Welcome
Cultural Anthropologists and Ethnologists want to understand people and the way they organize socially, politically and culturally. Through long term fieldwork and ethnographic writing, we create knowledge about social forms and cultural expressions in Sweden and Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia and Melanesia.
What is Anthropology?
What is Ethnology?
Study Information
Remember that you who have been admitted need to accept course places to keep them. In order to then be able to start your studies you also need to register for the courses you want to take.
On our department page for study information, you will find information about course registration periods and about the learning platform Studium which is the place where you will find all the necessary information when you study a course with us.
Aktuellt på institutionen
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The department has three open postdoctoral positions!
2023-11-08
One of the open positions is in ethnology, the other two in anthropology within the department's two research environments Engaging Vulnerability and Uppsala University´s Forum for African Studies. Postdoctoral positions are mainly aimed at researchers who received their PhD less than three years ago. We are looking forward to your application by November 30th!
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Sahel symposium: Public Services and Citizen Perspectives in Times of Crisis
2023-11-28
The Symposium is jointly organized by Uppsala University’s Forum for Africa Studies and Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s Sahel and West Africa Programme; 14-15 December 2023.
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Ulrika Trovalla receives funding from Formas
2023-11-15
Cultural anthropologist Ulrika Trovalla has previously researched how people interact with infrastructure in the Nigerian city of Jos. Ulrika has now been granted research funding from Formas for a project on Swedish electricity as infrastructure for forecasting. The project is based on the situation when Swedish electricity prices sharply increased in the winter of 2022, and how it affected people's use of and thoughts about electricity.
Nyheter
- The department has three open postdoctoral positions! 2023-11-08
- Sahel symposium: Public Services and Citizen Perspectives in Times of Crisis 2023-11-28
- Ulrika Trovalla receives funding from Formas 2023-11-15
- Göran Nygren granted research funding 2023-11-08
- C-Urge Kick Off Event 2023-11-08
- New funds to project with Katarina Graffman 2023-10-20
- Cultural Anthropology celebrates 60 Years at Uppsala University 2023-09-28
- Guest PhD student 2023-09-20
- Three new colleagues in Anthropology 2023-09-20
- Ethnology 75 years in Uppsala! 2023-08-31
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Publications
Books, book chapters, articles and PhD dissertations published by members of the faculty