2026 Seminars
Unless specifically stated for a particular talk, all seminars are presented in person and online via Zoom. For the full schedule, please check the PDF below.
Time: Mondays 1-2 pm (except for public holidays and semester teaching break)
Location(s): Check individual events for more details.
Zoom: https://anu.zoom.us/j/82431454032?pwd=owA39nWqTYm2TGOcC0sWa9bEDVangD.1
Semester 2 2026 - Schedule:
- 3 August 2026 - Marie Kolling
- 10 August 2026 - Siobhan McDonnell
- 17 August 2026 - Stefanie Puszka (Online event only)
- 24 August 2026 - Judit Kroo (Online event only)
- 31 August 2026 - Timothy Neale
- 21 September 2026, 1-2:30 pm - Special event: Amanda Kearney, Lucas Bessire, and Sophie Chao in conversation with Yasmine Musharbash
- 28 September 2026 - Marek Pawlak (This seminar is supported by Norden@ANU, an Australia-Nordic research initiative in the School of Archaeology and Anthropology)
- 12 October 2026 - Zeynel Gül (Online event only)
- 19 October 2026 - Possum Lab with Chitra V and Adam Sargent
- 26 October 2026 - Meherose Borthwick (This seminar is supported by the ANU South Asian Research Institute -SARI)
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Contact
- Kirsty Wissing
Upcoming Events
Paper Injuries: Diagnostic Time, Occupational Diseases and the Event-Form in Turkey
Zeynel Gül (University of Illinois)
Drawing on an ethnographic study of occupational health litigation in Turkey, this talk examines how bureaucratic standards of evidence shape…
Possum Lab
Chitra V (ANU School of Archaeology & Anthropology), and, Adam Sargent (ANU School of Archaeology & Anthropology)
PossumLab is a space to explore creative ethnographic work. In this seminar, we read a comic and use it as a way to explore anthropological concepts.…
Making Slow: Textile Craft Timelines in India’s Fashion Industry
Meherose Borthwick (University of New South Wales)
The handmade aesthetic of block print textiles is an enduring element in India’s marketplaces even as the craft’s production timelines conflict with…
Past Events
Eating Abuse: Caste, Class and the Figure of Labour
Adam Sargent (ANU)
This paper explores how workers negotiate a stigmatized social category known as “labour”. On the surface this category appears to be a…
Roads, plantations and consultants: Road-building and multiple territorializations in Pomio, Papua New Guinea
Tuomas Tammisto (Tampere University, Finland)
Pomio is a large, sparsely populated and remote rural district of East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG). Large parts of the district are…
The paradox of welfare autonomy: poverty, employment, and consumer dependency in remote Australia
Emeritus Professor Nicolas Peterson
This will be an in-person only seminar. In this talk, Emeritus Professor Nic Peterson will consider the paradox of welfare autonomy in remote…