Bristol Anthropology and Archaeology Research Seminars (BAARS)
Bristol Anthropology and Archaeology Research Seminars (BAARS) is a weekly seminar series hosted by our department, where we invite academic staff and lecturers across the four fields of anthropology to present their current and ongoing research.
Each talk is followed by a Q&A.
Seminars take place every Wednesday during term time from 13.00-14.30. Location: G10, Department for Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Bristol 43, Woodland Road, BS8 1UU, ground floor.
Access information: https://www.accessable.co.uk/university-of-bristol/access-guides/43-woodland-road
Please join in for an informal lunch with the presenter, staff and students beforehand (12.00–13.00), bring your own lunch. Non-alcoholic drinks, nibbles and tea/coffee with biscuits are provided. All welcome!
Conveners: Theresia Hofer (Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology) and William Tantam (Lecturer in Anthropology)
Autumn 2024, Wednesdays 1.00-2.30pm
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18th September |
Lorena Becerra-Valdivia |
Climate influence on the early occupation of South America during the late Pleistocene |
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2nd October |
Jolynna Sinanan |
Infrastructuring Everest: Disrupting Iconographies of Heroic Mountain Travel |
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9th October |
Turi King |
Title TBC |
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16th October |
Branwen Spector |
Inclusive Ethnography: How can we make fieldwork healthier, safer, and more ethical? |
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30th October |
Garima Jaju |
Isha's wait: money, love and kinship in the wake of domestic violence in India |
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6th November |
James Wright |
Historic Building Mythbusting – Uncovering Folklore, History and Archaeology of Mediaeval Buildings |
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13th November |
Paula Sheppard |
The behavioural ecology of the family |
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20th November |
Elena Liber |
“Memory Work”: Silence, Traces, and Eliciting the Past in Lviv, Ukraine. |