EASA Conference
The event that gathers together thousands of social anthropologists in Europe is our biennial conference, which takes place in even years. We have been told that our conferences have a distinct feel. Generally less formal than other academic congresses, they are a long-awaited moment in which we share our most recent research advances, explore theoretical developments in our field, and try out new methods and formats. They are a remarkable opportunity to encounter local cultures and to combine anthropology with art, culture, and local activism. The dancing at the final conference party is worth remembering too, we are told.
Photo: Stary Rynek, Poznan by night by Adam Ciereszko
Photo: Stary Rynek, Poznan by night by Adam Ciereszko
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We live in a polarised world. Political leaders and corporate actors across the globe are polarising communities and markets, eager to disintegrate them. This further accelerates authoritarian practices, imposed alignments, and polar oppositions that have gained momentum in many parts of various societies. As anthropologists, we have long emphasised entangled perspectives and revealed a world of interconnectedness, and through our research, we have sought to teach and enact relations of equality, participation, and collaboration.
EASA2026 is a fully hybrid conference: all plenaries, lectures, panels, roundtables, network meetings, and even some of the events/workshops will be streamed on Zoom. Delegates will be able to choose between online participation and face-to-face participation when they register for the conference. Proposals should be made with this hybridity in mind.
Call for panels closes 3 November 2025.
Past conferences
School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen’s University, Belfast
26 Jul – 29 Jul 2022
ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon and ICS-Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon
20 Jul – 24 Jul 2020
Department of Human Science for Education ‘Riccardo Massa’ and Department of Sociology and Social Research at University of Milano-Bicocca
20 Jul – 23 Jul 2016
Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Estonian Institute of Humanities, Tallinn University, Estonia
31 Jul – 03 Aug 2014
Laboratoire d’ethnologie et de sociologie comparative (LESC) at the University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense
10 Jul – 13 Jul 2012
Department of Anthropology at the National University of Ireland Maynooth, Eire
24 Aug – 27 Aug 2010
Department of Ethnology and Anthropology at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
26 Aug – 30 Aug 2008
