Events
Networking Event at the British Academy
British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH
Friday 18 October 2024, 13:30-17:00
Changing Lives: tackling penal reform with evidence-based social interventions
Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG
Tuesday 15th of October, 09:15-11:30
Ending Wars
CRIC 2024 – The Conference on the Resolution of Intractable Conflict
Harris Manchester College, Oxford, and on-line, 23rd – 25th September 2024
A Colloquium on ‘Liberalism in Crisis’
A Colloquium on ‘Liberalism in Crisis’
Harris Manchester College, Oxford, 5th – 7th September 2024
Talk at the Chalke History Festival: 'Inheritance: The evolutionary origins of the modern world'
Evelyn Partners Spiegeltent, Broad Chalke, UK
MRS webinar: 'Why We Buy: The evolutionary origins of consumer behaviour'
In this fascinating webinar, Harvey Whitehouse explores the science of consumer behaviour through the lens of our evolutionary history.
Online webinar
Keynote lecture: The Role of ‘Human Nature’ in a Transformed Global Economy
Professor Harvey Whitehouse will be giving a keynote lecture as part of the Nature-based Solutions Conference 2024.
Oxford University Museum of Natural History, UK and online
Book talk: 'Inheritance: The Evolutionary Origins of the Modern World' - Alumni event
Professor Harvey Whitehouse will discuss his latest book ‘Inheritance: The Evolutionary Origins of the Modern World’ with Dr Martha Newson.
London Review Bookshop, 14-16 Bury Pl, London WC1A 2JL
Presentation of international prize: The Fyssen Foundation
Professor Harvey Whitehouse will be giving a 15 minute speech at this event introducing this year’s winner of the international prize.
194 rue de Rivoli 75001 Paris FR
Distinguished Lecture: The Evolutionary Origins of the Modern World
This distinguished lecture by Professor Harvey Whitehouse offers a sweeping account of how our evolved biases have shaped humanity’s past and imperil its future.
Auditorium 3 Jean-Jacques Laffont, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, Université Toulouse Capitole 1, esplanade de l'Université 31080 Toulouse Cedex 06, France
Invited talk: 'Tribe: From cults, gangs, terrorists, and football fans to world religions and humanity at large'
Level 5 seminar room, 62 Hillhead street, Glasgow and via Zoom
Lecture: 'Conformism, religiosity and tribalism: Evolutionary roots of the modern world'
The Institute of Psychology invites you to a lecture by Harvey Whitehouse, professor of social anthropology at the University of Oxford.
Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Public lecture at the University of Auckland
Cultivating social cohesion: insights from gangs, cults and terrorists
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 5:30 NZDT
Level 4 Lecture Theatre, 10 Symonds Street, Auckland
2024 Non-Fiction Showcase
2024 Non-Fiction Showcase
Tuesday, 6 February 2024, 18:30 BST
The Hoxton, Holborn, London
Talk at the International Science Council, Paris
Addressing affective polarization and protecting social cohesion in the face of rapid technological change
Tuesday 14 November 2023
ISC, 5 Rue Auguste Vacquerie Paris
The Fredrik Barth Memorial Lecture 2023
Against Interpretive Exclusivism
Thursday, 9 November 2023
Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen, Norway
Illustration: Nina B. Dahl
Naturalism, Evolution and Religion: Presentations in Honor of Professor Robert N. McCauley
Against Interpretive Exclusivism
Saturday, 14 October, 4.00 pm - 5.00 pm (EDT)
Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Atlanta, USA
Logo (c) of ECAS
The World History of Ritual Workshop on Ritual Modes
The World History of Ritual Workshop on Ritual Modes sponsored by the European Research Council.
Tuesday, 2 May 2023
Magdalen College, Oxford
The Henry Myers Lecture 2022
Rethinking Ritual: How rituals made our world…and how they could save it
Tue, 7 Jun 2022, 16:00 BST
Magdalen College, Grove Auditorium, Oxford, and online here.
School of Psychology Seminar Series, Queensland University, Brisbane
The Ritual Animal: How rituals made our world… and how they could save it
201-204 McElwain Building, Friday 25 March 2022, 3.00 pm - 4.00 pm (AEST)
Public Lecture, School of Psychology, University of Sydney
The Ritual Animal: How rituals made our world… and how they could save it
Heydon Laurence Lecture Theatre, Friday 11 March 2022, 3pm AEDT
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences Colloquium
Emotions in Everyday Life and Personality Change
Lowe Theatre, Redmond Barry Building Wednesday 9 March 2022, 5:30 pm AEDT
IACESR Talk Series 2022: A virtual talk with Harvey Whitehouse
How rituals made our world... and how they could save it
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022 at 9am PST to 10:15am PST (12pm EST, 5pm GMT)
RAI Book Launch - The Ritual Animal: Imitation and Cohesion in the Evolution of Social Complexity
A virtual seminar of the Royal Anthropological Institute
Tuesday 1 March 2022, 4.00pm-6.00pm (GMT)
Rivalry Within and Between Religions: Past, Present and Future Seminar Series
How religious rivalry shapes and is shaped by identity.
5pm, Monday 31 January 2022 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)
Beyond Covid: Solidarity or Fragmentation
Can Social Glue be Used to Fix Broken Societies?
CRIC 2021 Annual Conference
20th – 22nd September 2021 (online)
FoRBLN | Developing a Volatility Index and Fostering Barrier-Crossing Leadership
13 March 2021 (Online)
Freedom of Religion or Belief Leadership Network (FoRBLN) Virtual Workshop
Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion, University of Oxford
Organized by Harvey Whitehouse and Chris Kavanagh
ISCA Seminar Series | Michaelmas Term 2020
Fridays, 3.00 pm (Online)
Convened by Harvey Whitehouse and Nayanika Mathur
School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford
From conflict to Covid: how shared experiences shape our world and how they could improve it
“Disruption and the multi-lateral system after COVID-19”
CRIC 2020 Annual Conference
21st – 23rd September 2020 (online)