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The recently established Centre for Images and Texts in Antiquity at the University of Aberdeen invites you to its inaugural event on the anthropology of images and of figuration on Thursday, 20 November 2025.
The event will feature Professor Philippe Descola (Collège de France),one of the leading anthropologists in the world today. He will introduce us to his work on visual culture and figuration at:
[1] the seminar ‘Forms of the Visible: Anthropology and Ontology’
(10:00-11:45 am, SDR Library, Floor 2, Room 224)
and
[2] the lecture ‘World-making: An Anthropology of Figuration’
(5:30-6:15 pm, SDR Library, Floor 7, Meeting Room 1)
To register your attendance, please click here.
Professor Joachim Schaper and Professor John Behr, the Co-Directors of the Centre, are looking forward to seeing you.
Note: the image accompanying this announcement comes from the book cover of Professor Descola’s most recent book, Forms of the Visible: An Anthropology of Figuration, Polity Press, Cambridge, 2025. [https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=forms-of-the-visible-an-anthropology-of-figuration--9781509561964]
- Speaker
- Professor Philippe Descola (Collège de France)
- Venue
- The Sir Duncan Rice Library
- Contact
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To register your attendance, please click here.