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Sahel symposium: Public Services and Citizen Perspectives in Times of Crisis

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 13:50:00 GMT

The Symposium is jointly organized by Uppsala University’s Forum for Africa Studies and Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s Sahel and West Africa Programme; 14-15 December 2023.

Ulrika Trovalla receives funding from Formas

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 11:53:00 GMT

Cultural anthropologist Ulrika Trovalla has previously researched how people interact with infrastructure in the Nigerian city of Jos. Ulrika has now been granted research funding from Formas for a project on Swedish electricity as infrastructure for forecasting. The project is based on the situation when Swedish electricity prices sharply increased in the winter of 2022, and how it affected people's use of and thoughts about electricity.

Göran Nygren granted research funding

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 14:54:00 GMT

FORTE, the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, has granted research funding for ethnologist Göran Nygren's study on the school situation for students with congenital movement disorders. The project will be carried out during the period 2024-2026. Göran Nygren recently defended his doctoral thesis at the department with an acclaimed dissertation on parents' influence on their children's school results.

C-Urge Kick Off Event

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 14:44:00 GMT

In the beginning of October, the department’s two PhD candidates Metztli Sarai Hernández Garcia and Matias Menalled, together with senior lecture Susann Baez Ullberg, participated in the C-Urge network’s kick-off event hosted by KU Leuven in Belgium. C-Urge stands for Anthropology of Global Climate Urgency and is a Marie Skłodowska–Curie Actions Doctoral Network focusing on how the social sciences can contribute to our understanding of and engagement with climate change by attending to the notion of 'urgency' itself.

The department has three open postdoctoral positions!

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 13:12:00 GMT

One of the open positions is in ethnology, the other two in anthropology within the department's two research environments Engaging Vulnerability and Uppsala University´s Forum for African Studies. Postdoctoral positions are mainly aimed at researchers who received their PhD less than three years ago. We are looking forward to your application by November 30th!

New funds to project with Katarina Graffman

Fri, 20 Oct 2023 08:53:00 GMT

The Swedish Energy Agency has granted new funds to the project Tools as a Service, where Katarina Graffman, UU, is responsible for studying and evaluating the project's user-friendliness. In the coming year, the service will be further developed.

Cultural Anthropology celebrates 60 Years at Uppsala University

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 13:07:00 GMT

After the Ethnologists' successful 75th anniversary, it is now time for the department's other discipline to celebrate: Anthropology turns 60!

In addition to a packed anniversary day at the Humanities Theatre on October 20, there will be a full week of events between October 16-23.

Guest PhD student

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 12:24:00 GMT

Sam Kniknie will be guest PhD student with us during the autumn. Welcome!

Three new colleagues in Anthropology

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:35:00 GMT

This semester we welcome three new antrhopologists to the department!

They are Associate Senior Lecturer Mahmoud Keshavarz, and Metztli Sarai Hernández Garcia and Matias Menalled who both are PhD students in the network C-Urge: Anthropology of Global Climate Urgency.

Ethnology 75 years in Uppsala!

Thu, 31 Aug 2023 12:36:00 GMT

This year we celebrate 75 years of ethnolgogical research and teaching at Uppsala University! To celebrate, there will be a full day symposium on September 8th at Campus English Park, with our own researchers and invited guests. What a great start of the semester!

Ana Chiritoiu won Best Dissertation Award

Thu, 31 Aug 2023 11:02:00 GMT

Ana Chiritoiu, post-doctoral researcher at the department, has won the Best Dissertation Award at her alma mater the Central European University. The university has also published a longer interview with Ana about her research and fieldwork among Roma in Romania, which we highly recommend for interesting reading. Congratulations Ana!

Professor Gösta Arvastson (1943-2023)

Wed, 09 Aug 2023 11:46:00 GMT

Professor Emeritus of Ethnology Gösta Arvastson has passed away at the age of 80. Gösta started teaching at the department in 1989 and was promoted full professor eleven years later. His thoughts on the postition of ethnology in academia and society in the early 2000s contributed to the development of the discipline, both on a local level and in the national research environment. Gösta was an articulate and innovative researcher, colleague and friend, who leaves a big void behind, writes Professor Birgitta Meurling in the department's obituary.

Katarina Graffman discussing economic behavior

Wed, 09 Aug 2023 09:28:00 GMT

Katarina Graffman, affiliated cultural anthropologist at the department, is frequently participating in media and contributing important anthropological perspectives in public discussions. Recently she was part of the public service radio-show Ekonomiakuten, addressing how to change bad economic habits.

Researchers protest

Wed, 02 Aug 2023 12:08:00 GMT

In the middle of the summer, the Swedish government announced that they would cut all funding for development research. Many of the department's researchers have signed a national appeal against the decision.

Inna Shvorak- guest researcher from Ukraine

Thu, 29 Jun 2023 08:31:00 GMT

We are very happy to announce that from August 1st and five months onward, Inna Shvorak will be with us as a guest reseracher at the department! Inna is an ethnomusicologist and a folk singer from Ukraine, and has recieved a scholarship from Uppsala University's vice-chancellor to visit us. Click to open this news and read more about Inna and her research.

Meet the Coordination-team of Uppsala University’s Forum for Africa Studies

Tue, 20 Jun 2023 07:02:00 GMT

The Forum for Africa Studies has recruited new staff for carrying out the important mission of this interdisciplinary centre. Dr. Kajsa Hallberg Adu and Dr. Jecinta Okumu are our newest colleagues who will add energy and power to Forum's mission of engaging higher education and research in, on, and with Africa.

Katarina Graffman in TV-show

Wed, 14 Jun 2023 13:47:00 GMT

Katarina Graffman, anthropologist who is affiliated to the department, is discussing the future and what we can know about it, in the Swedish television show Idébyrån.

Welcome Jecinta!

Wed, 14 Jun 2023 13:27:00 GMT

We welcome Jecinta Okumu to the department, one of the new coordinators at Uppsala University's Forum for Africa Studies.

Ethnological research about school grades impacts the public debate

Wed, 14 Jun 2023 09:52:00 GMT

Former PhD student in Ethnology, Göran Nygren, concluded in his dissertation that Swedish pupils with good grades usually have well educated parents who help them a lot with schoolwork. His research has gained a lot of attention in media and public debate. A recent example is that the former minister of education, Lina Axelsson Kihlblom, refered to the dissertation in a debate article about the Swedish school grades system.

Chakad Ojani admitted to SCAS cutting-edge research program

Mon, 05 Jun 2023 06:36:00 GMT

The Department's postdoc Chakad Ojani has been selected for the prestigious Pro Futura Scientia program for promising early-career researchers. For five years, he will further develop his research on the relationship between space infrastructure, environment, and climate change.

New podcast with Adelaida Caballero

Wed, 31 May 2023 09:31:00 GMT

Adelaida Caballero recently defended her dissertation successfully at the department. Now you can hear her talk about her research about female sexuality and cultural anthropology as a discipline in the Swedish podcast Ett hum om.

Uppsala anthropologists attend SANT 2023

Tue, 02 May 2023 07:53:00 GMT

Last week, the Swedish Anthropology Association SANT's annual conference is being organized at the Ethnographic Museum in Stockholm, together with Stockholm University. The conference theme this year was Care and the Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology at Uppsala University was represented in many panels and roundtables.

The New Uppsala University´s Forum for Africa Studies is inaugurated!

Fri, 14 Apr 2023 12:31:00 GMT

Vice-Chancellor of Uppsala University, Professor Anders Hagfeldt, together with Professor Kajsa Ahlstrand and Professor Sten Hagberg.

In 2023, Forum for Africa Studies received funding from the Vice-Chancellor for a broad university-wide mandate, including all university faculties. The full-day launching event started with Vice-Chancellor Professor Anders Hagfeldt officially inaugurating Uppsala University’s Forum for Africa Studies.

Book talk: Burkina Faso seen from below in 2023

Thu, 13 Apr 2023 09:09:00 GMT

April 18th, Uppsala University’s Forum for Africa Studies hosts a seminar with Professor Ludovic O. Kibora, Director of Institut des Sciences Sociétés in Burkina Faso, and Professor Sten Hagberg. They will talk about the English edition of their new book Security from below in Burkina Faso Citizen perceptions and perspectives 2023.

Official Opening of Art Exhibition in the Department

Wed, 05 Apr 2023 07:54:00 GMT

On April 11, we officially open the FAKTURAART exhibition. When you visit, you will find some 85 pieces displayed, and you can pick a personal and very exclusive copy of the beautiful exhibition folder. The show will run to June 16. Open weekdays 10 am to 3 pm.

The New Uppsala University’s Forum for Africa Studies will be launched on Friday, April 14th.

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 12:47:00 GMT

All are welcome to a full-day launching event of the new Uppsala University´s Forum for Africa Studies. The day offers information about the Forum's new structure, presentations of current research, and round table discussions. Professor Amanda Hammar from the University of Copenhagen will be the keynote speaker.

New information film about our Bachelor's programme!

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 07:05:00 GMT

Admissions to next semester's courses are open until April 17th. The department has produced a new information film for the Bachelor's programme Culture, Society and Ethnography. Hear the students themselves describe their experience of the programme and what they have learned!

The film and programme are in Swedish.

Adelaida Caballero defends dissertation April 21st

Thu, 30 Mar 2023 13:19:00 GMT

Today, Adelaida Caballero handed over her doctoral thesis in cultural anthropology Shortchanged: Elderly Women Street Vendors in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea to Carolina Rediviva and then walked in the winter sun to the University Hall where she got to nail her thesis

Adelaida’s public Ph.D. defense will take place on April 21 at 13.00, at the Geijer Hall, Campus English Park, Uppsala University. Click on the News to read more and for information in Spanish.

Sten Hagberg interviewed about Development Research

Thu, 30 Mar 2023 08:26:00 GMT

Professor of Cultural Anthropology and director of the Forum for Africa Studies, Sten Hagberg, is interviewed in the Swedish Research Council's magazine Curie about the future and challenges of development research.

Art Exhibition

Fri, 24 Mar 2023 12:57:00 GMT

Syrian-Swedish artist Khaled Ahmad exhibits his project Fakturaart at the department, in collaboration with the Engaging Vulnerability research program.

New column in Antroperspektiv

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:26:00 GMT

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.

Our new colleague Kajsa Hallberg Adu

Thu, 02 Mar 2023 11:59:00 GMT

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.

Summer course in Digital Ethnography

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 13:27:00 GMT

The application period is open for the departments summer course Ethnographic Methods in a Digitized World. The course in in Swedish and you find more inforamtion about it if you switch the webpage language into Swedish.

Sverker Finnström writes in Antroperspektiv

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 07:17:00 GMT

A new text by Sverker Finnström is published today in the Swedish web magazine Antroperspektiv. Sverker writes about going on a kind of book-hunting field trip, the importance of taking the time to read older books of the discipline, and the unexpected stories and parallels that can emerge from a pile of books.

The department's work against discriminatory treatment and for equal opportunities is not just a matter of procedure

Mon, 27 Feb 2023 10:14:00 GMT

Mats Utas, Head of the Department, was interviewed in the magazine Universitetsläraren, after the department received an injunction from the Swedish Work Environment Authority due to shortcomings in work environment management. Mats expresses frustration that representatives from this agency only are interested in ensuring a processing structure, while they completely ignore all the actual work that the department has done.

World Anthropology Day!

Fri, 17 Feb 2023 08:06:00 GMT

February 16th is World Anthropology Day. The Swedish Anthropological Society (SANT) is launching its new website on the day. SANT's web magazine, Antroperspektiv, also has a new layout and new editors, Haris Agic and Uppsala-affiliated Katarina Graffman.

About the Swedish Research Aid

Tue, 14 Feb 2023 08:29:00 GMT

Today, Sten Hagberg, Professor in Cultural Anthropology and Director for the Forum for Africa Studies, writes about the Swedish research aid together with Sara Gräslund, Linley Chiwona Karltun and Gunnar Köhlin. The government has cut more than half of this year's budget. Now a quick recovery is needed.

Happy Birthday Birgitta Meurling

Mon, 06 Feb 2023 15:06:00 GMT

Birgitta Meurling, Professor of Ethnology, is celebrating her 60th birthday with colleagues and friends at the department with sparkling wine and snacks on Monday afternoon. We wish Birgitta a very happy birthday!

PhD defense in ethnology

Fri, 03 Feb 2023 13:50:00 GMT

Today, February 3rd, we congratualte Rikard Engblom for successfully defending his PhD thesis in Ethnology, called Time Warps: Refugees and the Experience of Waiting in Rural Sweden.

Welcome Marcelo

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 12:43:00 GMT

We warmly welcome our new PhD candidate Marcelo Pacheco to the department! Marcelos research will be on migration from the Bolovian Highlands to La Paz, and focus on psychosocial dynamics connected to climate change.

Rikard Engblom defends dissertation Feb. 3rd

Mon, 16 Jan 2023 08:18:00 GMT

This Friday, Jan. 13th, PhD candidate in ethnology Rikard Engblom “nailed” his PhD thesis Time Warps – Refugees and the Experience of Waiting in Rural Sweden. The dissertation is thereby officially announced and handed over to the university library.

The public PhD defense will take place on February 3, in Geijersalen (room 6-1023), campus Engelska Parken, and begins at 9:15 a.m.

Study Information Spring 2023

Wed, 04 Jan 2023 12:37:00 GMT

The second selection for the spring semester 2023 was completed on December 20. 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.

Katarina Graffman about consumption and economic recession

Wed, 04 Jan 2023 10:09:00 GMT

The Anthropologist Katarina Graffman is affailiated research at the department and is often highlighted in media for her research about consumer habits. After the New Year holiday, she has been interviewed in the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter, as well as in the public service radiostation P1, about how our consumption behaviors change in economic ressecion.

Next episode about Cairo

Wed, 04 Jan 2023 09:30:00 GMT

Part two in the Swedish podcast Staden is released, with anthropologist Carl Rommel focusing on Cairo.

New book from Professor Emeritus of Ethnology

Mon, 02 Jan 2023 15:49:00 GMT

The Staff Portal hihglights the department's ethnologist Gösta Arvastson and his book about Meteorology.

Cairo as a project

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 09:47:00 GMT

Carl Rommel in collaboration with the podcast Staden about Cairo's land, economy and housing.

Project grant in the development research category from the Swedish Research Council

Fri, 25 Nov 2022 07:35:00 GMT

Mats Utas, Maria Eriksson Baaz och Swati Parashar

New professor at the department

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 12:30:00 GMT

We congratulate Annika Björnsdotter Teppo who has been hired as professor in cultural anthropology.

Citizen Perspectives in Mali: A Start-Up Mission to Bamako

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 10:26:00 GMT

The programme Citizen Perspectives on Societal Challenges in Mali ((French: Perspectives citoyennes des défis de société au Mali) is a five year project funded by the Embassy of Sweden in Bamako on behalf of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), 2022-2026. Its main objective is to promote citizen perspectives through the implementation of engaged research, the organization of citizen debates and the capacity building of young researchers. Particular attention will be paid to the promotion of women leaders as researchers, teachers and opinion leaders. The programme is led by the Forum for Africa Studies at Uppsala University, and will be implemented in collaboration with Swedish and Malian partners.

Mats Utas interviewed about gang culture

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 10:19:00 GMT

Mats Utas is interviewed on Sveriges Radio. It is a program about the Italian mafia and the murder of the prosecutor Borsellino, known 30 years ago. About 2.40 and 3.50 minutes into the program you can hear Mats talk about gang culture connected to the structures of society.

Alex Maxia in The Times

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 13:32:00 GMT

Our former master student Alex Maxia now writes for The Times. In this article he is doing a cultural analysis on the Swedish Netflix series Love and Anarchy.

Claudia Merli a new Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 13:33:00 GMT

Claudia Merli joins the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study as one of the Fellows in residence during the academic year 2022-2023. During her time at the collegium she will be writing on political space and the body in Thailand'

Gurbet Peker: The sheep - a Gotland symbol of sustainability

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 06:26:00 GMT

The department's ethnologist Gurbet Peker is a doctoral student at the graduate school in sustainable development on Campus Gotland. She researches the everyday life of sheep farmers in the Gotland countryside.

”Megaprojekt” nominated for book award

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 05:55:00 GMT

Svenskt projektforum has nominated and awarded the prize to Project Manager's Book of the Year 2022. The jury assesses how current the books are, how easy they are to absorb and if they add something new. Susann Baez Ullbergs et al. book was one of the nominees.

Per Brandström: Book review of Mhola - The Utopia of Peace

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 07:38:00 GMT

Our longtime employee Per Brandström, now retired, has been reviewed in the Journal of Anthropological research. The review is about his book Mhola - The Utopia of Peace: An Ethnographic Exploration of the Sungusungu Movement in Tanzania, which was published last year in our series Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis.

Tiago Duarte Dias interviewed on Brazilian TV

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 11:38:00 GMT

Our anthropologist and affiliated researchers have been interviewed on Brazilian TV about Swedish NATO membership, Turkey and Swedish-Kurdish relations.

Emma Fritze: Mission Eurovision

Mon, 16 May 2022 10:44:00 GMT

Bachelor essay writer Emma Fritze was invited to participate in a conference for this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italy and decided to report on her experiences from this year's competition.

Gösta Arvastson. Ny bok om moln, molnspanare och meteorologer

Tue, 10 May 2022 06:21:00 GMT

Gösta Arvastson har gett ut boken Molnspanare - en meteorologisk historia. Boken handlar om det vetenskapliga arbetet som ledde fram till att molnen fick sina latinska namn och ger ett viktigt bidrag till Uppsala universitets historia ur en etnologs synvinkel.

Now: Dr. Jacob Hjortsberg

Mon, 09 May 2022 13:38:00 GMT

Jacob Hjortsberg, who taught with us in the spring, defended his dissertation Middleman Minority Nation: Globalization and Social Democracy in Singapore on Friday 6 May at the University of Bergen.

Mats Utas celebrated 50 years with a lecture in Stavanger

Mon, 02 May 2022 11:26:00 GMT

Mats Utas was invited speaker as the Department of media and social sciences at the University of Stavanger celebrated its 50 years anniversary. He gave a talk about ethnography and journalism in times of war.

Mats Utas share some of his experiences from ethnographic fieldworks.

Helgessä från Katarina Graffman

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 13:24:00 GMT

Vår antropolog Katarina Graffman har tillsammans med Haris Agic skrivit om kulturchauvinism i en essä i magasinet Opulens.

Anthropologists talked about water

Thu, 24 Feb 2022 07:44:00 GMT

On Saturday 19 February, the department's Susann Baez Ullberg and Alexander Sallstedt took part in celebrating World Anthropology Day at the the Museum of Ethnography in Stockholm.

Camilla Asplund Ingemark: Mining Legends - What does it mean to be human?

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 07:21:00 GMT

Camilla Asplund Ingemark has lectured on mining legends and what it means to be human at Gotlands Humanistiska Förbunds (eng. "Gotland Humanities Association") annual meeting on Wednesday 16 February.

Annual meeting at Gotlands Humanistiska Förbund.
Photo: Carina Johansson

Birgitta Meurling. Behind the mask: The metamorphoses of the mouth masks during the corona pandemic.

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 07:50:00 GMT

Birgitta has contributed with a text that reflects on the pandemic in the journal Kulturella perspektiv. The text takes the reader through the mouth masks being or not being from medical argument to humor.

Sten Hagberg interviewed about the situation in the Sahel region

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 07:22:00 GMT

Sten Hagberg has made a number of media appearances in connection with the current situation in the Sahel region in January-February 2022.

Sten Hagberg in an interview with France24

Sten Hagberg in Rektorspodden about African Studies

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 10:37:00 GMT

Listen to a conversation between Uppsala University’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Anders Hagfeldt and Forum for Africa Studies’ Director, Professor Sten Hagberg. The conversation in swedish is about research in different African countries and how Forum for Africa Studies works to strengthen research collaboration with African universities and research institutes.

Carina Johansson: The women behind the camera on Gotland 1860-2021

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 07:18:00 GMT

A new project will highlight a completely unwritten story about women behind the camera. Carina Johansson with others have opened the door to the photo magazine to write about this new field. The project is called The women behind the camera on Gotland 1860-2021.

Susann Baez Ullberg: Access to water – also a future issue in Sweden

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 15:12:00 GMT

There is enough water on Earth. Just not everywhere – and for everyone. Now researchers at Uppsala University and the Uppsala University Sustainability Initiatives (UUSI) network want to spotlight injustices surrounding the world’s water. And how we in Sweden need to approach this matter. Susann Baez Ullberg is a part of the network UUSI.

Charlotta Widmark in newly published anthology

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 15:45:00 GMT

The book, edited by the departments Charlotta Widmark together with Susanne Carlsson and Henrik Widmark is about urban encounters in Rome and traces both historical and contemporary Rome. The main theme is Heritage and Traces, and is divided into three sub-themes, namely I. Urban identity and Design, II. Space and History, III. Urban Heritage.

Katarina Graffman: Saying and doing are two different things

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 07:04:00 GMT

Katarina Graffman writes in her recently published column under Uppsala University News about her thoughts on people's desire to live more environmentally conscious and sustainable and the opposite of continuing to live unsustainably and consume. "People say one thing, but do something entirely different."

Göran Nygrens dissertation is published as an article by the Swedish National Agency for Education

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 15:31:00 GMT

The Swedish National Agency for Education compiles and disseminates knowledge about the results of research in the field of education. Göran Nygren's dissertation I want good grades: An ethnological study of lower-secondary schools results and lower-secondary school pupils practices has been published as an article by the Swedish National Agency for Education (in swedish): Hemmiljön viktig för elevers studiestrategier

Elisa Maria Lopez on national TV about her dissertation on the Kiruna move

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 08:33:00 GMT

Elisa Maria Lopez defended her dissertation in December Transforming Kiruna – producing space society and legacies of inequality in the swedish ore fields. Her work is being noticed in SVT Nyheter Sámpi (in swedish/english/sami).

Susann Baez Ullberg in podcast about crises and collective memories

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 10:03:00 GMT

Susann Baez Ullberg participated recently in the podcast of the Swedish civil association Folk och Försvar [Society and Defence] to talk about social crises and social memory.

You are welcome to listen to the podcast episode (in Swedish).

Katarina Graffman develops the supply of skills in the metal industry

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 07:50:00 GMT

The research group KOMPET has received research funding from Vinnova to implement initiatives that strengthen the Swedish metal industry's social sustainability. The department's successful Katarina Graffman is part of the group.

Susann Baez Ullberg in hearing about Covid-19 and the future

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 07:43:00 GMT

Susann Baez Ullberg participated on November 18 in the hearing The future and Covid-19 - How do we live with and handle the virus in 12-24 months?

Katarina Graffman participates in P3 Dystopia

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 15:01:00 GMT

Wherever we turn, we see different advertising messages and the exposure areas increase in line with accuracy. How does advertising affect society - today and in the future?

Susann Baez Ullberg and Framtidsakademin - an open lecture on when the worst has happened

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 07:32:00 GMT

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!

Göran Nygrens omtalade forskning

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 07:55:00 GMT

Since his dissertation in June, Nygren and his research have been mentioned in the media frequently.

Katarina Graffman and others: "The climate is not saved with consumer information" (in Swedish)

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 11:08:00 GMT

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).

Summer School: Anthropology of Development & Social Dynamics

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 11:55:00 GMT

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.

Parental support crucial for better school performance

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 10:58:00 GMT

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.

Seminar: The office of the future - bubbles and people

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 14:21:00 GMT

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.

Inauguration of an international conference

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 06:48:00 GMT

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.

Mats Utas participates at the Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development conference

Wed, 05 May 2021 12:21:00 GMT

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.

Interview with Susann Baez Ullberg on the Argentinian National Radio

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:21:00 GMT

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.

NEW BOOK (in Swedish): Megaprojects: Critical perspectives on large-scale infrastructures

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 08:25:00 GMT

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.

Kritisk etnografi 2020 vol 3 is now released

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 06:42:00 GMT

Susann Baez Ullberg talks in webinar about disaster myths

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 10:11:00 GMT

Symposium with Claudia Merli: Evidence in Virulent Times

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 15:39:00 GMT

Mats Utas talks about the school kidnappings in Nigeria

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 07:28:00 GMT

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.

JUST PUBLISHED: Mhola – The Utopia of Peace

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 13:37:00 GMT

Mats Utas om kidnappningarna i Nigeria i SVT Nyheter

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:00:00 GMT

How does migration sound? Owe Ronström och Dan Lundberg

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:20:00 GMT

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!

New publication by the Forum for Africa Studies

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:27:00 GMT

Uppsala Papers in Africa Studies 6

Ella Johansson about sharing the bill

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 14:28:00 GMT

Time for late applications in African Studies

Wed, 09 Dec 2020 14:01:00 GMT

Courses in African Studies in Spring 2021 will open for late application on 15 December 2020.

Susann Baez Ullberg leads the way to a new research area

Fri, 04 Dec 2020 09:57:00 GMT

CIRCUS has granted funding to start a new interdisciplinary research network called Aquifers in the Anthropocene.

Burkina Faso: A well-conducted election

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 08:32:00 GMT

Sten Hagberg writes about the presidential and parliamentary elections in Burkina Faso that were held on Sunday, November 22, 2020.

Premiär för podcasten Graffman & Nordström!

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 14:30:00 GMT

Katarina Graffman startar en samhällspodd tillsammans med Daniel Nordström.

Professor Sten Hagberg on developments in Burkina Faso

Thu, 19 Nov 2020 11:45:00 GMT

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.

African studies in English in the spring 2021

Mon, 05 Oct 2020 07:22:00 GMT

Claudia Merli in Anthropology Today

Fri, 02 Oct 2020 09:00:00 GMT

Claudia Merli on ”Gender and Culture in Southern Thailand”, 26 Sept.

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 06:38:00 GMT

Birgitta Meurling in student radio

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 05:47:00 GMT

Sten Hagberg: Rätt avsätta en president?

Wed, 26 Aug 2020 07:55:00 GMT

More about Mali

Mon, 24 Aug 2020 20:05:00 GMT

Sten Hagberg on the coup in Mali

Mon, 24 Aug 2020 07:51:00 GMT

Mats Utas on the situation in Mali

Mon, 24 Aug 2020 07:25:00 GMT

Annika Teppo in Finnish radio

Wed, 29 Jul 2020 09:25:00 GMT

Katarina Graffman in TV4

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 06:23:00 GMT

Heidi Moksnes have passed away

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 03:59:00 GMT

Sten Hagberg in Slovenian radio

Wed, 22 Jul 2020 17:37:00 GMT

Sten Hagberg interviewed by ICLD

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 13:44:00 GMT

kritisk etnografi now as hard copy

Mon, 15 Jun 2020 15:01:00 GMT

Graffman & Kurkiala discuss the crisis

Sun, 14 Jun 2020 11:31:00 GMT

Sanatoriums as a sociocultural arena

Wed, 10 Jun 2020 17:09:00 GMT

Annika Teppo on Sweden's COVID-19-response

Thu, 04 Jun 2020 18:39:00 GMT

New issue of Kritisk Etnografi

Sun, 17 May 2020 12:15:00 GMT

Female leadership in Burkina Faso

Tue, 12 May 2020 07:53:00 GMT

New book: Katarina Graffman co-author

Sat, 09 May 2020 11:47:00 GMT

Mats Utas in Swedish Public Radio

Tue, 05 May 2020 07:35:00 GMT

High school anthropology

Fri, 10 Apr 2020 03:24:00 GMT

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.

Human-centered urban development

Wed, 08 Apr 2020 11:40:00 GMT

Anthropology against epidemics

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 10:02:00 GMT

Coronavirus: Testing and trust differs

Thu, 02 Apr 2020 04:47:00 GMT

Ebola knowledge important in Corona times

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 06:41:00 GMT

Reactions to the Coronavirus

Fri, 27 Mar 2020 10:24:00 GMT

Elisa Maria López media curator for the exhibition Kiruna Forever

Wed, 11 Mar 2020 10:14:00 GMT

The book Post-Truth, Fake News wins PESA Book Award. Mats Hyvönen co-editor.

Tue, 11 Feb 2020 08:56:00 GMT

Owe Ronström in seminar at the cultural-political convention Folk och Kultur

Mon, 10 Feb 2020 09:35:00 GMT

Debate article by Mats Utas, Sten Hagberg, and Patrick Konde in Upsala Nya Tidning

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 10:10:00 GMT

Molly Sundberg awarded project grant by the Swedish Research Council

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 10:00:00 GMT

Debate article response from Don Kulick in Swedish newspaper DN

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 13:06:00 GMT

Katarina Graffman holds TEDx Tallk

Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:34:00 GMT

The Swedish Research Council makes film on Sten Hagberg's research in Burkina Faso

Mon, 16 Dec 2019 09:51:00 GMT

Katarina Graffman in Swedish Public Radio

Thu, 12 Dec 2019 07:12:00 GMT

Kristina Helgesson Kjellin appointed docent

Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:38:00 GMT

Anna Baral awarded the Westin Prize 2019

Thu, 28 Nov 2019 09:36:00 GMT

Sverker Finnström in Swedish newspaper UNT

Wed, 27 Nov 2019 09:41:00 GMT

Claudia Merli awarded the Lutteman Scolarship

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 09:46:00 GMT

Large audience at Author Talk

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 08:43:00 GMT

Don Kulick at Uppsala English Bookshop on November 14

Thu, 17 Oct 2019 13:43:00 GMT

Mats Utas in Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 07:57:00 GMT

Mats Utas guest editor for the journal Civil Wars

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 07:26:00 GMT

The department present at Almedalsveckan

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 11:41:00 GMT

Carl Lindahl Visiting Professor at the department for a year

Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:05:00 GMT

Carina Johansson in Swedish Public Radio

Wed, 14 Aug 2019 08:23:00 GMT

CfP for the conference "Clashing Vulnerabilities 2020". Deadline for abstracts October 15, 2019.

Mon, 12 Aug 2019 13:25:00 GMT

Sten Hagberg demands release of Iranian colleague in Swedish newspaper

Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:44:00 GMT

Don Kulick in Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter

Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:19:00 GMT

Annie Woube and Alex Maxia interviewed by BBC Travel

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 08:46:00 GMT

Don Kulick's A Death in the Rainforest on Time Magazine's recommended summer book list

Mon, 03 Jun 2019 08:16:00 GMT

Festschrift to Owe Ronström published: Former som formar

Tue, 14 May 2019 08:59:00 GMT

Sten Hagberg in French international radio and television on the violence in Burkina Faso

Thu, 02 May 2019 14:24:00 GMT

I tjejers spår – Book Release and Article in Swedish News Paper Dagens Nyheter

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 08:41:00 GMT

The conference "Keeping it Honest: Engaging Writing" issues a CfP. Deadline for abstracts May 10.

Mon, 25 Mar 2019 12:33:00 GMT

Sten Hagberg in Swedish media about the elections in Mali

Fri, 17 Aug 2018 11:07:00 GMT

Uppsala anthropologist Sten Hagberg is interviewed in Swedish media about the Malian presidential elections. According to preliminary results President Keïta was re-elected. The opposition contested the results.

Sten Hagberg in Swedish Public Radio about #MeToo in African film industry

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 14:25:00 GMT

Karin Eriksson-Aras interviewed by Swedish newspaper Upsala Nya Tidning

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 09:56:00 GMT

New book: Démocratie par le bas et politique municipale au Sahel. Sten Hagberg co-editor.

Tue, 05 Feb 2019 13:18:00 GMT

CfP – The Conference Needs 2019. Deadline February 22.

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 09:40:00 GMT

Book Release: The Design Politics of the Passport

Wed, 24 Oct 2018 09:43:00 GMT

A Death in the Rainforest – New book by Don Kulick

Wed, 10 Oct 2018 09:29:00 GMT

Mats Utas promoted to Professor

Thu, 03 Jan 2019 09:43:00 GMT

Varför tillåts rasistiska organisationer i Sverige?

Mon, 12 Nov 2018 08:50:00 GMT

Varför tillåts rasistiska organisationer i Sverige? Det är frågan som ska diskuteras i Universitetsaulan på måndag kväll – och som väntas dra storpublik. Professor Sten Hagberg, som leder paneldebatten tillsammans med UNT:s ledarskribent Maria Ripenberg, ger här sin bild av varför frågan är viktig.

Kvinnoliv i världskrigens skugga

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 13:39:00 GMT

Den 11 oktober 2018 höll vi, d.v.s. Katarina Ek-Nilsson och Birgitta Meurling, seminarium på Svenska institutet i Rom på temat ”Anna och Esther. Två kvinnors livshistorier i de stora krigens skugga”. Detta genushistoriska projekt bedrivs tillsammans med etnologerna Annika Nordström i Göteborg och Marianne Liliequist i Umeå och handlar om fyra kvinnors levnadsöden under 1900-talet.

Sten Hagberg i UNT: "Demokratin måste försvaras"

Tue, 17 Jul 2018 08:28:00 GMT

Evaluation of social anthropology in Norway

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 19:59:00 GMT

34e Nordiska Etnolog- och Folkloristkongressen

Thu, 14 Jun 2018 09:38:00 GMT

A visit to the Ethnographic museum in Stockholm

Wed, 13 Jun 2018 12:17:00 GMT

The department receives a new Linnaeus-Palme partnership grant

Mon, 28 May 2018 07:23:00 GMT

The department has received a Linnaeus-Palme partnership grant together with the Department of Anthropology at the Vietnam National University in Hanoi. The grant includes both student and lecturer exchange.

Author Talk with Sten Hagberg on Tuesday 29 May

Mon, 21 May 2018 07:20:00 GMT

Author Talk on Tuesday 29 May, 19.00, The English Book Shop, Svartbäcksgatan 19. Professor Sten Hagberg will talk about a changing Burkina Faso, as the country makes a break with its authoritarian past.

Gangs, Gangsters, and Ganglands

Mon, 23 Apr 2018 05:20:00 GMT

Mats Utas is part of a project hat just received an ERC advanced grant.

Owe Ronström medverkar i SRs "Konflikt"

Sun, 08 Apr 2018 08:37:00 GMT

I lördagens (7/4) upplaga av "Konflikt" i Sveriges Radio P1, "Fika, böneutrop och skolavslutningar: Om den politiska dragkampen kring traditionerna och om kulturarv som enar - och splittrar. Vad är egentligen 'svenskt' och vem bestämmer det?", medverkade professor Owe Ronström.

"Burkina Fasos sak är vår"

Tue, 03 Apr 2018 07:32:00 GMT

Sten Hagberg, professor i kulturantropologi, skriver i UNT om det som händer i burkinska Sahel.

New book chapter by Nathan Light: "An oral history by Shertai Suvanov, a survivor of the Kolyma Gulag"

Tue, 06 Mar 2018 09:27:00 GMT

Nathan Light, researcher in Cultural Anthropology, has published a book chapter in the volume Pertenencias múltiples, identidades cruzadas. Nuevas perspectivas sobre Asia central, Soledad Jiménez Tovar, ed. and trans. Mexico City: El Colegio de Mexico, 2017. The chapter discusses the political, academic and social context in which victims of Stalin’s repressions in the 1930s have been able to publish narratives about their experiences.

Mats Utas receives a 3 year research grant

Fri, 15 Dec 2017 08:31:00 GMT

Mats Utas has together with Maria Eriksson Baaz, Professor at the Department of Government at Uppsala University and Swati Parashar, senior lecturer at School of Global Studies University of Gothenburg, received a three year development research grant from the Swedish Research Council for a methods project focusing on the roles of research assistants in conflict research.

Emy Lindberg visits Ghanaian football club Inter Allies

Wed, 18 Oct 2017 17:21:00 GMT

Emy indberg's visit to the training grounds of Ghanaian football club Inter Allies vas noted in the press. Click in the links below to read the articles.

Valet i Liberia

Wed, 11 Oct 2017 11:43:00 GMT

Den 10 oktober var Mats Utas inbjuden till Sveriges Radios Studio 1 för att diskutera valet i Liberia.

Hur ska vi klara de nya epidemierna?

Wed, 11 Oct 2017 11:17:00 GMT

I dagens Svenska Dagbladet skriver nio forskare, däribland Eren Zink, att risken för världsomfattande infektionsutbrott är mycket stor. Utan bättre nationell och internationell samordning kan läget snabbt bli mycket allvarligt och svårt att kontrollera.

Positive review of the book Private Security in Africa

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 15:36:00 GMT

Positive review of the book Private Security in Africa (eds. Mats Utas and Paul Higate) in the Norwegian magazine Ny Tid
https://www.nytid.no/trygghet-til-salgs/

Tjejloppens blandband

Sun, 27 Aug 2017 07:26:00 GMT

Så kallade tjejlopp kan fungera som ett andningshål från vardagen, ett tillfälle att umgås med väninnor och ha kul. Samtidigt står själva idrottsprestationen i fokus för många kvinnor – hur går det ihop och vad är utmaningen för framtidens tjejlopp?

Mats Utas interviewed about Boko Haram and suicide bombers in Northern Nigeria

Mon, 21 Aug 2017 08:17:00 GMT

On August 17 Mats Utas was interviewed on National Radio about Boko Haram and suicide bombers in Northern Nigeria.

Slopa ordet ”jihadist” - Artikel i UNT av Sten Hagberg

Mon, 21 Aug 2017 08:10:00 GMT

Terrordådet i Ouagadougou ställer våra föreställningar på ända. Målet för terrorn är inte ”västerlänningar” utan det öppna samhället, skriver Sten Hagberg i UNT den 18 augusti.

Professor Sten Hagberg på plats i Ouagadougou

Tue, 15 Aug 2017 06:47:00 GMT

Runt halv tio på söndagskvällen öppnade flera gärningsmän eld utanför restaurangen Aziz Istanbul i huvudstaden Ouagadougou i Burkina Faso. Sten Hagberg, professor i antropologi vid Uppsala universitet, var bara några hundra meter ifrån händelsen.

Girls’ Periods, Political Disillusionment and Activist Anthropology

Thu, 22 Jun 2017 12:03:00 GMT

In her article, "Girls’ Periods, Political Disillusionment and Activist Anthropology: What is happening to research in Uganda?", Anna Baral writes about Uganda, about anthropologist Stella Nyanzi, and what happens when anthropology, as the analysis of the functioning and malfunctioning of a society, becomes fervent political critique.

Sten Hagberg interviewed by Radio France Internationale

Mon, 12 Jun 2017 12:29:00 GMT

On June 10 Sten Hagberg was interviewed by Radio France Internationale about the recently published study "Vers une sécurité par le bas".

Radicalized youth

Mon, 22 May 2017 07:33:00 GMT

Mats Utas has together with Henrik Vigh written an article on "Radicalized youth" published in the book "African Insurgents: navigating an evolving landscape".

Antirasistiska rum

Tue, 09 May 2017 13:32:00 GMT

I fortbildningsserien om normer, makt och förändring presenterar likavillkorsgruppen föredraget "Antirasistiska rum?" med forskarna Fanny Pérez Aronsson & Richard Jonsson.

Meeting the World: An Anthropology of International PhD Students in Sweden

Mon, 27 Mar 2017 07:01:00 GMT

Anthropology of Christianity

Mon, 27 Mar 2017 06:57:00 GMT

African Futures -Horizon 2025/African Security: Between Fragility and Resilience

Fri, 24 Mar 2017 08:39:00 GMT

Mats Utas visited the European Union Institute for Security Studies in Paris on March 22.

Youth Uprising. The Legacy of the 1976 Soweto Riots – A roundtable

Thu, 16 Feb 2017 10:32:00 GMT

A Roundtable with H.E. Ms Faith Doreen Radebe (Ambassador of South Africa), Thabo Rametsi (Principal Actor in the new film Kalushi), and Ashleigh Harris (Associate Professor, Dept. of English). Kalushi is the story of Solomon Mahlangu, an icon of South Africa’s liberation.

Book chapter by Jan Ovesen and Ing-Britt Trankell

Wed, 15 Feb 2017 17:32:00 GMT

Uppsala anthropologists Jan Ovesen and Ing-Britt Trankell authored a chapter entitled...

Lectures on Conceptualizations of Nature

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:32:00 GMT

Eren Zink will give an invited lecture on Thursday at the Swedish Biodiversity Center on his climate change research in Vietnam. This is the first of five lectures on “Conceptualizations of Nature” to be held at CBM.

Om boken Öar och öighet

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:20:00 GMT

I SR P1:s OBS, under rubriken "Ön är himmelen och helvetet", reflekterar författaren och reseredaktören Per J Andersson kring vårt förhållande till öar. Han har bland annat läst Owe Ronströms bok Öar och öighet (Carlssons, 2016).

Research training, international collaboration, and the agencies of Ugandan scientists in Uganda

Tue, 07 Feb 2017 07:58:00 GMT

Uppsala anthropologist Eren Zink recently published findings from his ongoing research in Uganda in the new book entitled North–South Knowledge Networks.

Vem kallar sig styvmamma?

Tue, 07 Feb 2017 07:18:00 GMT

Ella Johansson intervjuas i UNT:s artikel om olika familjeformer i nutiden och i det förflutna.

Institutionens köttfria policy uppmärksammad

Tue, 20 Dec 2016 14:13:00 GMT

"Personalfesterna på Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi är inte som andra fester. De har nämligen infört köttfri intern representation."

Vetenskapsradion Forum tipsar om Ronströms bok

Tue, 20 Dec 2016 14:08:00 GMT

I årets traditionsenliga julklappsprogram tipsar Vetenskapsradion Forum om böcker att lägga under granen. Ett av årets tips är Owe Ronströms Öar och öighet (Carlsson, 2016).

"Dra fram trollen" – om rasism på arbetpslatsen.

Wed, 07 Dec 2016 07:09:00 GMT

I en intervju i senaste numret av Chefstidningen talar etnologen Oscar Pripp om den backlash som vi upplever i samhället och i organisationer när det gäller det ökade utrymmet för rasistiska handlingar och åsikter.

Post-war elections in Sierra Leone

Tue, 06 Dec 2016 08:39:00 GMT

Mats Utas has together with Maya Christensen published an article on post-war elections in Sierra Leone. In particular it has a focus on debt negotiations between political elites and ex-combatants.

Pris till Jan-Åke Alvarsson

Wed, 30 Nov 2016 04:14:00 GMT

Smålands Akademi tilldelar 2016 års Wallquist-pris om 25.000 kronor till professor Jan-Åke Alvarsson vid institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi.

Lecture at the University of Liberia

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 13:11:00 GMT

New article: Music, Memory, and Affect Attunement

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 06:38:00 GMT

Ulrik Volgsten and Oscar Pripp have published a new article titled Music, Memory, and Affect Attunement: Connecting Kurdish Diaspora in Stockholm in the latest issue of Culture Unbound. Below you will find the abstract and a link to the article.

Connecting anthropology with science leaders and policy-makers in Uganda

Fri, 28 Oct 2016 08:34:00 GMT

Most research carried out by African scientists in Africa is funded by foreign donors and carried out in collaboration with foreign research partners. An important research question for the anthropology of science is how do such economic and institutional arrangements influence the kinds of scientific knowledge that are produced on the continent, and what interests does such knowledge production serve?

Eren Zink – Visiting Scientist at the MRC/Uganda Virus Research Institute

Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:33:00 GMT

Eren Zink, Researcher at the Dept. of Cultural Anthropology and Coordinator of Forum for Africa studies is currently spending one week at the MRC/Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe, Uganda as a Visiting Scientist.

Engaging Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Africa

Fri, 07 Oct 2016 08:41:00 GMT

Welcome to a Forum for Africa Studies symposium and workshop organized together with ReAct and the International Foundation for Science.

Mats Utas i Donnerska institutets stiftelse

Thu, 06 Oct 2016 10:12:00 GMT

Mats Utas har blivit invald i Donnerska institutets nya styrelse.

New article: Governance through brokerage

Thu, 15 Sep 2016 15:26:00 GMT

Mats Utas and Anders Themnér has published an article in the Journal Civil Wars: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13698249.2016.1215639

Burkina Faso in focus

Mon, 12 Sep 2016 07:40:00 GMT

The upcoming week will focus on Burkina Faso and the recent socio-political transformations that the country has undergone since ex-President Compaoré was ousted from power in a popular revolution in October 2014.

New article: Urban land contestations and political mobilisation

Fri, 09 Sep 2016 06:49:00 GMT

Sten Hagberg and Gabriella Körling have published an article titled "Urban land contestations and political mobilisation: (re)sources of authority and protest in West African municipalities" in Social Anthropology.

Mats Utas medverkar i podd om utveckling i sviktande stater

Mon, 18 Apr 2016 07:18:00 GMT

Utlysning: biträdande universitetslektor i kulturantropologi

Fri, 15 Apr 2016 10:01:00 GMT

Universitetslektor i kulturantropologi (vikariat, 75%)

Wed, 06 Apr 2016 14:04:00 GMT

Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi utlyser ett vikariat under perioden 2016-07-01—2016-12-31 med en omfattning på 75%.

Research and conference grant for master students in cultural anthropology and ethnology at Uppsala University

Tue, 05 Apr 2016 08:06:00 GMT

Senior lecturer in Cultural Anthropology

Mon, 28 Mar 2016 11:48:00 GMT

The Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology is now hiring a lecturer in Cultural Anthropology.

Three fully-funded graduate student positions

Thu, 17 Mar 2016 22:49:00 GMT

Platser kvar på kurser (Campus Gotland)

Thu, 17 Mar 2016 21:01:00 GMT