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Key dates

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15 Jul 2026
25 Sep 2026
Call for Panels etc 15 July-25 Sep 2026
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15 Oct 2026
15 Dec 2026
Call for Papers & Posters 15 Oct-15 Dec 2026
05 Jan 2027
05 Jan 2027
Papers marked up 05 Jan 2027
11 Jan 2027
29 Jan 2027
Transfer process: 11 Jan-29 Jan 2027
01 Mar 2027
01 May 2027
Early Bird registration 1 March-1 May 2027
31 Aug 2027
04 Sep 2027
Conference takes place 31 Aug-4 Sep 2027
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Organisers

The 2027 WAU Congress is a joint organization, congregating all the departments, faculties and research centers where Anthropology is taught and/or researched, as well as the Association of Portuguese Anthropology (APA).

The main collaboration is between the two faculties that will be the main venues, the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon (ICS-ULisboa) and ISCTE-Lisbon University Institute, The Center for Research in Anthropology (CRIA) and the Association of Portuguese Anthropology (APA) are collaborators in this organization.

View details of the organisers and their committees below, and for info about the WAU, please visit this page: about The WAU (WORLD ANTHROPOLOGICAL UNION)

ICS-Uni

The Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon (ICS-ULisboa)

Website

ISCTE-Lisbon University Institute

Website

The Center for Research in Anthropology (CRIA)

Website

Association of Portuguese Anthropology (APA)

Website

COMMITTEES

Clara Saraiva (ICS-UL)
Convenor
Antónia Pedroso de Lima
Co-convenor

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

(alphabetical order)

Ana Maria Gama da Silva
UC/ CFE, Portugal
Antónia Pedroso de Lima
ISCTE-IUL/CRIA, Portugal
Bela Feldman-Bianco
UNICAMP, Brazil
Bernard Perley
UBC, Canada
Chiara Pussetti
ICS-UL, Portugal
Clara Saraiva
ICS-UL, Portugal
Daniela Calvo 
KU, Japan
Dwight Read 
UCLA, USA
Ema Pires
UÉvora /IHC, Portugal, UFG, Brasil
Gabriel Darong
RU, South Africa
Gerhard Hoffstaedter
UQ, Australia
Gordon Mathews
CUHK, Hong Kong
Humberto Martins
UTAD/CRIA, Portugal
Irene Rodrigues
ISCSP-UL, Portugal
Joana Lucas
APA/NOVA FCSH, Portugal
João Pina Cabral
ICS-UL, Portugal
Laura Valladares
UAM-Iztapalapa, Mexico
Leonardo Schiocchet
CU, Czech Republic
Manuela Ivone Cunha
UMinho/CRIA, Portugal
Maria Cardeira da Silva
NOVA FCSH/CRIA, Portugal
Paula Mota Santos
UFP, Portugal
Martha Patricia Castañeda
UNAM, México
Natalia Bloch
AMU, Poland
Tânia Minhós
CRIA/NOVA FCSH, Portugal
Teresa L Khawzawl
CU, India

LOCAL/ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Antónia Pedroso Lima
ISCTE-IUL/ CRIA
Chiara Pussetti
ICS-UL /CRIA
Clara Saraiva
ICS-UL
Joana Lucas
APA/NOVA FCSH
Maria Cardeira da Silva
NOVA FCSH/CRIA
Simone Frangella
ISCTE-IUL/CRIA
Tânia Minhós
CRIA/NOVA FCSH

Conference production

For any inquiries, please contact NomadIT, our partner for professional academic conference organisation:

Johann Sander
Lead conference administrator
admin(at)waucongress2027.org
Morgan Mattingly
Conference administrator
admin(at)waucongress2027.org