Emilie Le Febvre @emilieklefebvre.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Thank you to Archivo for the opportunity to present my book. Grateful for the thoughtful discussion and the space for such engaging conversations around photography and history. 040
Reposted by Emilie Le FebvreSociety for Anthropological Sciences @anthrosciences.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Submissions are now open for the 2025 SAS Carol R. Ember Book Prize. This prize recognizes books whose significant theoretical, empirical, or methodological contributions to anthropology embody the mission of SAS to advance the scientific study of human societies.societyforanthropologicalsciences.orgSociety for Anthropological Sciences Carol R. Ember Book PrizeSubmissions are now open for the 2025 SAS Carol R. Ember Book Prize. This prize recognizes books whose significant theoretical, empirical, o... 015
Emilie Le Febvre @emilieklefebvre.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Exciting news: My book Photography and Making Bedouin Histories is now available in paperback! www.routledge.com/Photography-... #anthropology #oxford_anthro #photohist #arthistory #history #visualculture #routledgebooksroutledge.comPhotography and Making Bedouin Histories in the Naqab, 1906-2013: An Anthropological ApproachIntroducing a novel anthropological study of photography in the Middle East, Emilie Le Febvre takes us to the Naqab Desert where Bedouin use photographs to make, and respond to, their own histories. S... 193
Reposted by Emilie Le FebvreUniversity of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · 09/06/2025To help make our archival materials more accessible, the Digital Archive of the Middle East (DAME) has made thousands of images & documents available online with metadata in English, Arabic and (where relevant) Sorani Kurdish: dame.exeter.ac.uk #InternationalArchivesDay #ArchivesAreAccessible 0246
Reposted by Emilie Le FebvreMartin Jürgens @martinjuergens.bsky.social · 19/05/2025This amazing book just came out, and I received my author’s copy. It has been a massive collaborative affair with many authors and fantastic editors and coordinators. Congratulations to all! I can’t wait to dig into the 567 (!) pages. #conservation #photography #photoconservation #books #amazing 0254
Reposted by Emilie Le FebvreContemporary Levant @contemplevant.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Fully funded PhD scholarship in Dublin on Rural and Tribal History of the Modern Middle East (c.1870-c.1945), lead supervisor M. Talha Çiçek: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMR712/p...jobs.ac.ukPhD Studentship - Rural and Tribal History of the Modern Middle East (c.1870-c.1945) at University College DublinApply for a PhD Studentship - Rural and Tribal History of the Modern Middle East (c.1870-c.1945). Discover a wide range of PhD opportunities at jobs.ac.uk. 066
Reposted by Emilie Le FebvreContemporary Levant @contemplevant.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Looking for a new read? The list of books we'd like reviewing for Contemporary Levant is here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Subjects include Syrian charities, German Jewish scholars of the 'orient', Lebanese street art, Arab leftists in the USSR, Palestine's Nabi Musa festival, and many more...docs.google.comBooks for review in Contemporary LevantThis table lists books that are open for review in Contemporary Levant. We are a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed academic journal covering, broadly speaking, the history, culture, politics, society, e... 132
Reposted by Emilie Le FebvreRobin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 29/01/2025In collaboration with 6 global partners & with support from our distinguished faculty, we are proud to offer 50 free lectures spanning 15 methods modules. These lectures provide innovative instruction on various mixed methods used in anthropology & allied fields (www.youtube.com/@methods4all_)youtube.comMethods 4 AllThis methods4all channel is funded by the National Science Foundation in partnership with the American Anthropological Association and the Society for Applied Anthropology, and an ever-growing list of... 22012
Emilie Le Febvre @emilieklefebvre.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Coming soon! New book chapter - Reciprocating Place: Photo Archives and Bedouin in the Naqab Desert - www.routledge.com/Photo-Archiv...routledge.comPhoto Archives and the Place of PhotographyThis collection of chapterss investigates the effects of mobility and place on a range of photographic archives and explores their potential for cross-disciplinary dialogue. The book explores photogra... 172
Reposted by Emilie Le FebvreProf. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Associate Professorship in the History of Contemporary Art with a Tutorial Fellowship- University of Oxford - Department of History of Art / Faculty of History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLM069/a...jobs.ac.ukAssociate Professorship in the History of Contemporary Art with a Tutorial Fellowship at University of OxfordAn academic position as a Associate Professorship in the History of Contemporary Art with a Tutorial Fellowship is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional... 01110
Emilie Le Febvre @emilieklefebvre.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Remembering Prof Clinton Bailey, a renowned expert on Bedouin culture and poetry. He created one of the largest archives of Naqab and Sinai Bedouin oral history. www.nli.org.il/en/at-your-s...nli.org.ilClinton Bailey Archive of Bedouin CultureThe National Library is home to a unique research collection documenting the rich oral culture of Bedouin communities in Israel, Jordan, and the Sinai desert. 052
Emilie Le Febvre @emilieklefebvre.bsky.social · 07/01/2025In 2020, my DPhil supervisor, Prof Marcus Banks unexpectedly passed away. Today, Dr Chihab El Khachab and Prof David Zeitlyn announced that they have edited the first volume of his collected works which will come out June 2025. 1112
Reposted by Emilie Le FebvreOxford School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography @oxford-anthro.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Find out how humans have sought answers to life’s big questions at the NEW @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social exhibition 'Oracles, Omens and Answers' Co-curated by David Zeitlyn (Professor of Social Anthropology) the exhibition explores the world of divination. 🔗 visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/oracle...visit.bodleian.ox.ac.ukOracles, Omens and AnswersFree exhibition at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford. Discover how people have sought answers to life’s big questions throughout history 032
Reposted by Emilie Le FebvreJames_AL_Downs @magiclantern.bsky.social · 10/12/2024I think it would have to be 'Photography and Making Bedouin Histories in the Naqab, 1906-2013' by @emilieklefebvre.bsky.social for #RoutledgeHistory for me this year 121
Reposted by Emilie Le FebvreOpen Encyclopedia of Anthropology @anthroencyclo.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Entry from the archive: #History (and #Anthropology) by Prof. Eric Hirsch www.anthroencyclopedia.com/entry/historyanthroencyclopedia.comHistoryAnthropology and history are inseparable, sharing concerns with societies other than the one we currently inhabit—whether in time or in space. This entry considers how the relation between anthropolog... 093
Emilie Le Febvre @emilieklefebvre.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Call for ethnographic films! #anthropology #film blogs.helsinki.fi/fasconferenc...blogs.helsinki.fiCall for Films – COMPARISONS – Helsinki 2025 040
Emilie Le Febvre @emilieklefebvre.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Co-panel w/ Prof Aref Abu Rabia, ‘Curating Desert Cultures’ at The Royal Anthropology Institute’s Anthropology and Education conference (2024), University of London. 010
Reposted by Emilie Le FebvreRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Regional Council for Unrecognised Bedouin Villages in the Negev spokesperson condemned the demolition of the Bedouin village of Umm Al-Hiran in the Negev desert, as "another chapter in the ethnic cleansing and expulsion of Arabs in this country." www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241114-isr...middleeastmonitor.comIsrael demolishes last mosque in Bedouin village in Negev desertIsrael this morning bulldozed the last remaining building in the Umm Al-Hiran Bedouin village of the Negev (Naqab) desert, a mosque, to make way for the construction of Jewish-only settlements. 0128
Reposted by Emilie Le FebvreSteffen Siegel @steffensiegel.bsky.social · 16/11/2024For its 41st iteration, a special issue dealing with photo albums, the journal “View. Theories and Practices of Visual Culture” is looking for contributions. Submissions are due on December 10, 2024. Here is the call for papers:pismowidok.org#41 Photo albums | View. Theories and Practices of Visual CultureCFP for 41 issue of View: Photoalbums 043
Reposted by Emilie Le FebvrePat Yale @patyale.bsky.social · 16/11/2024UNESCO to demand protection for Lebanon's historic monuments, not least the ruins at #Baalbek, which are threatened by Israeli actions. www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/11/07/u...theartnewspaper.comUnesco calls for emergency session to protect Lebanese heritage sitesIsraeli strikes across southern and eastern Lebanon have damaged and threatened several important monuments, while Baalbek remains in peril 14925
Emilie Le Febvre @emilieklefebvre.bsky.social · 16/11/2024www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.com‘A visual testament to Palestinian society’: inside a powerful new photography bookTimely new book Against Erasure shows the ‘breadth and richness’ of Palestine before the Nakba in 1948 when 750,000 people were forced from their homes 063
Reposted by Emilie Le FebvreWorld Council of Anthropological Associations @wcaa.bsky.social · 02/07/2024Call for Papers | Displaying the British Museum: Past, Present, Future British Museum, London Conference: Thursday 20–Friday 21 February 2025 Deadline to apply: Friday 30 August 2024 Info: britishartnetwork.org.uk/uncategorise... 043
Emilie Le Febvre @emilieklefebvre.bsky.social · 16/11/2024My new book! Photography and Making Bedouin Histories in the Naqab, 1906-2013: An Anthropological Approach |Routledge| #bedouin #naqab #photohist #visualanthro #anthropology #middleeasthistory 1378