We are pleased to invite applications for Round One of the Kākano Fund Award from students enrolled during 2024 in a degree course for a BA Hons or MA in Social and/or Cultural Anthropology. Consideration will also be given to PhD students if funding permits. Students must be enrolled in a Social or Cultural Anthropology graduate programme at a New Zealand university. Round One applications are due on Monday 27 May 2024.
ASAA/NZ 2024 conference: Vital Signs
We are pleased to announce the date and location of the 2024 conference of the Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa/New Zealand. We will hold our meeting on the Manawatū campus of Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa | Massey University 21-23 November 2024.
The theme of the conference is “VITAL SIGNS”. A fuller exposition on this theme, along with the call for abstracts, will be sent out in early May. In the meantime, please save the date!
PhD scholarship opportunity - Marine Inequality
This is a call for applications for full-time research scholarships for two PhD students to engage in anthropological study on the topic of marine inequality. The successful candidates will undertake a doctoral thesis as part of Dr. Fiona McCormack’s Royal Society of New Zealand’s Marsden Grant-funded project entitled “Marine inequality and environmental demise: Identifying imperial borders in ocean governance”.
Anthropology (and anthropology-adjacent) theses published in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2023
Our final blog post for 2023 presents a list of anthropology theses (Masters and PhD) published in universities in Aotearoa New Zealand this year. Most are from archaeology, social anthropology, and cultural anthropology programmes, with a couple of “anthropology-adjacent” theses awarded in disciplines other than anthropology. Congratulations to everyone to everyone who was awarded a masters or doctoral degree this year.
2023 winners of the Dr Cyril Timo Schäfer Memorial Graduate Student Conference Presentation Awards
ASAA/NZ is delighted to announce the 20123 winners of the Dr Cyril Timo Schäfer Memorial Graduate Student Conference Presentation Awards: Willow Forgeson (Massey University) and Jay Jomar F. Quintos (Te Tumu School of Māori, Pacific, and Indigenous Studies, University of Otago | The University of the Philippines). These awards recognise excellence in conference presentation skills by ASAA/NZ graduate student members.
Call for papers: "Engaging Anthropology"
In this special issue of SITES, due for publication in December 2024, we invite submissions that continue and expand upon this year’s ASAANZ conference theme, “Engaging Anthropology.”
ASAA/NZ Kākano Fund results for Round 2, 2023
Call for nominations: Sam Taylor-Alexander Early Career Researcher Prize for Ethics and Engagement within Anthropology
Open letter to Aotearoa New Zealand Political Leaders in solidarity with Palestine
Critical Food Studies seminars launch the new Association for Critical Food Studies Aotearoa New Zealand (ACFSANZ)
A series of seminars dedicated to Critical Food Studies in Aotearoa has been running at Te Herenga Waka—VIctora University of Wellington’s Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies to launch the Association for Critical Food Studies Aotearoa New Zealand (ACFSANS). The next seminar is on Wednesday 27 September, where Jacinta Forde will discuss the implications of overharvesting a Rangatira species for commercial purposes.
Solidarity with Indigenous Adivasi Communities in India
ASAA/NZ has endorsed a statement in solidarity with Adivasi communities in India. We are circulating this to the collective for your own awareness, and in case you wish to lend your own support to this urgent matter. You can add your name to the list of signatories here.
Kākano Fund 2023 - applications for Round Two are now open
ASAA/NZ 2023 Conference Keynote Speakers announced
We are delighted to announce our two keynote speakers for our Engaging Anthropology conference this year, Leali‘ifano Dr Albert Refiti and Emeritus Professor Christine Helliwell. Our call for papers is open until 28 July so if you would like to participate in the conference please get in touch with the conference organising committee via email (engaginganthropology2023@otago.ac.nz).
ASAA/NZ Conference call for papers extended to 28 July
ASAA/NZ Kākano Fund results for Round 1 of 2023
Call for papers: ASAA/NZ 2023 Conference "Engaging Anthropology"
The University of Otago’s Social Anthropology programme is pleased to announce the ‘Call For Papers’ for the 2023 ASAA/NZ Conference, which is being held in Dunedin on 22nd - 24th November, with the theme of ‘Engaging Anthropology’. Abstracts are due by Friday 14 July and the organisers will aim to confirm acceptance of papers in early August.
Announcing the 2023 ASAA/NZ conference "Engaging Anthropology"
The University of Otago’s Social Anthropology programme are delighted to be hosting the annual ASAA/NZ Conference, on 22nd-24th November, 2023. We are excited to announce this year’s conference theme as ENGAGING ANTHROPOLOGY, and to provide the following provocations (with a formal call for papers to follow in May).
