Welcome to the AAI

The Anthropological Association of Ireland exists to promote social and cultural anthropology within Ireland. Our activities involve the organisation of, usually, two conferences or workshops per year, and the publication of the Irish Journal of Anthropology. We also try to provide professional anthropological support in Ireland for those conducting anthropological work here, in the form of our ethical guidelines.

Essay Prize

The Anthropological Association of Ireland is pleased to announce the establishment of an annual Postgraduate Essay Prize.  Submissions are invited from postgraduates studying anthropology or related disciplines whose research strengthens the anthropological tradition in Ireland.  The winning essay will receive a cash prize of €100, and will be published in the Irish Journal of Anthropology.  Submissions should be no longer than 4,000 words, be previously unpublished, include a short abstract, and should conform to the style guidelines of the Irish Journal of Anthropology (see http://www.anthropologyireland.org/ijajournal3contributors.htm). Submissions must be made electronically (in .doc or .pdf format) to AAIessayprize@gmail.com.  The deadline for submission of essays is 12 March 2010.  The prize will be awarded at the Annual General Meeting in May 2010.

New Editor for IJA - Invitation to Apply

Candidates should send in a letter of application before March 1st, 2010, to the AAI (arfinlay@tcd.ie), attaching (a) an extensive Curriculum Vitae, (b) a description of their editorial vision for the journal for the next four years, addressing especially changes in the nature of publishing in the context of digital technologies, and (c) a brief description of the institutional embedding with which the journal will be provided within their department and university, and (d) a description of ways the publication will retain its status as an ‘all-island’ Irish journal of anthropology.

For the full call details, click Here.

Conference

We are proud to help promote the forthcoming Royal Irish Academy International Affairs Conference, on International Politics and the Global Economic Crisis. The conference will be held in Dublin on 5 November 2009. For more information and an application form, see the Flier.

Conference Call for Papers:

Ethnography Beyond Ethnos

AAI Spring 2010 Conference

The 2010 AAI Conference will be held on 7-8 May at Trinity College Dublin. For more information, see the Call for Papers.

The current edition of the Irish Journal of Anthropology is a joint edition with the journal Anthropology in Action, on the theme of Anthropology, Design and Technology in Ireland, and is edited by Adam Drazin and Pauline Garvey. The papers include: Lee Komito on new technologies in the Irish civil service, Morgan O'Brien on mobile phones in Irish schools, Deirdre Hynes on internet use among Dublin families, Sabina Stan and Valentin Toma on reforming computer use in Romanian hospitals, and Adam Drazin and Simon Roberts on the methodologies of designing for ageing homes in Ireland.

Previous Edition of the IJA

For details about AAI conferences in general, click Here.

For details of the Irish Journal of Anthropology, click Here.

For details of how to become a member of the AAI, click Here.

For links to research being conducted in Ireland at the moment, at postgraduate level and above, click Here.

 

Call for Web Pages

We are always looking for submissions of brief web-pages from members of the AAI, and from anthropology postgraduates in Ireland, to promote anthropology on this site. For details, see our Call for Web Pages.