African studies in English in the spring 2021
2020-10-05
October 15, 2020 is the final date for applying to ours courses in African Studies. From Spring 2021, our fulltime course in African Studies is taught in English as a way to open up for more students.
African Studies A 2020/2021 (30 credits/ECTS)
The aim of the course is to provide basic knowledge in the field of African Studies and its theoretical and methodological points of departure. The course offers an introduction, grounded in the humanities and social sciences, to African societies and countries, including the African diaspora. The course also highlights Afro-Swedish relations, links and contexts. Through the combination of interdisciplinary perspectives, the course provides tools for analyzing complex historical and contemporary contexts.
In addition to the full time course in African Studies, each module may be studied as an individual course. It allow you to follow your special interests and your wish to take an additional course at the same time as you study your full-time education elsewhere.
African History, Culture and Society 2020/2021 (7.5 credits)
Africa in the 2000s 2020/2021 (7.5 credits)
African Cultural Expressions and Artistic Creativity 2020/2021 (7.5 credits)
Afro-Swedish Relations Past and Present 2020/2021 (7.5 credits)
News
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Susann Baez Ullberg and Framtidsakademin - an open lecture on when the worst has happened
2021-10-27
Welcome to an open lecture (in swedish) “When the worst has happened. Memory, oblivion and morality after disasters” with Susann Baez Ullberg, Associate senior lecturer, Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology, Uppsala University!
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Göran Nygrens omtalade forskning
2021-10-26
Since his dissertation in June, Nygren and his research have been mentioned in the media frequently.
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Katarina Graffman and others: "The climate is not saved with consumer information" (in Swedish)
2021-09-27
Despite the lack of scientific support for changing private consumption by informing consumers about the sustainable properties of products, such methods dominate, write Cecilia Solér, Robin Bankel, Katarina Graffman and Jacob Östberg (editorial translation).
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Summer School: Anthropology of Development & Social Dynamics
2021-09-13
Between Wednesday 15 Sept. and Friday 17 Sept. 2021, the 13th European Summer School for the Anthropology of Development and Social Dynamics will be hosted by the Dept. of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology, and the Forum for Africa Studies at Uppsala University.
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Parental support crucial for better school performance
2021-09-09
Göran Nygren’s dissertation, shows how privileged pupils with a large array of resources at hand benefit from today’s school system and how others are disadvantaged. Nygren has examined how lower-secondary school pupils achieve high grades at schools that also have above average performance.
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Seminar: The office of the future - bubbles and people
2021-07-02
How can working life put people at the center? How can we avoid polarization? How can we create social sustainability?
Within Almedalen Week, the Stockholm School of Economics is organizing a seminar in swedish where you will meet two researchers who have looked at this.
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Inauguration of an international conference
2021-06-17
On Wednesday 16 June 2021, Vice-Chancellor of Uppsala University, Professor Anders Hagfeldt, inaugurated the International Conference Beyond Crisis and Insecurity: Cultural Creativity, Popular Struggle and Social Change in West Africa.
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Mats Utas participates at the Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development conference
2021-05-05
He is on a research panel with Sweden’s permanent representative to the UN, Anna Karin Engström, and Liberia’s Minister of Finance, Samuel Tweah, among others.
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Interview with Susann Baez Ullberg on the Argentinian National Radio
2021-04-30
On the occasion of the 18th anniversary of the catastrophic flood that hit the city of Santa Fe in Argentina on April 29, 2003, Susann Baez Ullberg was interviewed in live broadcast on the Argentinian National Radio about her research on memory and oblivion after this disaster.
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NEW BOOK (in Swedish): Megaprojects: Critical perspectives on large-scale infrastructures
2021-04-30
The Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography (SSAG) publishes a yearbook in Swedish called Ymer. Gabriella Körling (Stockholm University) and Susann Baez Ullberg at this department are the editor of this year's edition, which deals with megaprojects.
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Kritisk etnografi 2020 vol 3 is now released
2021-04-12
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Susann Baez Ullberg talks in webinar about disaster myths
2021-03-29
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Symposium with Claudia Merli: Evidence in Virulent Times
2021-03-24
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Mats Utas talks about the school kidnappings in Nigeria
2021-03-19
Plan International Sweden fights for a fair world that strengthens children's rights and girls' equal opportunities. Despite the worldwide involvement of #BringBackOurGirls, armed groups continue to abduct children in Nigeria and its neighbors.
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JUST PUBLISHED: Mhola – The Utopia of Peace
2021-03-18
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Mats Utas om kidnappningarna i Nigeria i SVT Nyheter
2021-03-15
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How does migration sound? Owe Ronström och Dan Lundberg
2021-02-10
New book! How does migration sound? What significance does music have for migrants - and for those who already live in the country? How does music affect integration and community building?
Such issues are discussed by a group of Nordic music ethnologists in the book Sounds of Migration. Out now!
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New publication by the Forum for Africa Studies
2021-02-09
Uppsala Papers in Africa Studies 6
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Ella Johansson about sharing the bill
2020-12-11
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Time for late applications in African Studies
2020-12-09
Courses in African Studies in Spring 2021 will open for late application on 15 December 2020.
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Susann Baez Ullberg leads the way to a new research area
2020-12-04
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Burkina Faso: A well-conducted election
2020-12-01
Sten Hagberg writes about the presidential and parliamentary elections in Burkina Faso that were held on Sunday, November 22, 2020.
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Premiär för podcasten Graffman & Nordström!
2020-11-24
Katarina Graffman startar en samhällspodd tillsammans med Daniel Nordström.
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Professor Sten Hagberg on developments in Burkina Faso
2020-11-19
Professor Sten Hagberg was interviewed in Global Podd #38 about developments in Burkina Faso. Now he is publishing an analysis about Burkina Faso that might be a democratic model in West Africa.
About 20 minutes into the podcast you can hear Sten.
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African studies in English in the spring 2021
2020-10-05
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Claudia Merli in Anthropology Today
2020-10-02
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Claudia Merli on ”Gender and Culture in Southern Thailand”, 26 Sept.
2020-09-25
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Birgitta Meurling in student radio
2020-09-15
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Sten Hagberg: Rätt avsätta en president?
2020-08-26
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More about Mali
2020-08-24
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Sten Hagberg on the coup in Mali
2020-08-24
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Mats Utas on the situation in Mali
2020-08-24
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Annika Teppo in Finnish radio
2020-07-29
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Katarina Graffman in TV4
2020-07-28
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Heidi Moksnes have passed away
2020-07-28
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Sten Hagberg in Slovenian radio
2020-07-22
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Sten Hagberg interviewed by ICLD
2020-07-02
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kritisk etnografi now as hard copy
2020-06-15
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Graffman & Kurkiala discuss the crisis
2020-06-14
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Sanatoriums as a sociocultural arena
2020-06-10
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Annika Teppo on Sweden's COVID-19-response
2020-06-04
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New issue of Kritisk Etnografi
2020-05-17
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Female leadership in Burkina Faso
2020-05-12
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New book: Katarina Graffman co-author
2020-05-09
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Mats Utas in Swedish Public Radio
2020-05-05
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High school anthropology
2020-04-10
High school students in Uppsala can study anthropology during their final year. By 2019/20, it was offered for the first time for one class. But due to the subject’s popularity, it is being expanded to two classes for the next academic year.
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Human-centered urban development
2020-04-08
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Anthropology against epidemics
2020-04-06
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Coronavirus: Testing and trust differs
2020-04-02
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Ebola knowledge important in Corona times
2020-04-01