Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology

The Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology (ISCA) is a leading centre for anthropological teaching and research in the UK and the world. Originally established as the only centre in the UK specialising in postgraduate teaching and research within the discipline, it continues to supervise large numbers of graduate and research students. The department came top of the Power Rankings for Anthropology in the UK in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise and received a score of 5 in the 2001 equivalent exercise. Research in ISCA is particularly broad based, including not only traditional ethnographic specialisms in social anthropology, but also thematic specialisms such as visual anthropology, material anthropology and museum ethnography, medical anthropology, and cognitive and evolutionary anthropology. The Institute's links with the Pitt Rivers Museum contribute a particular strength in material culture and the anthropology of representations. In 2001, the ESRC Centre on Migration Policy and Society (COMPAS) was established within within the School of Anthropology. COMPAS is now responsible for considerable research and an MPhil programme in Migration Studies.

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Title	Description	People	Date
Can there be an anthropology of Hinduism?	A discussion of the anthropology of Hinduism and the difficulties of categorizing religion. Anthropology Departmental Seminar by David Gellner of Oxford (5 December 2014)	David Gellner	29 January, 2015
Cleaning up and moving on	A discussion of Kazakhstan's 'nuclear renaissance' and the transformation of the region from nuclear test site to wasteland to a centre for civilian research. Anthropology Departmental Seminar by Catherine Alexander of Durham (28 November 2014)	Catherine Alexander	29 January, 2015
Biosecurity practices in labs and museums: sentinels, simulation, stockpiling	A discussion of the relationship between the anthropology of biosecurity and the rationality of risk as well as the anthropology of human-animal relationships. Anthropology Departmental Seminar by Frédéric Keck, Musée de quai Branly (21 November 2014)	Frédéric Keck	29 January, 2015
Ways of speaking, ways of knowing	A discussion of the ethnolinguistic identity of the Inugguit based on 12 months of fieldwork in NW Greenland. Anthropology Departmental Seminar by Stephen Leonard of the University of Oxford (14 November 2014)	Stephen Leonard	29 January, 2015
On forms of mental discipline and understanding of national psyche in contemporary Serbia	An ethnography of mental hygiene and neuro-security in contemporary Serbia. Anthropology Departmental Seminar by Maja Petrović-Šteger of the ISRF and Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (31 October 2014)	Maja Petrović-Šteger	29 January, 2015
Martyrs, militants and emotions	A discussion of Albanian radicalisation in Kosovo begore 1999. Anthropology Departmental Seminar by Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers of the University of Bournemouth (17 October 2014).	Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers	29 January, 2015
Climate change and migration: how are they linked?	Dina Ionesco International Organization for Migration and Alex Sutton UK Climate Change & Migration Coalition give a talk for the COMPAS Breakfast Briefing series.	Dina Ionesco, Alex Sutton	18 December, 2014
Anthropology, Childhood, and Obesity	Stanley Ulijaszek, ISCA, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity and Karolinska Institutet Workshop: Developmental Frameworks of Childhood Obesity.	Stanley Ulijaszek	17 December, 2014
Evidence of the effectiveness of health-related food taxes	Peter Scarborough, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the Michaelmas Term UBVO Seminar series.	Peter Scarborough	17 December, 2014
It's not fat - it’s bioprene: marathon swimming and heroic fatness	Karen Throsby, Leeds University, gives a talk for the Michaelmas term UBVO seminar series.	Karen Throsby	17 December, 2014
Rodent Models of Obesity-Reductionist Approaches to Understanding the Basis of a Complex Human Trait	Neil Docherty, University College Dublin, gives a talk for the Michaelmas Term UBVO Seminar Series.	Neil Docherty	17 December, 2014
Exploring critical geographies of obesity and fatness: environments, bodies and activism	Rachel Colls, Durham University, gives a talk for the Michaelmas Term UBVO seminar series.	Rachel Colls	17 December, 2014
From denial to corporate social responsibility: rhetoric of the food industry on obesity prevention	Amadine Garde, Liverpool University, gives a talk for the Michaelmas Term UBVO seminar series.	Amadine Garde	17 December, 2014
Why are westerners drawn to fight with IS in Syria and Iraq? And what can we do in response?	Rachel Briggs (Institute for Strategic Dialogue) and Peter Neumann (International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation) give a presentation for the COMPAS Breakfast Brefiing Series.	Rachel Briggs, Peter Neumann	18 November, 2014
How did the UK national press portray Bulgarians and Romanians prior to the lifting of transitional controls on 1 January 2014?	William Allen, Migration Observatory, COMPAS, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the COMPAS Breakfast Briefing series.	William Allen	27 October, 2014
Water, human evolution and diet	This public lecture on the role of water in human evolution took place at Somerset House in London as part of its 'Month of Water'. 17 June 2014.	Stanley Ulijaszek	2 October, 2014
Marett Memorial Lecture 2014: How to capture the wow. Awe and the study of religion	Professor Birgit Meyer delivered the 2014 Marett Memorial Lecture on the interplay of religious things and bodily sensations. Introduced by James Grant. 2 May 2014	Birgit Meyer	2 October, 2014
Choreographing lived experience: the stories that dancing bodies tell	This Anthropology seminar looks at the role of dance and movement of the body as a theme in itself; using dance to understand embodied experience. 21 February 2014	Rosie Kay, Karin Eli	2 October, 2014
Models, muddles and metaphors	This seminar, on the theme of Models in Anthropology, draws on examples from the fields of Amazonian and obesity studies. 9 May 2014	Elizabeth Ewart, Stanley Ulijaszek	2 October, 2014
Social anthropology of the arts: expression, genre and agency	This seminar, on the theme of Art and Creativity, explores the anthropology of artistic and imaginative processes, a field that is interdisciplinary by nature. 23 May 2014.	Caroline Potter, Ramon Sarró, Zuzanna Olszewska, Clare Harris	2 October, 2014
Intersections: an ethnography of everyday togetherness and intensified diversity in Elephant and Castle	This Anthropology seminar, on the theme of Diasporas and Migration, presents emerging findings from a collaborative ethnography in a 'super-diverse' South London area. 30 May 2014	Mette Berg, Ben Gidley, Hiranthi Jayaweera, Ramon Sarró	2 October, 2014
Decade of Migration, Session 4: How are changing patterns of globalisation manifested in shifts in global wealth and power?	In the fourth panel of the Decade of Migration conference Nicholas Van Hear, Robin Cohen and John Burry look at geopolitical influences and global shifts in power and how it affects migrants.	Nicholas Van Hear, Robin Cohen, John Burry	24 September, 2014
Decade of Migration, Session 3: Mobility and the global labour market: What can the past tell us about the future?	In the third panel of the Decade of Migration conference Martin Ruhs, Monique Kremer, and Roger Waldinger gave different insights into mobility and the global labour market.	Martin Ruhs, Monique Kremer, Roger Waldinger	24 September, 2014
Decade of Migration, Session 1: How does the growth of the world’s cities reframe our understanding of the social, the economic and the political?	In the first panel of the Decade of Migration conference Ash Amin and Vicki Bell focus on cities.	Ash Amin, Vicki Bell	24 September, 2014
Decade of Migration, Introduction	Michael Keith, Paul Boyle, and Andrew Hamilton introduce the conference "Decade of Migration" and discuss the challenges and hopes for the topics and discussions.	Michael Keith, Paul Boyle, Andrew Hamilton	24 September, 2014
"We're all excluded together": work-related conditionality and the welfare entitlements of UK, EEA and non-EEA citizens	Based on a project conducted by LSE and COMPAS Isabel Shutes talk examines inclusion and exclusion with regards to welfare rights.	Isabel Shutes	29 July, 2014
"The next day you are on the street": The tactics of time in managing welfare support to young people subject to immigration control as they make the transition to adulthood	Part of the COMPAS Seminar Series Trinity 2014- Borders of the welfare state: Exploring the tensions between migration enforcement and welfare state entitlements	Elaine Chase, Jenny Allsopp	29 July, 2014
Feeding a xenosceptic culture: legal and administrative penalties for being European	Part of the COMPAS Seminar Series Trinity 2014- Borders of the welfare state: Exploring the tensions between migration enforcement and welfare state entitlements	Charlotte O'Brien	29 July, 2014
Provision of welfare to irregular migrants: exploring the borders of the Norwegian welfare state	Jacobsen, Bendixsen and Karlsen outline findings from the project PROVIR, examining the access to welfare and its limitations for irregular migrants in Norway.	Christine M. Jacobsen, Synnøve Kristine Nepstad Bendixsen, Marry-Anne Karlsen	29 July, 2014
Becoming less illegal: Deservingness frames and undocumented migrant incorporation	COMPAS Seminar Series Trinity 2014- Borders of the welfare state: Exploring the tensions between migration enforcement and welfare state entitlements	Sébastien Chauvin	29 July, 2014
The fundamental social rights of irregular migrants under the European Social Charter: Central or marginal to their access to services in Europe?	COMPAS Seminar Series Trinity 2014- Borders of the welfare state: Exploring the tensions between migration enforcement and welfare state entitlements	Colm O’Cinneide	29 July, 2014
How to strike a balance between mainstream and targeted efforts for immigrant integration in Europe?	Liz Collett and Milica Petrovic from the Migration Policy Institute give a talk	Liz Collett, Milica Petrovic	14 July, 2014
What is the role of NGOs in the assisted voluntary returns of asylum seekers and irregular migrants?	Derek McGhee and Claire Bennett, University of Southampton, give a talk for the COMPAS Breakfast Breifing series	Derek McGhee, Claire Bennett	14 July, 2014
What shapes migrant destitution and what can be done about it?	Sue Lukes former member of the Housing and Migration Network and John Perry former member of the Housing and Migration Network and Policy Adviser at the Chartered Institute of Housing and manager of housing rights give a talk for the COMPAS Series	Sue Lukes, John Perry	14 July, 2014
The Disenchantment of the Plate	John Coveney, Flinders University, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series	John Coveney	30 June, 2014
What would the British food system look like if it took ecological public health at its heart?	Geof Rayner gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series	Geof Rayner	30 June, 2014
Bodies of water	Amy Sharrocks, Artist, filmmaker and sculptor, gives a talk forhe UBVO seminar series	Amy Sharrocks	30 June, 2014
Microbes matter: metabolism and chronic disease in contemporary biomedicine	Nadine Levin, Exeter University, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series	Nadine Levin	30 June, 2014
How many bodies? The clinic, the kitchen and the context of obesity	Emily Yates-Doerr, Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, gves a talk for the UBVO seminar series	Emily Yates-Doerr	30 June, 2014
Obesity in the news media life cycle: ethics, responsibility, and stigmatisation	Catriona Bonfiglioli, Media Studies, Social and Political Change Group, University of Technology Sydney, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series	Catriona Bonfiglioli	30 June, 2014
Migration and Human Rights: Trends and Priorities for Action	This talk was hosted by COMPAS and the University of Oxford's Human Rights Hub. It was chaired by Dr. Sarah Spencer (COMPAS) and comments provided by Dr. Cathryn Costello (Director, Human Rights Hub).	Nils Muiznieks	3 June, 2014
Photo archives as historical resources: the Jeffrys and Dalrymple archives compared	Professor Verkijika G. Fanso of Yaounde University in Cameroon compares two photo archives both taken around the same time, which are now held in Cambridge and South Africa	Verkijika Fanso	29 April, 2014
Fifty years of Cameroon unification: controversies and archival echoes	A special lecture in Oxford by Professor Verkijika G. Fanso from the University of Yaounde in Cameroon	Verkijika Fanso	29 April, 2014
Inspirations for publications - ISCA Anthropology Book Launch	Anthropologists from ISCA discuss the research and inspiration behind six recent publications	Stanley Ulijaszek, Hélène Neveu-Kringelbach, Iain Morley, Mette Berg, Marisa Wilson, Elizabeth Ewart	29 April, 2014
'Native Life', or, Being outside the carbon imagery	Professor Elizabeth Povinelli of Columbia University examines contemporary scientific discussions of the Anthropocene and climate change and theoretical theories of New Vitalism, New Animism and Relational Ontology	Elizabeth Povinelli	29 April, 2014
Inequality, insecurity and obesity	A seminar for the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism by Professor Stanley Ulijaszek of ISCA, Oxford	Stanley Ulijaszek	29 April, 2014
Cultural understandings of roles and responsibilities in addressing obesity	Emily Henderson of Durham University discusses the causes of obesity, those responsible for it and how it should be addressed.	Emily Henderson	29 April, 2014
Culture and motivation: long distance running in Japan and the UK	Anthropologist Emma Coleman-Jones and distance runner Mara Yamauchi compare their experiences of running in the UK and Japan	Emma Coleman-Jones, Mara Yamauchi	29 April, 2014
Intellectual property and informal economy: a commodity chain from China to Brazil through Paraguay	Rosana Pinheiro-Machado (of ODID, Oxford)'s anthropology departmental seminar focuses on the transmission of diverse goods in a commodity chain that was formed in the 1980s.	Rosana Pinheiro-Machado	29 April, 2014
Claiming resources, honouring debts: miners, herders and the land masters of Mongolia	Rebecca Empson of UCL discusses the form of capitalism emerging in Mongolia's mineral economy. An anthropology departmental seminar.	Rebecca Empson	29 April, 2014
Do not resuscitate orders in a UK hospital: an ethnography of the future-present	Simon Cohn of Cambridge University looks at the ways health professionals and their activities construct an understanding of the human body according to particular temporal framings. An anthropology departmental seminar.	Simon Cohn	29 April, 2014
The sharia as a vocation: Islam, law and civility in Lebanon	This discussion of sharia discourse in different contexts focuses on the experiences of four individuals. An anthropology departmental seminar by Morgan Clarke (ISCA, Oxford)	Morgan Clarke	28 April, 2014
Victor Turner, anthropology and Christianity	Timothy Larsen (Wheaton College, Illinois) discusses the impact of Christianity on the research and careers of Victor and Edith Turner, looking in particular at their work in Rhodesia. An anthropology departmental seminar.	Timothy Larsen	28 April, 2014
Discovering 'justice': the magic of law in the Upper Amazon	An anthropology departmental seminar on legal anthropology in lowland South America given by Harry Walker of the LSE.	Harry Walker	28 April, 2014
The end of history? What follows the demographic transition?	An overview of the demographic transition, and the demographic regime, since its development in the 1940s. An anthropological departmental seminar by Chris Wilson of ISCA (Oxford)	Chris Wilson	28 April, 2014
How can far-right extremism be tackled through policy? Lessons from 10 EU countries	In recent years, many European countries have been grimly reminded of the threat from far-right violence motivated by hatred towards migrants and minorities. This talk explores how 10 European countires are attempting to address this.	Vidhya Ramalingam, Nicola Perry, Sarah Pinnock	14 April, 2014
'We don't want to be sent back and forth all the time': Chagossian reflections on compulsion and choice in the context of forced displacement, onward migration, and prospective return	This talk draws on a case study of forced displacement, onward migration, and prospective return within the living memory of one community, and explores questions of freedom and force ethnographically:	Laura Jefferey	14 April, 2014
Forced marriage and immigration policies: understanding diversity or punishing difference?	Geetanjali Gangoli, University of Bristol, gives a talk for the COMPAS seminar series on forced marriage and its implications on immigration and human rights	Geetanjali Gangoli	14 April, 2014
Conceptualizing and Measuring Immigration Policies: The Immigration Policies in Comparison (IMPIC) Index	This seminar discusses the Immigration Policies in Comparison (IMPIC) Index. This project builds a dataset on immigration policies in all OECD countries for the period 1980-2010.	Marc Helbling	14 April, 2014
Brief interventions for weight management in primary care	Amanda Lewis Department of Primary Care Health Science, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series	Amanda Lewis	22 March, 2014
Comparative political ecologies of food and diet: systems of provision in Trinidad and Cuba	Marisa Wilson, University of Edinburgh, gives a talk for the UBVO semianr series	Marisa Wilson	22 March, 2014
The intimacies of the celebrity chef industry: affects, effects and the mediation of eating	Emma-Jayne Abbots University of Wales, Trinity St David, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series	Emma-Jayne Abbots	22 March, 2014
Obesity and physical activity: from behaviour to environment	Jean-Michel Oppert Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine (CRNH), Paris, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series	Jean-Michel Oppert	22 March, 2014
Liminal living: eating disordered embodiment and the reconfiguring of social being	Karin Eli, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series	Karin Eli	22 March, 2014
Roads of separation: infrastructure politics, "creeping migration" and de facto delimitation in rural Central Asia	Part of the COMPAS Seminar Series Michaelmas 2013: Rebordering: reflections in relation to (post)socialism	Madeleine Reeves	11 March, 2014
Everyday practices at the Russia - China - Mongolia border	Part of the COMPAS Seminar Series Michaelmas 2013: Rebordering: reflections in relation to (post)socialism	Caroline Humphrey	11 March, 2014
Postsocialist subject as a new other: global coloniality, border thinking and decolonial option	Part of the COMPAS Seminar Series Michaelmas 2013: Rebordering: reflections in relation to (post)socialism	Madina Tlostanova	11 March, 2014
Survival Migration: Failed Governance and the Crisis of Displacement	Alexander Betts, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the COMPAS seminar series	Alexander Betts	3 March, 2014
Precarious outcomes to the Pursuit of Happiness: Lifestyle migration and liminality	Karen O'Reilly, University of Loughborough, gives a talk for the COMPAS seminar series	Karen O'Reilly	3 March, 2014
A matter of convention? Drawing lines between slavery and freedom, and between forced and voluntary migration	Julia O'Connell Davidson considers historical notions of slavery and how they can or cannot be applied to modern situations of forced migration.	Julia O'Connell Davidson	3 March, 2014
The Political Economy of Tied Migrant Labour	Martin Ruhs, COMPAS, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the COMPAS podcast series	Martin Ruhs	3 March, 2014
Where does migration sit within the debate over the future of the UK and Scotland?	Allan Findlay, David McCollum and Jakub Bijak give a talk on migration and Scotland	Allan Findlay, David McCollum, Jakub Bijak	3 March, 2014
Political ecology of disease	This lecture by Professor Stanley Ulijaszek of ISCA, the University of Oxford, is part of the Disease Ecology series and was delivered on 22 November 2013	Stanley Ulijaszek	3 February, 2014
Disease transitions	This lecture by Professor Stanley Ulijaszek of ISCA, the University of Oxford, is part of the Disease Ecology series and was presented on 13 November 2013.	Stanley Ulijaszek	3 February, 2014
Generational change and continuity amongst British mothers	Angela Davis of the University of Warwick discusses the sharing of beliefs, knowledge and practice amongst British mothers between 1940 and 1990 (a Fertility and Reproduction seminar from 14 October 2013)	Angela Davis	3 February, 2014
Contextualising the 'new parenting culture'	Charlotte Faircloth of the University of Kent presents historical and sociological perspectives on adult-child relations (a Fertility and Reproduction seminar from 21 October 2013)	Charlotte Faircloth	3 February, 2014
Caring and being cared for in north-western Amazonia	Elizabeth Rahman of the University of Oxford discusses the perinatal practices of a small group of Amazonian Indians with whom she lived (a Fertility and Reproduction seminar from 4 November 2013)	Elizabeth Rahman	3 February, 2014
'Don't worry, you'll be a grandmother soon!'	In this Fertility and Reproduction seminar from 18 November 2013, Robert Pralat of the University of Cambridge investigates how non-heterosexual people discuss becoming a parent with their own parents	Robert Pralat	3 February, 2014
'I did not know how to tell my parents, so I thought I would have to have an abortion'	Ekaterina Hertog of the University of Oxford explores the negotiations between premaritally pregnant women and their parents in Japan (a Fertility and Reproduction seminar from 25 November 2013)	Ekaterina Hertog	3 February, 2014
Be(com)ing papa: kinship senescence and the ambivalent inward journeys of ageing men in the Antilles	Adom Philogene Heron of the University of St Andrews investigates grandfatherhood in the Antilles (a Fertility and Reproduction seminar from 2 December 2013)	Adom Philogene Heron	3 February, 2014
Of untold riches and unruly homes: gender and property in neoliberal middle-class Kolkata	In this Anthropology departmental seminar from 1 November 2012, Henrike Donner of Oxford Brookes University looks at how different kinds of property and ownership arrangements affect relationships between people among the urban middle classes of Kolkata	Henrike Donner	3 February, 2014
Experimenting with field experiments: moving the lab into the field in ethnographic research	In this Anthropology departmental seminar from 8 November 2013, Dimitris Xygalatas (Aarhus and Masaryk Universities) investigates ritual behaviour, bringing it into the lab, to work out why people put themselves through such ordeals	Dimitris Xygalatas	3 February, 2014
New York stories: the lives of other citizens	In this Anthropology departmental seminar from 22 November 2013, Andrew Irving of the University of Manchester investigates memories, thoughts and reminiscences about New York City.	Andrew Irving	3 February, 2014
The adoption of modern contraception in rural Ethiopia: a biocultural approach	A School of Anthropology departmental seminar from 29 November 2013 by Alexandra Alvergne of ISCA, University of Oxford	Alexandra Alvergne	3 February, 2014
What choices and constraints do undocumented migrants experience in the labour market?	Alice Bloch, University of Manchester, gives a talk for the COMPAS Breakfast Breifing series	Alice Bloch	27 January, 2014
More migrants, fewer rights?: How shall we balance openness and rights in labour immigration policy?	Martin Ruhs, COMPAS, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the COMPAS Breakfast Breifing series	Martin Ruhs	27 January, 2014
What are the social and public service impacts of international migration at the local level?	Jon Simmons, Home Office Migration and Border Analysis, gives a talk for the COMPAS Breaskfast Breifing series	Jon Simmons	27 January, 2014
Biocultural perspectives on globalizing fat stigma	Professor Alexandra Brewis, Director of Human Evolution and Social Change and ASU-Mayo Obesity Solutions, gives a talk for the UBVO Seminar series	Alexandra Brewis	9 December, 2013
Tropical Medicine Obesity, systems and complexity	Harry Rutter. Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series	Harry Rutter	9 December, 2013
Feeding the Elderly: A study of political, societal and individual practices regarding food for the elderly in Denmark 1880-2013	Jenna Jensen, University of Copenhagen, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series	Jenna Jensen	9 December, 2013
Behavioural economics and eating habits	Michèle Belot, School of Economics, University of Edinburgh, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Michèle Belot	9 December, 2013
Gift, sacrifice, and deadly rumours (3 May 2013)	In this seminar, Dr Julien Bonhomme (École normale supérieure, Paris) discusses the cultural significance of rumours of deadly alms and gift giving that first appeared in Senegal in 2010.	Julien Bonhomme	13 November, 2013
Geology, potentiality, speculation: on the indeterminacy of natural resources (10 May 2013)	In this seminar, Dr Gisa Weszkalnys (London School of Economics) focuses her study of the indeterminacy of natural resources on the small island state of São Tomé and Príncipe in the Gulf of Guinea.	Gisa Weszkalnys	13 November, 2013
Conceptualizing new age and neopagan ritual (17 May 2013)	In this seminar, Professor Michael Houseman (l'École pratique des hautes études, Paris) presents a brief analysis of several small ceremonies to make a theoretical argument about ritual in a new age and neopagan context.	Michael Houseman	13 November, 2013
Brazilian serialities: imagining persons (24 May 2013)	In this Anthropology Departmental Seminar, Professor Joao de Pina-Cabral (University of Kent) discusses the creative use of personal names in Brazil.	Joao de Pina-Cabral	13 November, 2013
Dorr-e Dari (The Pearl of Dari): An Ethnography of Poetry as a Social Practice among Afghans in Iran (23 May 2013)	This lecture formed part of the 2013 Evans-Pritchard Lecture series held at All Souls College, Oxford, in which Zuzanna Olszewska discussed 'Authentic Voices, Modern Selves: An Ethnography of Afghan Refugee Poetry and Personhood in Iran'.	Zuzanna Olszewska	13 November, 2013
Provocations for digital anthropology (30 May 2013)	David Zeitlyn discusses parallels between visual and digital anthropology and the dangers of historical myopia. It is too easy to disregard earlier parallels because of the mistaken claim that everything is new and different.	David Zeitlyn	13 November, 2013
Looking forward looking back (18 May 2013)	Professor David Zeitlyn (University of Oxford) argues for a pluralisation of past, present and future. There are many unconnected or only partially connected literatures on time related issues.	David Zeitlyn	13 November, 2013
Alternative Utopias and the Crisis of Imagination (20 June 2013)	Professor Alexander Kiossev (University of Sofia in Bulgaria)drawing on his background in cultural studies, spoke about the ways in which 'alternative utopias' can enable creative imaginaries for the types of futures we are able to realise or create.	Alexander Kiossev	13 November, 2013
What are the consequences of changing policies for family migrants in the UK?	Caroline Oliver and Juan Camilo give a talk for the COMPAS Breakfast Briefing series.	Caroline Oliver, Juan Camilo	2 September, 2013

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