Events
By Cecile Dubuis, on 11 February 2008
Events happening near UCL from the RAI Calendar http://www.therai.org.uk/anthcal/calendar.html
17-18 Feb 2008 Adoption, captivity and slavery: Changing meanings in early colonial America. Interdisciplinary conference at the British Museum, London, UK. Contact: mcarocci at thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
20 Feb 2008, 4.00-6.00 pm Anthropologists and the Bible since the Victorians. Lecture by Adam Kuper. Mary Douglas Seminars on Anthropology and the Bible. Room 218 Foster Court, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT.
28 Feb 2008, 1.00-6.00 pm Scale, size and the ephemeral. Research workshop 3 organized by University College London and the British Museum Centre for Anthropology. British Museum: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/extreme-collecting.
5 Mar 2008, 4.00-6.00 pm A structuralist analysis of competitive models of sacred space in the biblical texts. Lecture by Seth Kunin. Mary Douglas Seminars on Anthropology and the Bible. Room 218 Foster Court, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
RAI Discover Anthropology outreach programme: 7 Mar 2008, 6.30-9.00 pm: Street fictions and realities: Childhood experiences on film: The Foundling Museum, London; http://www.foundlingmuseum.org.uk; 10-12 Mar 2008, 6.30 pm: Anthropology of boarding schools: Childhood experiences on film: at the RAI; http://www.therai.org.uk / http://www.esrcsocietytaday.ac.uk
19 Mar 2008, 4.00-6.00 pm Biblical elements in Russian magic. Lecture by William Ryan. Mary Douglas Seminars on Anthropology and the Bible. Room 218 Foster Court, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT.
31 Mar 2008, 1.00-6.00 pm Collecting and source communities. Research workshop 4 organized by University College London and the British Museum Centre for Anthropology. British Museum: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/extreme-collecting.