Anthropology Association of Ireland

Anthropology is a small discipline on the island of Ireland and of relatively recent origins. There are two academic departments: that in Queen’s University, Belfast was established in 1973 (now in the School of History and Anthropology), and that in National University of Ireland Maynooth in 1983. The Anthropological Association of Ireland (AAI) came into being in 1987 with the objective of promoting the discipline by encouraging research and teaching, providing a forum for the exchange of ideas, and promoting acceptable standards of professional conduct.

In addition to anthropologists based in the two academic departments, the AAI has always included as active members people trained in anthropology or working as anthropologists in other academic and research institutions within Ireland and beyond. It currently has one hundred members.

As part of its effort to promote the exchange of ideas, the AAI organises seminars and an annual conference, which alternates between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland (see appendix). It also publishes the Irish Journal of Anthropology: a peer-reviewed journal, which appears twice a year with additional special numbers.

Committee of the Anthropological Association of Ireland 2009 – 2010

Chairperson: Dr Andrew Finlay (Trinity College Dublin)
Vice Chairperson:Dr Chandana Mathur (NUI Maynooth)
Secretary: Attracta Brownlee (NUI Maynooth)

Members:
Sheila Fitzgerald (Queen’s University Belfast), Treasurer
Jaime Rollins-McColgan (Queen’s University Belfast), Membership Secretary
Dr Séamas Ó Síocháin (NUI Maynooth), Journal Editor
Dr Adam Drazin (Trinity College Dublin), Website Officer
David Murphy (NUI Maynooth), Public Relations Officer
Emma Heffernan (NUI Maynooth)
Prof. Máiréad Nic Craith University of Ulster (Magee)
Dr Neil Jarman (Institute for Conflict Research , Belfast)
Dr Fiona Magowan (Queen’s University Belfast)
Ruth McLoughlin (independent scholar)
Thomas Strong (NUI Maynooth)
Ray Casserly (Queen’s University Belfast)

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Contact info

Chairperson: Dr Andrew Finlay - arfinlay@tcd.ie
Secretary: Attracta Brownlee - attracta.m.brownlee@nuim.ie.
http://www.anthropologyireland.org/