Events

CSSC Events

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Cornerstone Non-Fiction Showcase

Tuesday, 6 February 2024, 18:30 BST

The Hoxton, Holborn

Talk at the International Science Council, Paris

Addressing affective polarization and protecting social cohesion in the face of rapid technological change

Tuesday 14 November 2023

ISC, 5 Rue Auguste Vacquerie Paris

The Fredrik Barth Memorial Lecture 2023

Against Interpretive Exclusivism

Thursday, 9 November

Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen, Norway

Illustration: Nina B. Dahl

Supporting Research in Vanuatu and the Pacific Island Region

Krishna Kumar Kotra (University of the South Pacific, Emalus Campus, Port Vila)

5pm BST Friday 8 September 2023, 64 Banbury Road (Ground Floor Lecture Room), Oxford

The World History of Ritual Workshop on Ritual Modes

Tuesday, 2 May 2023

Magdalen College, Oxford

RAI: The Henry Myers Lecture 2022

Harvey Whitehouse (Chair in Social Anthropology, University of Oxford and Director of the Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion (CSSC))

Tuesday 7 June, 4.00-6.00pm (BST), Magdalen College Oxford, Grove Auditorium

School of Psychology Seminar Series, Queensland University, Brisbane

The Ritual Animal: How rituals made our world… and how they could save it

201-204 McElwain Building, Friday 25 March 2022, 3.00 pm - 4.00 pm (AEST)

Public Lecture, School of Psychology, University of Sydney

The Ritual Animal: How rituals made our world… and how they could save it

Heydon Laurence Lecture Theatre, Friday 11 March 2022, 3pm AEDT

Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences Colloquium

Emotions in Everyday Life and Personality Change

Lowe Theatre, Redmond Barry Building Wednesday 9 March 2022, 5:30 pm AEDT

How rituals made our world... and how they could save it

IACESR Talk Series 2022: A virtual talk with Harvey Whitehouse

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022 at 9am PST to 10:15am PST (12pm EST, 5pm GMT)

Via Zoom Webinar https://csun.zoom.us/j/83524124227

Webinar ID: 835 2412 4227

RAI Book Launch for The Ritual Animal by Harvey Whitehouse (Chair of Social Anthropology, University of Oxford and Director of the Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion (CSSC))

The RAI is proud to present this book launch event, which discusses a new theory of how ritual has shaped human societies over the millennia.

Tuesday 1 March 2022, 4.00pm-6.00pm (GMT)

This webinar will be held on Zoom, to register go here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqdO2vqz4rGtJL4ohDCd-PfVydU-b80pFO

Harvey Whitehouse | Can social glue be used to fix broken societies?

21 September 2021 - Online

Annual Conference of the Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict

'Beyond Covid: Solidarity or Fragmentation'

Rivalry Within and Between Religions: Past, Present and Future Seminar Series

Mondays, 5pm (in-person and online)

Convened by Paul Seabright (University of Toulouse & All Souls College Oxford)

See the full programme here.

5pm, Monday 31 January 2022 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

How religious rivalry shapes and is shaped by identity.

Professor Harvey Whitehouse (School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford/CSSC, University of Oxford) will deliver a talk titled: “How can we measure and explain global changes in religiosity?”

FoRBLN | Developing a Colatility Index and Fostering Barrier-Crossing Leadership

13 March 2021 - Online

Freedom of Religion and Belief Leadership Network (FoRBLN) Virtual Workshop
Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion, University of Oxford

Organised by Harvey Whitehouse and Chris Kavanagh

Jonathan Lanman | Understanding Unbelief: Across disciplines and across cultures

6 November, 3.00 pm - Online

ISCA Seminar Series | Michaelmas Term 2020
School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford