European Association of Social Anthropologists

The European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) is an organization of scholars in the field of anthropology founded in 1989. EASA serves as a major professional organization for social anthropologists working in Europe. It is supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. The 2015-2016 President of EASA is Thomas Hylland Eriksen.^[1]

History

EASA was founded in 1989 with 22 participants from 13 European countries and the United States in the Italian city Castelgandolfo. Among its founding members were the anthropologists Philippe Descola and Adam Kuper.

EASA seeks to advance anthropology in Europe by organizing biennial conferences, by establishing special interest working groups, and by facilitating the development of its academic journal, Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Social (SA/AS).

1990, 1st EASA Conference: University of Coimbra, Portugal
1992, 2nd EASA Conference: University of Prague, Czech Republic
1994, 3rd EASA Conference: University of Oslo, Norway
1996, 4th EASA Conference: Catalan Institute of Anthropology (ICA), Barcelona, Spain
1998, 5th EASA Conference: Frobenius-Institute, Frankfurt, Germany
2000, 6th EASA Conference: Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
2002, 7th EASA Conference: University of Copenhagen, Denmark
2004, 8th EASA Conference: University of Vienna, Austria
2006, 9th EASA Conference: University of Bristol, UK
2008, 10th EASA Conference: University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
2010, 11th EASA Conference: National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland
2012, 12th EASA Conference: Paris West University Nanterre La Défense, France
2014, 13th EASA Conference: Tallinn University, Estonia