Key dates

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15 Jul 2026

02 Oct 2026

Call for panels, roundtables and wokshops 15 July-02 Oct 2026

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09 Nov 2026

18 Jan 2027

Call for Papers & Posters 09 Nov-18 Jan 2027

01 Feb 2027

02 Feb 2027

Papers marked up 01 Feb 2027

19 Jan 2027

26 Jan 2027

Transfer process: 19 Jan-26 Jan 2027

01 Apr 2027

17 May 2027

Early Bird registration 1 April-17 May 2027

31 Aug 2027

04 Sep 2027

Congress 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 Portuguese Anthropological Association (APA).

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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 Portuguese Anthropological Association (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)

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

Portuguese Anthropological Association (APA)

Website

COMMITTEES

Clara Saraiva (ICS-UL)

Convenor

Antónia Pedroso de Lima

ISCTE-IUL/CRIA, Portugal

Co-convenor

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

(alphabetical order)

Ana Maria Silva

CIAS/UC, 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

Carlos Almeida

CH-ULisboa, Portugal

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

Amélia Frazão Moreira

FCSH/CRIA, Portugal

Congress production

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

Johann Sander

Lead congress administrator

admin(at)waucongress2027.org

Morgan Mattingly

Congress administrator

admin(at)waucongress2027.org