Events

RSIS Roundtable on “The Ritual Animal: exploring questions about ritual, human nature, and society”
The Keypoint, RSIS Thursday 20 March 2025, 15.00 SGT

RSIS Seminar: 'Exploring the Bonds that Unite Us'.
Pan Pacific Singapore Hotel, Singapore Thursday 13 March 2025, 15.00 SGT

Heron-Allen Lecture 2025: 'Human Nature, Society, and the Future of Humanity'.
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford Friday 7 March 2025, 17.00

The Making and Unmaking of Humanity
iai TV Live Event Online Monday 3 February 2025, 19.20 BST

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)