11th EASA Biennial Conference: Maynooth, Ireland
24-27th August 2010Crisis and imagination
EASA and Department of Anthropology at the National University of Ireland Maynooth will host the 11th biennial conference. The conference will attract over a thousand academics to discuss work based around the theme. There will be workshops, roundtables, network meetings, publishers, dinners, pubs, Irish music and much more. The keynote will be given by Prof. Talal Asad, on Human Atrocities, Human Rights.
If you are a publisher or would like to promote your organisation at this event, please read more here.
You can still book your place at the conference, and your accommodation
Please note the banquet is sold out and the only ensuite, single rooms ( €36/night) remain available on campus.
Workshop timetable available; workshop pages now show room allocations.
Event info
We have now posted information about some of the other events and meetings taking place during the week, such as receptions, roundtables and debates..
Funding
The Wenner-Gren Foundation grant and the EASA travel fund gave us €20,000 to support delegate attendance . 279 people applied for funding totalling over €156,000. We allocated funds to 68 people. All applicants have been emailed informing them of the decisions made. Priority was given to those coming from poorer economies and students, as well as to those convening a workshop or presenting a paper. These 68 comprised 29 convenors, 63 paper-givers, 33 long term EASA members, 42 women, 26 men, 46 below 40yrs old, 16 above, 5 from Latin America, 3 from Asia, 2 from Africa, 34 East Europeans, 60 registrations, and 215 nights of accommodation.
Refunds will be carried out in early August.
(Funding may cover registration, University accommodation, and travel, but will not cover membership subscriptions.)Visa applications
For more info on this read the Travel page of our site. Bear in mind that your visa applications should be made by early June.
Ash cloud disclaimer
Bearing in mind the potential for disruption by naughty Icelandic volcanic ash clouds, please read the relevant advice on the travel page.
All convenors and presenters must be members of EASA (during 2010) - click here to join EASA..
MASN conference
The Moving Anthropology Student Network conference will take place 18th-22nd August at Maynooth. The Call for Papers is now open and closes 14th May. See their website for more info.
The conference is also listed on facebook here.
Scientific Committee
Steve Coleman, Abdullahi El-Tom, Pauline Garvey, Mark Maguire, Michal Buchowski, Manuela da Cunha, Maria Couroucli, Paolo Favero, Gísli Pálsson, David Shankland, Dorle Dracklé, Thomas Fillitz.
Local committee
Steve Coleman, Abdullahi El-Tom, Pauline Garvey, Patty Gray, Karen Kelly, Mark Maguire, Chandana Mathur, Tom Strong, and Karolina Szmagalska-Follis.
All conference correspondence should be addressed to conference(AT)easaonline.org
This conference is kindly supported by:
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