Anthropology Seminar Series

2026 Seminars

Unless specifically stated for a particular talk, all seminars are presented in person and online via Zoom.

Time: Mondays 3pm-4pm (except for public holidays and semester teaching break)

Location(s): H.C Coombs Building, Seminar Room C, Ground floor (close to the Coombs Lecture theatre) unless indicated otherwise. Check individual events for more details.

Zoom: https://anu.zoom.us/j/82431454032?pwd=owA39nWqTYm2TGOcC0sWa9bEDVangD.1

Semester 1 2026

23 February 2026
Simon Coleman
Stretching Cities: On the Neo-Pentecostalization of Urban Space
In person – H.C Coombs Building, Room 1.309 (northern hexagon)
Online via Zoom

2 March 2026
V. Chitra, Kylie Dolan
Possum Lab: Thinking through Human-Animal Relationships with "Man's Best"
In person – H.C Coombs Building, Room 1.309 (northern hexagon)
Online via Zoom

16 March 2026
Francesca Merlan
Inside Australian Land Claims: Some Anthropological Perspectives
In person – H.C Coombs Building, Room 1.309 (northern hexagon)
Online via Zoom

23 March 2026
Hayeon Lee
Korean Dreams, Revisited: Vietnamese Women’s Stories of Repeat Marriage Migration
In person – H.C Coombs Building, Seminar Room C, Ground floor
Online via Zoom

30 March 2026
Malini Sur
Parramatta Redux: Film Screening and Discussion
Online via Zoom

20 April 2026
Arratee Ayuttacorrn
Affective Resilience of Aging: Social Networks and Care Work Among Older Adults in Chiangmai, Thailand
In person – H.C Coombs Building, Seminar Room C, Ground floor
Online via Zoom

4 May 2026
Tim McLellan
PossumLab: Tim McLellan reads King of Bangkok by Sopranzetti et al
In person – H.C Coombs Building, Seminar Room C, Ground floor
Online via Zoom

11 May 2026
Nicolas Peterson
The paradox of welfare autonomy: poverty, employment, and consumer dependency in remote Australia
In person – H.C Coombs Building, Seminar Room C, Ground floor

18 May 2026
Tuomas Tammisto
Roads, plantations and consultants: Road-building and multiple territorializations in Pomio, Papua New Guinea
In person – H.C Coombs Building, Seminar Room C, Ground floor
Online via Zoom