Emilie Le Febvre
@emilieklefebvre.bsky.social
Anthropologist | Research Associate @McGill | DPhil @ Oxford | history, visual culture, digital practices, conflict | Photography and Making Bedouin Histories https://bit.ly/EKLeFebvre | http://www.emilieklefebvre.com
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My new book! Photography and Making Bedouin Histories in the Naqab, 1906-2013: An Anthropological Approach |Routledge|
#bedouin #naqab #photohist #visualanthro #anthropology #middleeasthistory
#bedouin #naqab #photohist #visualanthro #anthropology #middleeasthistory
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Submissions 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.
Society for Anthropological Sciences Carol R. Ember Book Prize
Submissions are now open for the 2025 SAS Carol R. Ember Book Prize. This prize recognizes books whose significant theoretical, empirical, o...
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September 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Submissions 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.
Exciting news: My book Photography and Making Bedouin Histories is now available in paperback!
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#anthropology #oxford_anthro #photohist #arthistory #history #visualculture #routledgebooks
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#anthropology #oxford_anthro #photohist #arthistory #history #visualculture #routledgebooks
Photography and Making Bedouin Histories in the Naqab, 1906-2013: An Anthropological Approach
Introducing 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...
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August 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Exciting news: My book Photography and Making Bedouin Histories is now available in paperback!
www.routledge.com/Photography-...
#anthropology #oxford_anthro #photohist #arthistory #history #visualculture #routledgebooks
www.routledge.com/Photography-...
#anthropology #oxford_anthro #photohist #arthistory #history #visualculture #routledgebooks
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To 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
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#InternationalArchivesDay #ArchivesAreAccessible
June 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
To 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
dame.exeter.ac.uk
#InternationalArchivesDay #ArchivesAreAccessible
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This 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
#conservation
#photography
#photoconservation
#books
#amazing
May 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This 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
#conservation
#photography
#photoconservation
#books
#amazing
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Fully 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...
PhD Studentship - Rural and Tribal History of the Modern Middle East (c.1870-c.1945) at University College Dublin
Apply 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.
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April 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Fully 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...
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Looking 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...
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...
Books for review in Contemporary Levant
This 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...
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February 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Looking 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...
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...
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In 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_)
Methods 4 All
This 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...
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January 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
In 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_)
Coming soon! New book chapter - Reciprocating Place: Photo Archives and Bedouin in the Naqab Desert - www.routledge.com/Photo-Archiv...
Photo Archives and the Place of Photography
This 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...
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January 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Coming soon! New book chapter - Reciprocating Place: Photo Archives and Bedouin in the Naqab Desert - www.routledge.com/Photo-Archiv...
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Associate 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...
Associate Professorship in the History of Contemporary Art with a Tutorial Fellowship at University of Oxford
An 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...
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January 20, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Associate 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...
Remembering 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...
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Clinton Bailey Archive of Bedouin Culture
The National Library is home to a unique research collection documenting the rich oral culture of Bedouin communities in Israel, Jordan, and the Sinai desert.
www.nli.org.il
January 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Remembering 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...
www.nli.org.il/en/at-your-s...
In 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.
January 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
In 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.
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Find 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...
Co-curated by David Zeitlyn (Professor of Social Anthropology) the exhibition explores the world of divination.
🔗 visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/oracle...
Oracles, Omens and Answers
Free exhibition at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford. Discover how people have sought answers to life’s big questions throughout history
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December 13, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Find 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...
Co-curated by David Zeitlyn (Professor of Social Anthropology) the exhibition explores the world of divination.
🔗 visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/oracle...
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I 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
December 10, 2024 at 9:02 PM
I 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
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Entry from the archive: #History (and #Anthropology) by Prof. Eric Hirsch www.anthroencyclopedia.com/entry/history
History
Anthropology 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...
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November 26, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Entry from the archive: #History (and #Anthropology) by Prof. Eric Hirsch www.anthroencyclopedia.com/entry/history
Co-panel w/ Prof Aref Abu Rabia, ‘Curating Desert Cultures’ at The Royal Anthropology Institute’s Anthropology and Education conference (2024), University of London.
November 17, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Co-panel w/ Prof Aref Abu Rabia, ‘Curating Desert Cultures’ at The Royal Anthropology Institute’s Anthropology and Education conference (2024), University of London.
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Regional 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...
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241114-isr...
Israel demolishes last mosque in Bedouin village in Negev desert
Israel 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.
www.middleeastmonitor.com
November 15, 2024 at 5:59 AM
Regional 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...
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241114-isr...
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For 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:
#41 Photo albums | View. Theories and Practices of Visual Culture
CFP for 41 issue of View: Photoalbums
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November 16, 2024 at 2:39 AM
For 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:
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UNESCO 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...
Unesco calls for emergency session to protect Lebanese heritage sites
Israeli strikes across southern and eastern Lebanon have damaged and threatened several important monuments, while Baalbek remains in peril
www.theartnewspaper.com
November 16, 2024 at 5:20 PM
UNESCO 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...
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Call 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...
British Museum, London
Conference: Thursday 20–Friday 21 February 2025
Deadline to apply: Friday 30 August 2024
Info: britishartnetwork.org.uk/uncategorise...
July 2, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Call 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...
British Museum, London
Conference: Thursday 20–Friday 21 February 2025
Deadline to apply: Friday 30 August 2024
Info: britishartnetwork.org.uk/uncategorise...
My new book! Photography and Making Bedouin Histories in the Naqab, 1906-2013: An Anthropological Approach |Routledge|
#bedouin #naqab #photohist #visualanthro #anthropology #middleeasthistory
#bedouin #naqab #photohist #visualanthro #anthropology #middleeasthistory
November 16, 2024 at 5:20 PM
My new book! Photography and Making Bedouin Histories in the Naqab, 1906-2013: An Anthropological Approach |Routledge|
#bedouin #naqab #photohist #visualanthro #anthropology #middleeasthistory
#bedouin #naqab #photohist #visualanthro #anthropology #middleeasthistory