Upcoming Events
Past events
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
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
CRIC 2020 Annual Conference | Disruption and the multi-lateral system after COVID-19
21st – 23rd September 2020 (online)
21 September
- From conflict to Covid: how shared experiences shape our world and how they could improve it | Harvey Whitehouse
22 September
- America at the crossroads: Racial polarization or interracial partnership | Michael Cowan
- An update on developments with CRIC | John Alderdice
23 September
- So what have we learnt about disruption and the multi-lateral system after COVID-19? | John Alderdice & Scott Atran
Practical Applications of Social Cohesion in Southeast Asia
16 January 2020
British High Commission Kuala Lumpur's International Young Leadership Programme Workshop, Magdalen College, Oxford
