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?

Researcher of the Month
Susann Baez Ullberg: People’s relationships with water, the role of anthropology in fighting climate change, and the ethical aspects of environmental degradation
Susann Baez Ullberg is an environmental and disaster anthropologist who specializes in research on human water relations. She is involved in several research networks with a focus on the environment and sustainability, and believes that anthropology can play a crucial role in the fight against climate change and other environmental problems.
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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Chakad Ojani admitted to SCAS cutting-edge research program
2023-06-05
The Department's postdoc Chakad Ojani has been selected for the prestigious Pro Futura Scientia program for promising early-career researchers. For five years, he will further develop his research on the relationship between space infrastructure, environment, and climate change.
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New podcast with Adelaida Caballero
2023-05-31
Adelaida Caballero recently defended her dissertation successfully at the department. Now you can hear her talk about her research about female sexuality and cultural anthropology as a discipline in the Swedish podcast Ett hum om.
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Uppsala anthropologists attend SANT 2023
2023-05-02
Last week, the Swedish Anthropology Association SANT's annual conference is being organized at the Ethnographic Museum in Stockholm, together with Stockholm University. The conference theme this year was Care and the Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology at Uppsala University was represented in many panels and roundtables.
Nyheter
- Chakad Ojani admitted to SCAS cutting-edge research program 2023-06-05
- New podcast with Adelaida Caballero 2023-05-31
- Uppsala anthropologists attend SANT 2023 2023-05-02
- The New Uppsala University´s Forum for Africa Studies is inaugurated! 2023-04-14
- Book talk: Burkina Faso seen from below in 2023 2023-04-13
- Official Opening of Art Exhibition in the Department 2023-04-05
- The New Uppsala University’s Forum for Africa Studies will be launched on Friday, April 14th. 2023-04-03
- New information film about our Bachelor's programme! 2023-04-03
- Adelaida Caballero defends dissertation April 21st 2023-03-30
- Sten Hagberg interviewed about Development Research 2023-03-30
Calendar
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Ethnology celebrates 75 years
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Workshop: Towards an anthropology of capture (online)
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Anthropology celebrates 60 years
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Research seminar in Cultural Anthropology with Andrea Ballestero
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Research seminar in Cultural Anthropology with Lucia Michelutti
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Research seminar in Cultural Anthropology with Morten Axel Pedersen
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Art Exhibition
Publications

Books, book chapters, articles and PhD dissertations published by members of the faculty