European Association of Social Anthropologists
The European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) is an academic society promoting social anthropology in Europe.
history
EASA was founded on January 14, 1989 in Castelgandolfo, Italy, by twenty-one founding members from thirteen European countries and financially supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. As a European association of social anthropological researchers, it is a member of the World Council of Anthropological Associations .
aims
In its work, the society aims to strengthen social anthropology in Europe and, through the organization of biennial conferences, the publication of the scientific journal Social Anthropology / Anthropologie Social, and the formation of thematic networks and working groups, to encourage academic cooperation between European anthropologists or anthropologists doing research in Europe promote.
activities
Conferences
- 1990, 1st EASA Conference: University of Coimbra, Portugal
- 1992, 2nd EASA Conference: University of Prague, Czech Republic
- 1994, 3rd EASA Conference: University of Oslo, Norway
- 1996, 4th EASA Conference: Catalan Institute of Anthropology (ICA), Barcelona, Spain
- 1998, 5th EASA Conference: Frobenius Institute , Frankfurt, Germany
- 2000, 6th EASA Conference: Yagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
- 2002, 7th EASA Conference: University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2004, 8th EASA Conference: University of Vienna, Austria
- 2006, 9th EASA Conference: University of Bristol, UK
- 2008, 10th EASA Conference: University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2010, 11th EASA Conference: National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland
Scientific journal
EASA has published the recognized scientific journal Social Anthropology / Anthropologie Social (SA / AS) every quarter since 1992 , with articles in English and French on social anthropology , ethnosociology and ethnology .
Networks and working groups
In 1996, EASA began to set up academic networks to enable Europe-wide cooperation in anthropological specialty areas. To date, there are over 18 different networks or working groups on topics such as ethics , religious ethnology , legal ethnology or visual anthropology .
Web links
- Homepage: European Association of Social Anthropologists.
- Homepage: The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.
- Homepage: World Council of Anthropological Associations.
Individual evidence
- ^ Social Anthropology / Anthropologie Sociale ( English ) EASA. Retrieved April 1, 2019.