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ASA NEWS

ASA14 Decennial
The call for papers for the Decennial has now closed and we will be opening registration on 20th February.  A provisional timetable has been posted on the site, along with information on various of the keynote speeches and events:
http://www.theasa.org/conferences/asa14/timetable.shtml
and
http://www.theasa.org/conferences/asa14/events.shtml


WCAA SISTER ASSOCIATION NEWS

EASA2014 - July/Aug 2014, Tallinn
Collaboration, Intimacy & Revolution - innovation and continuity in an interconnected world
The Call for Papers is now open and closes on 27 February:
www.easaonline.org/easa2014

VII International Association for Southeast European Anthropology, InASEA, congress
Istanbul, 18th-2st September 2014
Cultures of Crisis: Experiencing and Coping With Upheavals and Disasters in Southeast Europe
Call for papers is now open.  Deadline: 15 February 2014


OTHER NEWS

The International Contemporary Ethnography Across the Disciplines Hui 2014 'Sensual Landscapes of Ethnography'
26 - 28 November 2014
Special interest day with pre conference workshops 25 November 2014
www.cead.org.nz
The Call for Abstracts is open and closes on 31 May 2014
Researchers and practitioners from across the disciplines of performance and arts, law, anthropology, education, geography, health, management, business, psychology, sociology, cultural, and ethnic and gender studies - and any other discipline where ethnography advances scholarship and public understanding of the way groups and individuals interact and live their lives into being - are invited to submit papers, posters, creative research sessions, and pre-set thematic sessions.

Senior position at York
The Department of Sociology at York is advertising for a Senior Lecturer/Reader.  Social anthropologists are encouraged to apply
https://jobs.york.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=3885&p_web_page_id=175957

Lectureships at Manchester
Two permanent lectureships in anthropology at Manchester are currently being advertised, with a closing date of February 5th.  The posts are open in terms of region but the department is looking to appoint people who can contribute to its research profile and teaching in core areas of either political and economic anthropology or the anthropology of religion or materiality.  Full details are on the University's web pages.

Research posts in Qatar, for social and/or environmental scientist
The persons may have backgrounds in social and/or environmental science, preferably be Arabic speakers, and have at least a Masters degree.  The three-year project, entitled “Human-environment-policy interactions in biodiversity conservation contexts and their socio-cultural and environmental implications, focusing on the Al Reem Biosphere Reserve in western Qatar”, involves collaboration between Qatar University and Durham University.  The contract will be with Qatar University and the post will be in Doha, located in the University’s College of Arts and Science. Anyone interested in the post is invited to contact Prof Paul Sillitoe, on paul.sillitoe[at]durham.ac.uk by the end of February 2014.

The Academy of Social Sciences and the Campaign for Social Science are currently recruiting a head of policy
This is a key role dealing with the Academy’s policy formation and development and will suit a personable and knowledgeable individual looking to use their experience of leading policy campaigns in a part-time, flexible, collaborative position, working with policy-makers at the highest level.
For more information and application procedure please see: http://acss.org.uk/?p=889
Application deadline: Friday 21st February

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