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FEBRUARY 1999
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JULY 1999
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OCTOBER 1999
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ELECTRONIC CALENDARS

AnthCal(this calendar): http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/AnthToday/AnthCal.html Please submit short event descriptions to:rai@cix.compulink.co.uk American Anthropological Association Meeting Calendar . : http://www.ameranthassn.org/mtgcal.htm Agenda Asia (Asian Studies): . http://nias.ku.dk/diary/search/find.html Newsletter of the Nordic Anthropological Film Association <+> . (NAFA): http://www.sv.uio.no/ima/etm/nafanet/

EXHIBITIONS

• British Museum . `The Golden Sword Sir Stamford Raffles and the East' . : exhibition of the collections of the famous scholar, administrator and founder of Singapore. 19 Dec 1998 to 25 Apr 1999, Great Russel Street, London, WC1B 3DG, tel 0171-323-8525, fax 0171-323-8614.
• University of Cambridge, Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology . Torres Strait Islanders . : exhibition marking the centenary of the 1898 Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to the Torres Strait (till July 2000).
• The Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde at Leiden . , Indianenverhalen . (till 9 May 1999). Contact: Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Steenstraat 1, Postbus 212, 2300 AE Leiden, tel 071-5168800, fax 071-5128437.

FEBRUARY 1999

• 2-6 Feb . 1999 Meetings of the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania . at the Naniloa Hotel in Hilo, Hawai'i. For further information on the meetings contact: Laurence M. Carucci, Dept of Sociology and Anthropology. Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA, tel (406)994-5255, fax (406)994-6879, email lamaca@montana.edu See also the ASAO website for continuously updated information on meeting arrangements and individual sessions: http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/asao/pacific/hawaiki.html
• 26-27 Feb Student learning in anthropology: diversity and empowerment . , a workshop organized by the National Network for Teaching and Learning Anthropology at St Andrews University. Contact: Caroline White, 27 Gladwell Rd, London, N8 9AA, tel 0181-348-6169, email CwhiteN8@aol.com

MARCH 1999

• 20 Mar . Conference: `Narrative & Illness . ' org. by British Med. Anth. Group & Auto/biography Study Group. Enq.: Vieda Skultans, Div. of Psychiatry, U. of Bristol . , 41 St Michael's Hill, Bristol BS2 8DZ. Tel. 0117-9287775, fax 0117-9259709, E: V.Skultans@bris.ac.uk
• 25-28 Mar Amer. Ethnological Soc . .Annual Meetings, Portland, OR. Theme: `Rethinking Nature & Culture . '. Contact: AAA Meetings Dept (see under AAA, 17-21 Nov. below)
• 26-30 Mar `Indigenous People of the Chaco, Missionaries and Nation-States.' . , the 2nd international conference on the anthropology of the Chaco region will be held at the Centre for Indigenous American Studies of the University of St Andrews. For further information please contact either Stephen Kidd at swk1@st-andrews.ac.uk or Marcela Mendoza at 102626.2260@compuserve.com
• 26-30 Mar . 10th `Beeld voor Beeld' (Image by Image) festival of visual anthropology . , including a retrospective of the films of Robert Gardner. The deadline for entry is 1st March . . Further information from Beeld voor Beeld, Oudezijds Achterburgwak 185, 1012 DK Amsterdam, The Netherlands, tel\fax +31-20-6201368, email beeldvoorbeeld@savan.nl

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• 27 Mar RAI/ESRC . workshop on Anthropology and

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  Public Policy . by invitation see RAI News.
• 27-28 Mar`Islam, Human Rights, and Refugees' . , short course led by Prof. Khadija Elmadmad for the Refugee Studies Programme, University of Oxford. Cost 120. Contact: Short Courses Secretary, Refugee Studies Programme, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, 21 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3LA.

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• 29-31 Mar . ASA Conference 1999: `Elite Cultures.

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  Anthropological Perspectives.' . at Goldsmiths College. For further details contact Cris Shore, Dept of Social Anthropology, Goldsmiths College, New Cross, London, SE14 6NW, tel 0171-919-7800, fax 0171-919-7813, email gcanth@gold.ac.uk

APRIL 1999

• 12-16 Apr . GAPP . / Dept of Soc Anth Cambridge . , residential course on Professional Practice in Multi-Disciplinary Work . in UK Health & Overseas Development. Variable fees, concessions. Enq: Inez Val-do-Rio, 16 Belfast Road, London N16 6UH. Tel: 0181-806 0366 email: gapp@insky.freeserve.co.uk
• 15-18 Apr Anthropology of Religion . section of AAA, ann. meeting with Central States Anthropological Assn., Chicago. Contact: Stephen D. Glazier, Sociol. & Anth., U. Nebraska, Kearney, NE 68849; 308/865-8760.
• 20-25 Apr . The Society for Applied Anthropology's 58th Annual Meeting . in Tucson, Arizona. Theme: `Constructing Common Ground: Human and Environmental Imperatives'. Date for abstracts is October 15. Contact: Society for Applied Anthropology, P.O. Box 24083, Oklahoma City, OK 73124, tel 405/843-5113, fax 505/843-8553, email sfaa@telepath.com webpage http://www.telepath.com/sfaa
• 23-24 Apr . Reflexivity and educational processes . , a workshop organized by the National Network for Teaching and Learning Anthropology at UCL. Contact: Caroline White, 27 Gladwell Rd, London, N8 9AA, tel 0181-348-6169, email CwhiteN8@aol.com
• 28 Apr . Audrey Richards Commemorative Lecture . , Oxford. Lecture to be given by Dr Melissa Leach, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. Title to be announced. 5pm at the Taylor Institution, St Giles, Oxford. For further details, please contact the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women, Queen Elizabeth House, 21 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LA, tel 01865-273644, fax 01865-273607, e-mail cccrw@qeh.ox.ac.uk

MAY 1999

• 7 May . Hunter-Gatherers: an Interdisciplinary Perspective . at the University of Durham. For information contact Catherine.Panter-Brick@Durham.ac.uk
• 13 May . 5.30 Malinowski Memorial Lecture . , LSE, London WC2, Dr Pascal Boyer . .
• 15-16 May . `The Law Refugees Status' . ,short course led by Prof. James C. Hathaway for the Refugee Studies Programme, University of Oxford. Cost 120. Contact: Short Courses Secretary, Refugee Studies Programme, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, 21 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3LA.
• 21-23 May . Soc. for Cultural Anthropology . , ann. conf., San Francisco. Theme: `States of Power: Culture, Governmentality & Market in Transition'. For contact addr. see under AAA. 17-21 Nov. below.

JUNE 1999

• 28-29 Jun . POSTPONED Gypsy Lore Society . annual meeting at the University of Florence, Italy. Details from: The Gypsy Lore Socey, 5607 Greenleaf Road, Cheverly, MD 20785, USA, tel\fax (301) 341-1261, email ssalo@capaccess.org

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• 30 Jun . RAI Annual General Meeting and Presidential

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  Address. . Venue tba.

JULY 1999

• 4-8 Jul . 7th International Conference on Thai Studies . , `Thailand: a Civil Society?', hosted by the International Institute of Asian Studies and the University of Amsterdam, Oudezijds Achterburgwal 185, 1012 DK Amsterdam, The Netherlands, tel +31 20 525 2940, fax +31 20 525 3010, email thaistud@oscw.uva.nl website http://www.pscw.uva.nl/icts7
• 10-23 Jul Australian Anthrop. Society . , 25th annual conf., Kensington, Australia. Contact Grant McCall, Sch. of Sociology, U. New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052. Tel (61+2) 9385-24908, fax (61+2) 93132-7859, Email: g.mccall@unsw.edu.au

SEPTEMBER 1999

• 9-11 Sep . `Displacement, Forced Settlement and Conservation' . , at the University of Oxford. Contact: Dawn Chatty, Refugee Studies Programme, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3LA. Fax +44-(0)1865-270721. Email dawn.chatty@qeh.ox.ac.uk

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• 13-17 Sep . British Association . Annual Meeting,

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  University of Sheffield . . For Anthropology/Archaeology Section, co-sponsored by RAI, see RAI News. President's Day: 14 Sep .
• 14-18 Sep International Ethnobotany Symposium . , `Medicinal Plants: Folk Traditions, History, Pharmacology' at San Jos<130>, Costa Rica. (See news this issue). Further information is available from e-mail simposio@nexos.co.cr or website www.costarica.com/wg/simposio
• 16-19 Sep . Conference, Nationalism, Identity and Minority Rights . , sociology dept, U. of Bristol . . See News (conferences) for details.

OCTOBER 1999

• 21-23 Oct . `Belgium's Africa: Assessing the Belgian Legacy in and on Africa.' . Conference jointly organized by the Department of African Languages and Cultures (University of Ghent), and the Royal Museum of Central Africa at Tervuren. Contact: Belgium's Africa, Conference Secretariat, Dep. African Languages and Cultures, University of Ghent, Rozier 44, 900 Ghent, Belgium, tel +32 92643824, fax +32 92644180, email belgiumsafrica@africana.rug.ac.be website http://africana.rug.ac.be/Belgiumsafrica.htm

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• 27 Oct . RAI Huxley Lecture . Professor Sally Falk Moore . : opening academic event of 50th Anniversary conference, Dept of Soc. Anth., U. of Manchester . (27-31 Oct . ). Details tba.

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• 28 Oct RAI Curl Lecture. , U. of Manchester. Dr Julian Thomas . : `Death, identity and the body in Neolithic Britain'. Details tba.

NOVEMBER 1999

• 17-21 Nov American Anthropological Assn . 98th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. Submissions deadline: 1 Apr 1999. Submission info. in Jan. 1999 Anth. Newsletter . . Contact AAA Mtgs Dept, 4350 N Fairfax Dr, Suite 640, Arlington, VA. 22203-1620: 703/528 ext. 2; jmeier@ameranthassn.org
• 24-27 Nov International Congress on European Rock Art . at Vigo, with four themes: 1) Ways of research; 2) Meanings, interpretations, relations; 3)Preservation; 4)Social importance. Details from: Congreso International de Arte Rupestre, Museo Municipal Qui<164>ones de Le<162>n, Parques de Castrelos s/n, 36213 VIGO, Spain, fax (34) 986 23 93 72

APRIL 2000

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• 2-5 Apr . ASA conference, `Participating in

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  Development: Approaches to Indigenous Knowledge' . at the School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh St, London, WC1H 0XG.(See news this issue). Details from Alan Bicker, Social Anthropology Department, Eliot College, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NS, tel 01227-764000, fax 01227-827289, email a.bicker@ukc.ac.uk OR Paul Sillitoe, Anthropology Department, 43 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HN, tel 0191-374-2856, fax 0191-374-2870, email paul.sillitoe@durham.ac.uk