The ASA
The ASA is the professional association for social anthropology. It was founded in 1946 to promote the study and teaching of anthropology and to uphold the interests and status of the discipline, primarily in the UK, but also extending to the Commonwealth, where it works collaboratively with fellow anthropology associations. The ASA’s major role is to assist its members in planning and conducting research, and to represent social anthropology and anthropologists in the academy, and in relation to policy and funding.
The ASA maintains a searchable directory of members, which is in effect a register of professional social anthropologists. It publishes the annual ASA monograph; the peer-reviewed open access journal ASAonline and the Firth lectures. It supports the communication of social anthropology in various social media.
For more details about the ASA’s activities, past and present, please click here.
ASA18: Sociality, matter, and the imagination:
re-creating Anthropology
The ASA annual conference held its annual conference at the
University of Oxford 18th-21st September 2018. With 82 panels, 13 labs, and 740 delegates, spanning all four fields and beyond the discipline, this was the largest ASA conference to-date. Thanks to all those who contributed to making this a memorable, enjoyable and intellectually diverse event.
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Anthropology in Action
Anthropology
in Action is the journal of the combined Apply and
Anthropology in Action networks. It is an international
peer-reviewed journal publishing articles, commentaries,
research reports and reviews. Contributions reflect the use
of anthropological training in policy- or practice-oriented
work and foster the broader application of these approaches
to practical problems. Read
more.
The ASA considers individual requests for financial assistance by members to support activities that will further the aims of the ASA and professional anthropology in the UK. The maximum amount that any applicant can apply for is £100. Read more.
The
ASA is a member of the World
Council of Anthropological Associations.
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