XII Congress of anthropologists and ethnologists of Russia

On July 3-6, 2017, in the city of Izhevsk, the XII Congress of anthropologists and ethnologists of Russia organized by the Association of anthropologists and ethnologists of Russia is to be held jointly by Udmurtiya Institute of History, Language and Literature (Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences), Udmurtiya State University and Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology (Moscow).

The Congress’s overarching theme will be as follows: ‘The mission of ethnology: scientific traditions and contemporary challenges’.

It will explore a broad spectrum of research areas such as:

Historiographical traditions in ethnology
Interdisciplinary links of ethnology
Ethnological education
Social tasks of ethnology
Monitoring interethnic relations
Ethnic environment: integration and opposition
Methods of researching ethnic and cultural interactions
Religions, interreligious relations and ethno-confessional processes within Russia’s spiritual space
Migrants, diasporas, ethnic minorities
One’s own, the Other and the alien: problems of representation in ethnic cultures
Images of peoples and territories
Eurasian integration
Physical anthropology

The list of the topics put forward for discussion may be extended.

Applications for any sessions, roundtable discussions or symposia are accepted till September 15^th, 2016.

Please see more info here (in Russian).