Courses and programmes at the department

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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.

Welcome to our seminars

Read more about our different seminars at the department.

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News

2025-03-27

Department of Social Anthropology

Special Issue: The Enemy of Kinship and Kinship with the Enemy

Special Issue: The Enemy of Kinship and Kinship with the Enemy, edited by Karin Ahlberg and Panos Kompatsiaris

2024-11-08

Department of Social Anthropology

Anna Gustafsson in the new issue of Anthropology and Aging

The Collateral Damage of Policy Reform: Low-Income Women Retirees, State Feminism, and the Pension System in Sweden.

2024-10-18

Department of Social Anthropology

"Behind the Curtain, Maids of Akihabara" An Ethnographic Film by Sofia Fujiwara

"Behind the Curtain, Maids of Akihabara" An Ethnographic Film by former master student Sofia Fujiwara

2024-08-16

Department of Social Anthropology

Rasmus Rodineliussens doctoral thesis published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Underwater Worlds - An Ethnography of Waste, Pollution, and Marine Life by Rasmus Rodineliussen now published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Calendar

May

Seminar

Return from the field seminar with Ella Hillström

May

Seminar

Research seminar with Nikhil Anand: (Title and abstract to be announced)

May

Seminar

Research seminar with Elena Chiti: "Tensions around history through Egyptian contemporary myths"

May

Seminar

Research seminar with Andrea Petitt: "An artful horseback ethnography of a Rocky Mountain..."

Research seminar with Andrea Petitt: "An artful horseback ethnography of a Rocky Mountain ranching Multispecies Triad"

Research seminar with Andrea Petitt: "An artful horseback ethnography of a Rocky Mountain..."

Research seminar with Andrea Petitt: "An artful horseback ethnography of a Rocky Mountain ranching Multispecies Triad"

Department of Social Anthropology

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Research

News

Special Issue: The Enemy of Kinship and Kinship with the Enemy

Anna Gustafsson in the new issue of Anthropology and Aging

"Behind the Curtain, Maids of Akihabara" An Ethnographic Film by Sofia Fujiwara

Rasmus Rodineliussens doctoral thesis published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Calendar

Return from the field seminar with Ella Hillström

Return from the field seminar with Ella Hillström

Research seminar with Nikhil Anand: (Title and abstract to be announced)

Research seminar with Nikhil Anand: (Title and abstract to be announced)

Research seminar with Elena Chiti: "Tensions around history through Egyptian contemporary myths"

Research seminar with Elena Chiti: "Tensions around history through Egyptian contemporary myths"

Research seminar with Andrea Petitt: "An artful horseback ethnography of a Rocky Mountain..."

Research seminar with Andrea Petitt: "An artful horseback ethnography of a Rocky Mountain..."

Department of Social Anthropology

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