> language, religion, opinion and similar factors thwart the networks
> goals. They would deny our colleagues their rights to freedom of
> opinion and expression; interfere with their ability to exercise
> their bona fide academic freedoms; inhibit the free circulation of
> scientists and scientific ideas; and impose unjust punishment. They
> would also be an impediment to the instrumental role played by
> scientists and scholars in the promotion of peace and human rights.
>
> 1. For further details contact Michael Reade, 020 7969 5263,
> External Relations, British Academy
>
> 2. The International Human Rights Network of Academies and
> Scholarly Societies is based at the National Academy of Sciences in
> the USA. Seehttp://www7.nationalacademies.org/humanrights/
> Network_Description.html for further information.
>
> 3. The British Academy is the National Academy for the Humanities
> and Social Sciences.
>
> 4. Established by Royal Charter in 1902, the British Academy is an
> independent learned society promoting the humanities and social
> sciences. It is composed of Fellows elected in recognition of their
> distinction as scholars in the humanities and social sciences.
>
> 5. Further information about the Academy may be found at:
> www.britac.ac.uk
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>
> 10th RAI INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM
> 27 JUNE – 2 JULY 2007
>
> As part of the ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL FILM
> FESTIVAL and landmark international conference BEYOND TEXT:
> SYNAESTHETIC AND SENSORY PRACTICES IN ANTHROPOLOGY to be held at
> the , GRANADA CENTRE FOR VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY - UNIVERSITY OF
> MANCHESTER, JUNE 27-JULY 2ND the following special events are
> scheduled alongside the 77 Films and 100 Conference Speakers.
>
> The 2007 Forman Lecture: KEVIN MACDONALD IN CONVERSATION: The 2007
> Forman Lecture will take the form of a public conversational
> interview with Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald (Last King of
> Scotland, One day in September, etc). Kevin will be in
> conversation with Hugh Brody, eminent anthropologist, film-maker
> and writer, and a member of the Royal Anthropological Institute
> Film Committee. For further information please visit http://
> www.raifilmfest.org.uk/formanlecture.htm
>
>
> Public Debate: Anthropology on Television – Education or
> Entertainment? chaired by Anna Ford
>
> Panel: Visual Anthropology in Latin America: This panel will
> consider the state of the art of visual anthropology in Latin
> America. It will include presentations on a range of different
> anthropological video and visual anthropology projects in Latin
> America, examining the nature and aims of these projects, the
> different contexts (political, cultural, logistical, financial,
> etc.) in which they are being developed, and the methodological and
> ethical challenges that they present in contemporary Latin
> America. For further information please visit http://
> www.raifilmfest.org.uk/panelsworkshops.htm
>
>
> Panel: Visualizing Childhood: methodological approaches and
> challenges: After years of neglect, there is now a substantial
> interest in children's life-worlds and childhood within the social
> sciences, as well as in documentary film. This panel will be aimed
> at exploring how ethnographic filmmakers engage with children and
> how they methodologically go about making films centred around
> children and childhood. For further information please
> visit:http://www.raifilmfest.org.uk/panelsworkshops.htm
>
> CHINA DAY The Festival features a special China Day on Saturday, 30
> June, during which 12 documentaries about China - with one
> exception, all made by Chinese directors - will be shown in two
> parallel strands. The films selected cover a broad spectrum of
> contemporary Chinese cultural realities, from the daily life of the
> most traditional ethnic minorities in remote areas of Tibet and
> Yunnan to the use of the most modern techniques of digital
> photography for self-presentation in the heart of the great
> cities. The event will be attended by a number of the Chinese film-
> makers themselves, and it is aimed both at Chinese scholars and
> scholars of China, as well as students and members of the local
> Chinese community. Further details are available on the website at
> http://www.raifilmfest.org.uk/chinaday.htm
>
> Conference: BEYOND TEXT?: SYNAESTHETIC AND SENSORY PRACTICES IN
> ANTHROPOLOGY CONFERENCE
>
> SPEAKERS INCLUDE: Don Brenneis, Paul Carter, Peter Crawford,
> Elizabeth Edwards, Steven Feld, Penny Harvey, Paul Henley, David
> Howes, Sharon MacDonald, David MacDougall, George Marcus, Susan
> Meiselas, Howard Morphy, Judith Okely, Chris Pinney, Catherine
> Russell, Arnd Schneider, Lucien Taylor, James Thompson, Janet Wolff.
>
> The opening of the conference will include film director GARY TARN
> discussing and showing excerpts from his BAFTA nominated film BLACK
> SUN. While on SUNDAY 1ST OF JULY, the award winning author CARYL
> PHILLIPS will do a reading and take part in a lunchtime discussion
> with anthropologist STEVEN FELD and the artist VIRGINIA RYAN, about
> their exhibition /'CASTAWAYS'/ which is being staged at the
> Whitworth Art Gallery as part of the BEYOND TEXT: SYNAESTHETIC AND
> SENSORY PRACTICES IN ANTHROPOLOGY Conference. For further
> information please visit: http://www.raifilmfest.org.uk/conference.htm
>
>
> For latest details of film programme please visit http://
> www.raifilmfest.org.uk/programme.htm
>
> REGISTER NOW at:
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> WWW. RAIFILMFEST .ORG.UK
>
> Special rates for students, international students, unemployed,
> pensioners and residents of the Northwest of England! For further
> information please visit:http://www.raifilmfest.org.uk/
> registration.htm
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