Social Anthropology Seminar Series, Autumn Term 2020

Children canoeing down the Heath river (Peru-Bolivia)
  "Children canoeing down the Heath river (Peru-Bolivia)" by Daniela Peluso.

The Social Anthropology Seminar Series at the University of Kent is a long-running tradition that provides a forum for presentation and discussion of timely, exciting and innovative ideas in social anthropological research. The seminars include a mix of external and internal speakers from social anthropology and related disciplines.

This term, our seminar series is online and will take place on Tuesdays from 13:00-14:30, via Microsoft Teams. All are welcome to attend.

  • 20th Oct – Dr Layla Zagul (University of Kent)
    Exploitation and Fairtrade in Costa Rica’s banana industry
  • 27th Oct – Dr Anna Waldstein (University of Kent))
    Deportability and spirituality in a hostile environment: Intersubjective effects
  • 3rd Nov – Online chat
    An informal chat about social anthropology research at Kent
  • 10th Nov – Dr Olga Demetriou (University of Durham)
    Refugeehood beyond the humanitarian moment
  • 24th Nov – Dr Christos Lynteris (University of St. Andrews)
    Mahamari: Plague and colonial medical interpretations of rat epizootics before bacteriology in British India
  • 1st Dec – Dr Andrew Dean (University of Kent)
    The Devil: Creation’s first marketer
  • 8th Dec – Dr Anna Piestrzynska (University of Kent)
    Language shift and the TEK conglomeration that constitutes medicinal plant knowledge in Tilantongo, Mexico

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