This popular cross-campus seminar series in anthropology is back!
2026 Semester 1 Seminars
Welcome back to the Anthropology Seminar Series | School of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Unless specifically stated for a particular talk, all seminars are presented in person and online via Zoom.
Time: 23 February – 25 May inclusive (excluding public holidays and semester teaching break)
Location(s): H.C Coombs Building, Room 1.309 (northern hexagon) unless indicated otherwise. Check individual events for more details
Zoom: https://anu.zoom.us/j/82431454032?pwd=owA39nWqTYm2TGOcC0sWa9bEDVangD.1
Semester 1 2026
23 February 2026
Simon Coleman
Stretching Cities: On the Neo-Pentecostalization of Urban Space
In person – H.C Coombs Building, Room 1.309 (northern hexagon)
Online via Zoom
2 March 2026
V. Chitra, Kylie Dolan
Possum Lab: Thinking through Human-Animal Relationships with "Man's Best"
In person – H.C Coombs Building, Room 1.309 (northern hexagon)
Online via Zoom
16 March 2026
Francesca Merlan
Inside Australian Land Claims: Issues of Continuity and Domain Separation in Intercultural Perspective
In person – H.C Coombs Building, Room 1.309 (northern hexagon)
Online via Zoom
23 March 2026
Hayeon Lee
The multiple selves of fieldwork: Doing feminist ethnography with Vietnamese marriage migrant women
In person – Location TBC
Online via Zoom
30 March 2026
Malini Sur
Parramatta Redux Document Film – Screening and Discussion
Online via Zoom
20 April 2026
Arratee Ayuttacorrn
In person – Location TBC
Online via Zoom
4 May 2026
V. Chitra, Adam Sargent
Possum Lab
In person – Location TBC
Online via Zoom
11 May 2026
Nicolas Peterson
Welfare autonomy reflections and evidence on why and how things have changed in remote Australia since the early 1970s
In person – Location TBC
Online via Zoom
18 May 2026
Tuomas Tammisto
In person – Location TBC
Online via Zoom
25 May 2026
Adam Sargent
In person – Location TBC
Online via Zoom