ASA14 Decennial, Edinburgh, 19-22 June
Registration is still open:
http://www.theasa.org/conferences/asa14/registration.shtml
If you have already registered but are still to pay, please dig out your invoice or email conference[at]theasa.org asking for it to be resent.
If you have still not booked any accommodation, rooms in the university halls of residence will not necessarily be available after 19 May so do visit the accommodation page soon:
http://www.theasa.org/conferences/asa14/accommodation.shtml
There is also now a range of fringe events listed on the website, including museum and botanic garden tours and a whisky tasting. Do take a look at these and sign up in advance of the conference if interested (numbers are limited).
WCAA SISTER ASSOCIATION NEWS
RAI
Royal Anthropological Institute, Anthropology and Photography Conference, 29-31 May 2014, Clore Centre, British Museum
Registration for this conference is open:
http://www.therai.org.uk/conferences/anthropology-and-photography
The conference is organised by the RAI in conjunction with the museum's Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, with the aim of stimulating an international discussion of the place, role and future of photography.
OTHER NEWS
Durham Anthropology Department is currently seeking a teaching fellow in paleoanthropology
This post is for 14 months, commencing July 2014. Details can be found here: https://www.dur.ac.uk/jobs/
Lectureship/senior lectureship in anthropology and international development
The Department of Anthropology, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex is seeking to appoint an outstanding individual who will enrich their exciting research agenda in anthropology and international development and contribute to the delivery of their teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Candidates should hold a PhD, have a good publication record and provide evidence of a strong research agenda linked to past and future grant applications. The closing date is 14th May.
For more details, see: www.sussex.ac.uk/aboutus/jobs/574
Lecturer in anthropology, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, SOAS
£32,862 - £47,187 p.a inclusive of London allowance
The Department of Anthropology and Sociology at SOAS, University of London, invites applications for a permanent lectureship tenable from September 2014. The successful candidate will be an outstanding anthropologist with specialism in a region in Africa, Asia or the Middle East. Candidates seeking further information should contact the Head of the Department, Professor David Mosse via email: dm21[at]soas.ac.uk. They may also wish to consult the department’s website at: http://www.soas.ac.uk/anthropology/. To apply for this vacancy or to download a job description/further information, please visit www.soas.ac.uk/jobs. The closing date is 21 May.
Two fee-waiver PhD scholarships at the Department of Anthropology, University of Aberdeen
These will pay for tuition fees, either at the home/EU or the international rates depending on the successful applicants. There are no living expenses as part of the scholarship, but the successful applicants will be supported in making further grant applications if necessary.
The two projects are:
Ethnopharmacology and Adult Education in the Andes - supervised by Dr Maggie Bolton and Dr Arnar Arnason
The Politics of Movement: An Anthropological Approach to the Body, Architecture and Landscape – supervised by Dr Jo Vergunst and Prof Tim Ingold.
Details on how to apply can be found here - http://www.abdn.ac.uk/cass/graduate/elphinstone-phd-scholarships-329.php. Click on ‘Anthropology’ to see details of the projects. A further project potentially of interest to anthropologists but in the School of Language and Literature is also listed. The deadline is Friday 6 June 2014.
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