The AAS is seeking an Administrator. This is a part-time role, perfect for adminsitrative/operations professionals with an interest in anthropology seeking flexibility...

We were recently asked on our view of the current Voice to Parliament debate. This important debate must be led by Indigenous peoples and communities, and views across communities vary. We therefore do not take a specific position.

It is with great pleasure that we announce AAS2023 will be held...

This year's AAS Distinguished Lecture will be by Associate Professor Kathleen Butler, Head of Institute of Wollotuka Institute at the University of Newcastle...

In 2019, after the shooting of Kumanjayi Walker, TAJA commissioned a special issue on the ongoing issue of settler-colonial violence in Australia. As the coronial inquest continues, TAJA have just released this special issue...

Nominations are now open for the AAS President Elect position on the Exec. To apply...

Congratulations go to Hanne Worsoe for receiving the Engaged Anthropology grant!

The AAS Executive is issuing this statement of solidarity with anthropologists of all genders, and across all geographies, who are facing or have faced sexual harassment and assault in their places of work. We acknowledge with concern that this occurs in anthropology and is fostered and supported by what happens in the academy at large. We also recognise the bravery of those who have spoken out, and those who have listened and made space for them to be heard.

After five years of extraordinary service as the AAS administrator, Jo Thurman has taken up a new position in Darwin. It is hard for us to not overstate the contribution that Jo has made to the Society in her role.

Director of National Parks is seeking quotes for the mapping of cultural values, benefits to Traditional Owners and key performance criteria...

In the wake of #MeToo and the global COVID-19 pandemic, the relationships between feminisms and publics need urgent re-examination. We invite paper proposals for a one-day workshop at the University of Melbourne and online on Thursday 4 May 2023.

This Special Issue seeks to put in dialogue research focusing on religious and spiritual practices that take place outside institutional frameworks and in people’s everyday lives. The editors are interested in the presence of new spiritualities in daily life, whether understood as re-readings or even breaks from religious traditions.

The AAS expresses its sincere condolences for the recent passing of Jeremy Beckett and pays respects to his family and friends.

Congratulations to AAS Fellow and Professor of Anthropology, Christine Helliwell, who has won the Australian War Memorial's $10,000 Les Carlyon Literary Prize...

It is with grief and condolences that the AAS says vale Uncle Jack Charles...

The AAS honours and pays respects to Archie Roach, Gundjitmara and Bundjalung senior elder, song man, and Indigenous advocate...

The AAS Executive was saddened to hear of the passing of Dr Gaynor Macdonald, Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney...

AlterNative is the International Journal of Indigenous Peoples. Vol. 18(2) Special Issue: Activist Anthropological Scholarship with, and as, Indigenous People in the Global South. Now available online.

Congratulations Assa Doron for winning the prestigious AASA's Reid Prize! Waste of a Nation: Garbage and Growth in India, co-written by Doron and historian Robin Jeffrey...