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.
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Researcher of the Month
To highlight the interesting and important research that is produced at the department, we will dive into a new researcher portrait every month. The first is Sverker Finnström!
Existential fears, global wars and to see cracks in the narrative of good versus evil
War and death are themes that cultural anthropologist Sverker Finnström investigates in his research. Issues that can teach us something about human's universal thoughts about life and our place in the world. Starting with the civil war in Uganda, his research has taken him through time and space to Asia during the Second World War. He can also see parallels to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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.
News at the Department
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Art Exhibition
Syrian-Swedish artist Khaled Ahmad exhibits his project Fakturaart at the department, in collaboration with the Engaging Vulnerability research program.
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New column in Antroperspektiv
In the Swedish Anthropological Association's online magazine Antroperspektiv, you can now read a new column on the importance of ethnographic methods in medical research, a theme that is both researched and taught here at the department.
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Our new colleague Kajsa Hallberg Adu
My research turns towards the future as I research youth in Ghana and beyond, student migration, integration, knowledge societies, social media in the classroom, social media in African elections, uses of augmented reality, and recent publications have been on the important issue of decolonizing the academy. At the department, I teach African studies, spring 2023 two courses: A2 Africa in the 2000s and A3 African Cultural Expressions.
Nyheter
- Art Exhibition 2023-03-24
- New column in Antroperspektiv 2023-03-22
- Our new colleague Kajsa Hallberg Adu 2023-03-02
- Summer course in Digital Ethnography 2023-03-01
- Sverker Finnström writes in Antroperspektiv 2023-02-28
- The department's work against discriminatory treatment and for equal opportunities is not just a matter of procedure 2023-02-27
- World Anthropology Day! 2023-02-17
- About the Swedish Research Aid 2023-02-14
- Happy Birthday Birgitta Meurling 2023-02-06
- PhD defense in ethnology 2023-02-03
Calendar
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Research seminar in Cultural Anthropology with Teresa Connor
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Romanian Roma Survivors' Recollections of 1942: Deportations to Transnistria with Dr. Ana Chiritoiu
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Final Seminar Alexander Sallstedt
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Open lecture with Juan M. del Nido on "New technologies and their moral economy of knowledge"
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Research seminar in Ethnology with Jonathan Roper
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Research seminar in Cultural Anthropology with Chakad Ojani
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Research seminar in Ethnology with Malin Stengård
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Research seminar in Cultural Anthropology with Lenore Manderson
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Research seminar in Ethnology with Åmund Norum Resløkken
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Research seminar in Cultural Anthropology with Anais Menard
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