The Malinowski Memorial Lecture is an annual lecture series hosted by the Department of Anthropology of the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

in commemoration of Professor

Bronisław Malinowski Bronisław Kasper Malinowski (; 7 April 1884 – 16 May 1942) was a Polish-British anthropologist and ethnologist whose writings on ethnography, social theory, and field research have exerted a lasting influence on the discipline of anthropol ...

, considered one of the most influential figures in the history of the discipline. It has been delivered annually since 1959 by young anthropologists deemed influential to the discipline. Notable speakers include Edmund Leach, Maurice Bloch, Peter Riviere,

Tim Ingold Timothy Ingold (born 1 November 1948INGOLD, Prof. Timothy
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and

David Graeber David Rolfe Graeber (; February 12, 1961September 2, 2020) was an American anthropologist and anarchist activist. His influential work in economic anthropology, particularly his books '' Debt: The First 5,000 Years'' (2011) and ''Bullshit Jobs ...

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