Cambridge University Social Anthropology Society

We've released our termcard for Lent 2024!

CUSAS is excited to share our Michaelmas Term card! Please check out our upcoming events and add them to your calendars. Stay tuned for updates. Hope to see you all there ✨

Excited to return today to my Alma matter 25 years later with so many @LSEAnthropology and @cusas2004 students to deliver the Strathern Lecture at Cambridge and think through ‘When Decolonisation is hijacked’. Thanks to @cusas2004. Come join us!

CUSAS is excited to host Prof. Alpa Shah (@alpashah001) from LSE for the 2023 Marilyn Strathern Lecture: 'When Decolonisation is Hijacked'. Thursday 18th May, 5:00-6:30. Palmerston Room, Fisher Building, St John's College. Followed by a Drinks reception in the Fisher Foyer.

CUSAS is excited to announce the Lent edition of the CUSAS Magazine is now available for viewing on our website! cusas.socanth.cam.ac.uk/magazine-homep… All individual articles can be found here: cusas.socanth.cam.ac.uk/magazine-lates… Thank you again to our wonderful contributors!

1/ The Kahramanmaras earthquake has devastated large parts of Turkey & NW Syria. On Mon, 13 Feb, 17:00GMT @KPPCam @Cambridge_Uni are hosting a panel of experts located in, or working with, affected communities. Hear about conditions & how to help. bit.ly/3lmYfAs. 🧵⬇

CUSAS is hosting Professor Dame Caroline Humphrey for a Brown Bag lunch (informal talk) on Wednesday, February 8, 12pm-1pm. Venue: Edmund Leach Seminar Room, Soc Anth Dept Building Title: Fieldwork positionality (over a lifetime) No sign-up required.

CUSAS LENT TERM CARD 2023! Many exciting events happening this term, open to all interested student and staff. Locations and updates on times (+ dates for the film series) will be shared through the Department's email bulletin/on our social media.

Reminder that the annual Holiday Party is in 4 days time! All department members are welcome 🥳

CUSAS warmly invites you to the annual Holiday Party! Join us at the Fisher Building Foyer, St. John’s College. 1st December 6-9pm.

CUSAS warmly invites you to the annual Holiday Party! Join us at the Fisher Building Foyer, St. John’s College at 6pm Open to all members of the department instagram.com/p/ClT5EbWoTJV/…

Join us! Tue 29th Nov at 12.30 in person to hear Prof @SJHogarth and @lukehawksbee on: 📢Financialisation, Assetisation or Rentiership? A Comparative Analysis of Capital Accumulation Strategies in the Pharmaceutical and Diagnostics Industries Details: bit.ly/3UN5oXx

CUSAS Brown Bag Lunch with Prof. Iza Kavedžija 12.00-13.00 | Wednesday 16 November Blue Boar Common Room - Trinity College Atmospheric Creativity: Sensing and Making with Contemporary Artists in Japan

CUSAS TERM CARD – MICHAELMAS 2022 Our Michaelmas term card is finally here! So many exciting events to look forward to, open to all interested students and staff. More location details to come soon.

📣 Call for papers⁠ 'The public cost of personal hardship: evaluating the hidden expense of cost-cutting measures on social wellbeing'⁠ 🗓️ Conference 24 - 25 April 2023 ⁠ ⏳️ #CFP deadline 30 Nov 2022⁠ crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/34232

The 2022 Strathern Annual Lecture is today! Ruben Andersson will be speaking on “Security and Subversion in a Time of Monsters” at 5 p.m., the Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College, and online over Zoom socanth.cam.ac.uk/events/2022-st…

Brown Bag Lunch with @JFLenhard tomorrow 12-1 p.m., Jesus College JCR and online! “Anthropology between Homelessness and Venture Capital” socanth.cam.ac.uk/events/brown-b…

This Wednesday (2/23) 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., @benj_hegarty presents on “The Made-Up State: A Trans History of Technology in Indonesia”! More info and registration -> socanth.cam.ac.uk/events/made-st…