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Royal Anthropological Institute Conference 2024

We are excited to be in attendance at the Royal Anthropological Institute Annual Conference from June 25th to 28th, 2024. If you are attending please stop by our booth and chat to Tom Bonnington, to explore special pricing on display copies and pick up free journal samples.

To celebrate RAI, we are offering a 35% discount on all Anthropology titles until July 12th: Use discount code RAI24 on print and eBooks ordered through our website.

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Featured Titles



In Paperback


The Pursuit of Pleasurable Work

The Pursuit of Pleasurable Work

Craftwork in Twenty-First Century England

Marchand, T. H. J.
Max Gluckman

Max Gluckman

Macmillan, H.
Self in the World

Self in the World

Connecting Life's Extremes

Hart, K.
Crypto Crowds

Crypto Crowds

Singularities and Multiplicities on the Blockchain

Shapiro, M. (ed)
Aspirations of Young Adults in Urban Asia

Aspirations of Young Adults in Urban Asia

Values, Family, and Identity

Westendorp, M., Remmert, D. & Finis, K. (eds)
Ambiguous Childhoods

Ambiguous Childhoods

Peer Socialisation, Schooling and Agency in a Zambian Village

Clemensen, N.
Alfred Cort Haddon

Alfred Cort Haddon

A Very English Savage

Walsh, C.


Featured Series

Higher Education in Critical Perspective: Practices and Policies


Neoliberalizing Diversity in Liberal Arts College Life

Neoliberalizing Diversity in Liberal Arts College Life

Urciuoli, B.
Humboldt Revisited

Humboldt Revisited

The Impact of the German University on American Higher Education

Brandser, G. C.
The Experience of Neoliberal Education

The Experience of Neoliberal Education

Urciuoli, B. (ed)
Death of the Public University?

Death of the Public University?

Uncertain Futures for Higher Education in the Knowledge Economy

Edited by Susan Wright and Cris Shore
Learning Under Neoliberalism

Learning Under Neoliberalism

Ethnographies of Governance in Higher Education

Edited by Susan Brin Hyatt, Boone W. Shear, and Susan Wright
Creating a New Public University and Reviving Democracy

Creating a New Public University and Reviving Democracy

Action Research in Higher Education

Morten Levin and Davydd J. Greenwood
Opening Up the University

Opening Up the University

Teaching and Learning with Refugees

Edited by Céline Cantat, Ian M. Cook, and Prem Kumar Rajaram



Berghahn Anthropology Journals

New in 2024!

Ethnologia Europaea

The journal for the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore

Editors: Patrick Laviolette, Masaryk University, Czechia; Alexandra Schwell, University of Klagenfurt, Austria

Ethnologia Europaea is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal focusing on European cultures and societies, past and present. The journal was first published in 1967, and since then it has acquired a position as the international flagship journal within European Ethnology and related fields. It carries material of great interest for European ethnologists, cultural anthropologists and scholars of folklore, as well as cultural historians and cultural studies scholars worldwide.

Current Issue
Digital Truth-making: Anthropological Perspectives on Right-wing Politics and Social Media in “Post-truth” Societies (Vol. 53, Issue 2)

Berghahn Open Anthropology

BOA/Berghahn Open Anthro - Subscribe-to-Open (S2O) was launched by Berghahn in partnership with Libraria in 2020.

BOA - S2O is a sustainable and equitable open access model which benefits all participants in the publishing ecosystem. The initiative has entered its third year in 2022 in providing full open access to all thirteen journals in the collection. View the collection

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