Courses and programmes at the department

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The programme is taught in English. Read more and apply here!

Courses and programmes

We offer basic level courses and programs as well as advanced level studies in Social Anthropology.

Incoming exchange students

Welcome to the Department of Social Anthropology! Here you can find information for incoming exchange students.

Research

Global and comparative perspective toward the diversity of social and cultural forms of the contemporary world.

Publications

Find our researchers publications in the DIVA database.

Remaking Detroit

PhD student Simon Johansson's research project draws on case studies conducted in Detroit, United States.

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Read more about our different seminars at the department.

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News

2023-04-25

Department of Social Anthropology

New volume on Seeds and Food Sovereignty showcased in the Locavore

Chasing Millets in North Bengal and Sikkim: An Excerpt From Seeds and Food Sovereignty featured in the Locavore

2023-04-25

Department of Social Anthropology

New issue of kritisk etnografi

The new issue of kritisk etnografi – Swedish Journal of Anthropology 2023, Vol 6, Issue 1, is now published. Kritisk Etnografi is accessible online. Always. Everywhere. And for Everyone.

2023-04-19

Department of Social Anthropology

Podcast on Myanmar with Tomas Cole

Tomas Cole and Kristina Simion discuss the violence that has spread across Myanmar since the 2021 coup.

2023-04-19

Department of Social Anthropology

Roundup: Ecography Roundtable

Roundup of the Ecography Roundtable hosted by the department of social anthropology in May 2022.

Calendar

May

Seminar

An ethnographic approach of politics in one-company towns in Brazil

Research seminar with Andreza Aruska de Souza Santos from the Latin American Centre, University of Oxford

An ethnographic approach of politics in one-company towns in Brazil

Research seminar with Andreza Aruska de Souza Santos from the Latin American Centre, University of Oxford

June

Seminar

BIOrdinary reading group

This time, we will be delving into the text, "Loss and Wonder at the World's End" written by Laura A. Ogden.

BIOrdinary reading group

This time, we will be delving into the text, "Loss and Wonder at the World's End" written by Laura A. Ogden.

September

Seminar

80 percent seminar with Isabella Strömberg

Opponent: Anna Ambrose, Södertörn

80 percent seminar with Isabella Strömberg

Opponent: Anna Ambrose, Södertörn

26 October

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27 October

Thesis defence

Ruination Roundtable

By using ruination as a key concept, this roundtable aims to capture multiple aspects of the construction of destruction and to explore how to unfold ruination ethnographically.

Ruination Roundtable

By using ruination as a key concept, this roundtable aims to capture multiple aspects of the construction of destruction and to explore how to unfold ruination ethnographically.

Department of Social Anthropology

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News

New volume on Seeds and Food Sovereignty showcased in the Locavore

New issue of kritisk etnografi

Podcast on Myanmar with Tomas Cole

Roundup: Ecography Roundtable

Calendar

An ethnographic approach of politics in one-company towns in Brazil

An ethnographic approach of politics in one-company towns in Brazil

BIOrdinary reading group

BIOrdinary reading group

80 percent seminar with Isabella Strömberg

80 percent seminar with Isabella Strömberg

Ruination Roundtable

Ruination Roundtable

Department of Social Anthropology

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