Submissions are now open for the 2025 SAS Carol R. Ember Book Prize. This prize recognizes books whose significant theoretical, empirical, or methodological contributions to anthropology embody the mission of SAS to advance the scientific study of human societies.

Exciting news: My book Photography and Making Bedouin Histories is now available in paperback! www.routledge.com/Photography-... #anthropology #oxford_anthro #photohist #arthistory #history #visualculture #routledgebooks

To help make our archival materials more accessible, the Digital Archive of the Middle East (DAME) has made thousands of images & documents available online with metadata in English, Arabic and (where relevant) Sorani Kurdish: dame.exeter.ac.uk #InternationalArchivesDay #ArchivesAreAccessible

This amazing book just came out, and I received my author’s copy. It has been a massive collaborative affair with many authors and fantastic editors and coordinators. Congratulations to all! I can’t wait to dig into the 567 (!) pages. #conservation #photography #photoconservation #books #amazing

Fully funded PhD scholarship in Dublin on Rural and Tribal History of the Modern Middle East (c.1870-c.1945), lead supervisor M. Talha Çiçek: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMR712/p...

Looking for a new read? The list of books we'd like reviewing for Contemporary Levant is here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Subjects include Syrian charities, German Jewish scholars of the 'orient', Lebanese street art, Arab leftists in the USSR, Palestine's Nabi Musa festival, and many more...

In collaboration with 6 global partners & with support from our distinguished faculty, we are proud to offer 50 free lectures spanning 15 methods modules. These lectures provide innovative instruction on various mixed methods used in anthropology & allied fields (www.youtube.com/@methods4all_)

Coming soon! New book chapter - Reciprocating Place: Photo Archives and Bedouin in the Naqab Desert - www.routledge.com/Photo-Archiv...

Associate Professorship in the History of Contemporary Art with a Tutorial Fellowship- University of Oxford - Department of History of Art / Faculty of History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLM069/a...

Remembering Prof Clinton Bailey, a renowned expert on Bedouin culture and poetry. He created one of the largest archives of Naqab and Sinai Bedouin oral history. www.nli.org.il/en/at-your-s...

In 2020, my DPhil supervisor, Prof Marcus Banks unexpectedly passed away. Today, Dr Chihab El Khachab and Prof David Zeitlyn announced that they have edited the first volume of his collected works which will come out June 2025.

Find out how humans have sought answers to life’s big questions at the NEW @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social exhibition 'Oracles, Omens and Answers' Co-curated by David Zeitlyn (Professor of Social Anthropology) the exhibition explores the world of divination. 🔗 visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/oracle...

I think it would have to be 'Photography and Making Bedouin Histories in the Naqab, 1906-2013' by @emilieklefebvre.bsky.social for #RoutledgeHistory for me this year

Entry from the archive: #History (and #Anthropology) by Prof. Eric Hirsch www.anthroencyclopedia.com/entry/history

Call for ethnographic films! #anthropology #film blogs.helsinki.fi/fasconferenc...

Co-panel w/ Prof Aref Abu Rabia, ‘Curating Desert Cultures’ at The Royal Anthropology Institute’s Anthropology and Education conference (2024), University of London.

Regional Council for Unrecognised Bedouin Villages in the Negev spokesperson condemned the demolition of the Bedouin village of Umm Al-Hiran in the Negev desert, as "another chapter in the ethnic cleansing and expulsion of Arabs in this country." www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241114-isr...

For its 41st iteration, a special issue dealing with photo albums, the journal “View. Theories and Practices of Visual Culture” is looking for contributions. Submissions are due on December 10, 2024. Here is the call for papers:

UNESCO to demand protection for Lebanon's historic monuments, not least the ruins at #Baalbek, which are threatened by Israeli actions. www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/11/07/u...

Call for Papers | Displaying the British Museum: Past, Present, Future British Museum, London Conference: Thursday 20–Friday 21 February 2025 Deadline to apply: Friday 30 August 2024 Info: britishartnetwork.org.uk/uncategorise...

My new book! Photography and Making Bedouin Histories in the Naqab, 1906-2013: An Anthropological Approach |Routledge| #bedouin #naqab #photohist #visualanthro #anthropology #middleeasthistory