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)
File attachments
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Contact
- Kirsty Wissing
Past Events
How shopping centres and other modern public spaces transform human consciousness
Dr Leo Couacaud, University of Sydney
The study of shopping centres, or “malls”, is now an established subfield in anthropology and urban studies. Yet strangely, few (if any) of these…
The ‘three hearths’: Custom, religion and the state as colliding orders of time and space in Asmat, Indonesian Papua
Tom Powell Davies, Univeristy of Sydney/ University of Queensland
In Melanesia and Indonesia, socio-political life frequently centres around a tripartite relationship between custom, religion and state government.…
The moral atmosphere of rule-dense elections: Creative relationality and forceful enforcement in Australian local politics
Tanya Jakimow, The Australian National University
Elections are governed by complex rules to ensure fair competition in a political field. Due to COVID-19, the 2021 New South Wales local government…