ASA Conferences

The ASA organises an Annual Conference on a specific theme, which is usually held during the Easter vacation at a UK university. The conferences have their own section within this website, accessible from links on this page, and panel/paper proposal and registration are all done using online forms. The panel/paper abstracts are made available online, and can be edited by the convenors/authors via the Login link on the left..
If you are considering applying to organise an ASA conference, please see the Conference guidelines.

Forthcoming conferences

ASA2010 in Belfast

Title: The Interview – theory, practice, society
Convened by: Dr Jonathan Skinner, Dr Dominic Bryan, and Dr Sean O’Connoll, Dept of Anth, Queen’s University Belfast
Location: Queen's University , Belfast, April, 2010
More details will appear here shortly.

Past ASA conferences

ASA 2009 in Bristol

Title: Anthropological and archaeological imaginations: past, present and future
Convened by: Dr David Shankland, Dept of Arch and Anth, University of Bristol
Location: University of Bristol, 6th-9th April, 2009
Click here for more details

ASA 2008 in Auckland

Title: Ownership and appropriation
Convened by: Professor Veronica Strang and Dr Mark Busse
Location: University of Auckland, New Zealand, 8th-12th December, 2008
Click here for more details

ASA 2007 in London

Title: Thinking through tourism
Convened by: Professor Tom Selwyn and Dr Julie Scott
Location: London Metropolitan University, England, April, 2007
Click here for more details.

Please note that the archived conference sites below contain 'legacy' pages which have not been brought into the new site style: they may not view correctly, and some links may fail. We are working on bringing the whole archive up-to-date.

ASA 2006 in Keele

Title: Cosmopolitanism and anthropology
Convened by: Professor Pnina Werbner and Dr Sean McCloughlin
Location: Keele, England, 10-13 April, 2006
Click here for more details

ASA 2005 in Aberdeen

Title: Creativity and cultural improvisation
Convened by: Professor Tim Ingold and Dr Elizabeth Hallam
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, April 4 - 7, 2005
Click here to see the conference pages

ASA 2004 in Durham

Title: Locating the Field: Metaphors of Space, Place and Context in Anthropology
Convened by: Dr Simon Coleman and Dr Peter Collins
Location: Durham, England, March 29-April l, 2004
Click here to see the conference webpages.

Future Fields - national conference on fieldwork for graduate students and junior researchers

Location: Oxford, December 17-19, 2003
This was partially funded by the ASA.
Click here for more details.

ASA 2003: Decennial Conference in Manchester

Every ten years the ASA holds a Decennial Conference which is international in scope.  Click here to read reports & abstracts.

Title: Anthropology and Science
Convened by: Profs Penny Harvey, Peter Wade and Dr Jeanette Edwards
Location: Manchester University, 14th - 18th July.

ASA 2002

Title: Perspectives on Time and Society: Experience, Memory, History
Convened by: Professor Wendy James and Dr David Mills
Location: Arusha, Tanzania, 8 - 10 April.
Click here to view a report on the conference and here to view a summary of the panel presentations.

ASA 2001

Title: Rights and Entitlements
Convened by: Drs. Richard Wilson and Jon Mitchell
Location: University of Sussex Mar 30th - Apr 2nd.

ASA 2000

Title: Participating in Development: Approaches to Indigenous Knowledge
Convened by: Drs. Paul Sillitoe (Durham), Johan Pottier (SOAS) and Alan Bicker (Kent), at SOAS, University of London.

ASA 1999

Title: Elite Cultures: Anthropological Perspectives
Convened by: Drs. Cris Shore and Steve Nugent at Goldsmiths College.

ASA 1998

Title: Indirection, Intention and Diplomacy
Convened by: Prof. Joy Hendry and Dr. Bill Watson at the University of Kent.