News & events
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11 12 ‘Being there for our neighbours’. Volunteering during the pandemic and the depoliticization of volunteer support networks in England.
On 11 December, Dr. Rosie Read (Bournemouth University) will give a talk entitled ‘Being there for our neighbours’: Volunteering during the pandemic and the depoliticization of volunteer support networks in England.
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22 10 Shifting States: EASA Anthropologies of the State Network Conference
From 22 to 24 October 2025, the EASA Network on Anthropologies of the State takes place at the UvA. The conference Shifting States will convene to examine shifting forms of state power and governance amid ongoing global crises. The conference explores how conflicts, migration restrictions, economic inequality, and technological developments such as artificial intelligence generate new tensions between citizens and state institutions. The keynote speaker is Alice von Bieberstein
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4 11 Intermediate bodies: mothers, neighbourhoods and the elastic welfare state in France
On 4 November Alice Daquin will be the next speaker for the Welfare Futures Seminar Series. In her talk Intermediate Bodies: Mothers, Neighbourhoods and the Elastic Welfare State in France she will explore how everyday actors such as mothers and local communities interact with and reshape state welfare structures, revealing the flexible, often invisible layers through which care, responsibility, and governance are negotiated in contemporary France.