Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK - ASA

01/06/2026

Did you come along to PeopleFest in Edinburgh this weekend and wonder who the ASA are?

We are a professional association for social anthropology in the UK. Find more about us and how to become a member!

https://theasa.org/membership/

31/05/2026

People Fest 2026: Near Birth Why should you care how babies are born?

Come along for the book talk/launch for Dr Andrea Ford's ethnographic study, Near Birth: Contested Values and the Work of Doulas, this evening!

📆Sunday 31/05 19:00-20:30
📍Tills Bookshop, 1 Hope Park Cres, Edinburgh, EH8 9NA
🔗https://theasa.org/conferences/peoplefest2026/events/nearbirth.phtml
🔗 https://www.ucpress.edu/books/near-birth/paper

30/05/2026

PeopleFest 2026: Come and visit us in the Travelling Power Station, an immersive exhibition, creating energy around energy!

📆Saturday 30/05 10.00-16.30
📍Edinburgh Climate Change Institute Cortyard, 10 High School Yards, Edinburgh
🔗https://theasa.org/conferences/peoplefest2026/events/travellingpowerstation.phtml

30/05/2026

📆Tomorrow's Anthropologists takes place on 30 May 12:00-13:00!
📍Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building, University of Edinburgh
🔗Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tomorrows-anthropologists-a-student-initiative-tickets-1988816459568

29/05/2026

📆Crafting Anthropology: A Hands-On Workshop, Saturday at 10:00
📍Chrystal Macmillan Building, The University of Edinburgh
🔗Sign up here! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crafting-anthropology-a-hands-on-workshop-tickets-1988815860777

29/05/2026

📢PeopleFest 2026 starts today! Have a look at our morning events 👇

🔗https://theasa.org/conferences/peoplefest2026/programme -one

Trading for Insight: A Playful Exercise in Positionality

Whether you’re an experienced researcher or have no clue yet what “ethnography” means, this exercise is a fun way to engage with one of the discipline's core considerations: self-reflexivity.

📆Friday 29 May, 10:30
📍CMB foyer, University of Edinburgh
🔗Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trading-for-insight-a-playful-exercise-in-positionality-tickets-1988898977381

28/05/2026

📢The ASA's Annual Firth Lecture is tomorrow!

We know from Timothy Mitchell that the idea of ‘growth’ functions as a key political technology in modern governance. In this talk Rebecca Cassidy asks what we might learn from viewing growth through the lens of ideas that have held sway among pomologists and fruit growers, from druggists and herb diggers to breeders working on genetically engineered super apples. If growth is modelled on nature, what happens when plants stop growing?

Rebecca Cassidy, Growing pains: the labour of making plants productive

📍Meadows Lecture Theatre, CMB, Edinburgh
📆29 May, 17:00
🔗Sign up here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/firth-lecture-growing-pains-the-labour-of-making-plants-productive-tickets-1988770029695

27/05/2026

📆Are you ready for PeopleFest 2026 starting this Friday?
📍Come find us for over 50 free to attend events across Edinburgh!
🔗https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/asa-people-fest-edinburgh-4839381

07/05/2026

📢The programme for People Fest 2026 in Edinburgh is now live!

📆Have a look through our website and book your spot on events through the weekend of 29 - 31 May through the Eventbrites!

This Public Anthropology Festival is free to attend and open to the public

🔗 https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/asa-people-fest-edinburgh-4839381
🔗 https://www.theasa.org/conferences/peoplefest2026/programme

80th Anniversary of Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh 29th – 31st May 2026

06/02/2026

The deadline for proposing an event for the ASA's Public Anthropology Festival in Edinburgh is on Monday, 9 February! See details linked below and how to propose!

80th Anniversary of Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh 29th – 31st May 2026