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)
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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
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Reactions to the Coronavirus
2020-03-27
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Elisa Maria López media curator for the exhibition Kiruna Forever
2020-03-11
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The book Post-Truth, Fake News wins PESA Book Award. Mats Hyvönen co-editor.
2020-02-11
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Owe Ronström in seminar at the cultural-political convention Folk och Kultur
2020-02-10
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Debate article by Mats Utas, Sten Hagberg, and Patrick Konde in Upsala Nya Tidning
2020-02-06
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Molly Sundberg awarded project grant by the Swedish Research Council
2020-01-27
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Debate article response from Don Kulick in Swedish newspaper DN
2020-01-17
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Katarina Graffman holds TEDx Tallk
2020-01-08
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The Swedish Research Council makes film on Sten Hagberg's research in Burkina Faso
2019-12-16
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Katarina Graffman in Swedish Public Radio
2019-12-12
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Kristina Helgesson Kjellin appointed docent
2019-12-05
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Anna Baral awarded the Westin Prize 2019
2019-11-28
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Sverker Finnström in Swedish newspaper UNT
2019-11-27
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Claudia Merli awarded the Lutteman Scolarship
2019-11-11