The European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) is a professional association open to all social anthropologists either qualified in, or else working in, Europe.

The Association seeks to advance anthropology in Europe by organizing biennial conferences, by editing its academic journal Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Sociale, its Newsletter and the two publication series. The Association further encourages and supports thematic networks.

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NETWORK EVENTS

Economic Shifts and New Ideologies in Green Transitions in Europe and Beyond
Workshop of EASA´s Anthropology of Economy (AOE) and Europeanist Anthropology (EuroNet) Networks
Halle (Saale), Germany, 17-19 September 2025
Proposal submission deadline: 30 April 2025

Documentary Poetry for Anthropologists
Creative Anthropologies Network Workshop
Online
6 May 2025

Call for Papers: Linguistic Anthropology in Europe: Past, Present, Futures
Inaugural ELAN Conference
Leiden University, Netherlands
6-7 November 2025
CfP Deadline: 15 May 2025

AI in Media Anthropology: Trajectories, Challenges, Opportunities
The EASA Media Anthropology Network event.
University of Vienna, Austria
15-16 May 2025

Undercurrents Metabolic
EAN - Enviroant - HOLB Workshop
Call is closing 21 February
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy
19-21 May 2025

Community Check-in zoom
Zoom event, link sent to members email
23 May 2025, 12:00-13:00 PM (CET)

Future-Making in Times of Conflict, Violence and Insecurity
The EASA Anthropology of Peace, Conflict and Security (APeCS) Network event
University of Edinburgh, Scotland
2-3 June 2025

Shifting States
EASA Anthropologies of the State network conference
Amsterdam, 23-24 October 2025
Open call for participants

Thoughts and lines: Ethnographic drawing, graphic novels and analytical potentials
EASA Sensory Media Network workshop
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
11 June 2025

Use and Misuse of Technologies
The European Network for Digital Anthropology (ENDA) event
University College Cork, Ireland
27-28 June 2025

ANTHROFOOD2050
The Future of Food Anthropology – Defining Priorities for 2050
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy
1-2 July 2025

Past Tense, Future Imperfect: Temporalities as Mobilising Force
NAoHH - FAN Workshop in collaboration with the Global Heritage Lab
University of Bonn, Germany
23-24 July 2025

Feelings on the Move: (Im)mobilities, Embodiment and Emotions
AnthroMob Network Workshop 2025
The Hague, The Netherlands
11-12 September 2025

Soundscapes of Pilgrimage
The Pilgrimate Studies Network
University of Szeged, Hungary
16-18 October 2025

Anthropologists and New Audiences: Pathways to Teaching and Learning
Teaching Anthropology Network hybrid conference
University of the Aegean, Greece
16-18 October 2025

Shifting States
EASA Anthropologies of the State network conference
Amsterdam, 23-24 October 2025

Linguistic Anthropology in Europe: Past, Present, Futures
Inaugural ELAN Conference
Leiden University, Netherlands
6-7 November 2025