About the day
The next London Anthropology Day is on 14th July 2011 from 9.30am-4:00pm at the British Museum's Education Clore Centre. The day consists of an introduction to anthropology, (both biological and social),a range of interactive workshops run by anthropology lecturers, and presentations on applying to university and careers. Some workshops involve going into the British Museum’s galleries. All partcipating universities have representatives and information stalls at the day. In addition, there is a range of careers and photographic exhibitions. Drinks and snacks are provided but participants need to bring a packed lunch.
To see what the day is like and find out a little more about anthropology you can watch two short films “Inside Anthropology” created by filmmakers Ed Owles and Cinzia Rocchi,and "Exploring Biological and Social Anthropology" by Ed Owles.
If you are curious to find out what types of activities are offered at the event, take a look at the workshops given in 2010:
LAD 2010 Workshop descriptions (pdf - 138.12KB).
For a glimpse at the LAD 2010 event and other RAI Education Outreach events, take a look at our photo gallery by following this link: www.flickr.com/photos/raieducation
For A-level, FE, and lifelong learning students
The London Anthropology Day is an opportunity for Year 12, 13, FE and lifelong learning students to learn about anthropology and get a taste of the diversity of sub-disciplines and degree programmes offered. You’ll meet current students and lecturers from many anthropology departments and get a chance to experience first-hand what it is like to study anthropology at university.
For Careers Advisors and AimHigher Co-ordinators.
Places are reserved for Careers Advisors and AimHigher co-ordinators in order to sustain the widening participation aims of the day.
For Teachers
The London Anthropology Day provides a valuable opportunity for teachers interested in developing anthropology within the National Curriculum to meet, discuss ideas and find out more about the Anthropology A-level and anthropology within the International Baccalaureate. Every year we provide a teachers' only workshop in addition to the workshops delivered by univerisites throughout the day. If you are interested in anthropology at the pre-university level, contact the Royal Anthropological Institute’s Education Officer, Nafisa Fera at education@therai.org.uk to join our teachers' network and get regular updates on activities, events and resources.
For current undergraduate/postgraduate anthropology students
Every year we recruit around 20 anthropology students to volunteer for the day. This is a great opportunity for students to become involved in outreach educational activities, meet other anthropology students and lecturers and find out more about postgraduate degrees or jobs within different sectors. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer please contact the Royal Anthropological Institute's Education Officer, Nafisa Fera at education@therai.org.uk for more information.
The 2010 event
The seventh London Anthropology Day took place on 8th July 2010. A record number of over 350 participants attended the day, making it the largest LAD event to date. Eighteen universities from Wales, Ireland, and England provided workshops on human evolution, forensics, music and dance, material culture and visual anthropology. The day was organised by Nafisa Fera the Royal Anthropological Institute's Education Officer, in collaboration with Dr. Ben Burt from the British Museum. To find out what the day was like take a look at our photo gallery: www.flickr.com/photos/raieducation
Archive of London Anthropology Day
Find out about previous LADs through our London Anthropology Day Event Archive (pdf - 138.12KB).
