Fall 2023

SEPTEMBER 2023

13 September, 10:15–12:00, Engelska parken

Research seminar in Cultural Anthropology with Jossias Humbane and Marcia Manhique

More information will follow.

20 September, 10:15–12:00, Engelska parken

Research seminar in Ethnology: Kick offmeeting

The seminar will be in Swedish, please switch the website language into Swedish for more information.

27 September, 10:15–12:00, Engelska parken

Research seminar in Cultural Anthropology with Andrew Alan Johnson

Dreams of Past Cities: Canals, ghosts, and ruin in Bangkok

OCTOBER 2023

4 October, 10:15–12:00

Research seminar in Ethnology: Introduction of the Theme

This year's theme starts. We get a conceptual map of the field of Materiality. The seminar will be in Swedish and only available through Zoom.

11 October, 10:15–12:00, Engelska parken

Research seminar in Cultural Anthropology with Ruben Andersson

Politics of protection in an age of security.

16 October, 12:00 – 17 October, 18:00

Workshop (online): Towards an Anthropology of Capture

This workshop proposes “capture” as an anthropological analytic that reorients ethnographic attention to the recursive nature of social processes andrelations.

18 October, 10:00–12:00, Engelska parken

Symposium: Engaging Vulnerability and Cultural Anthropology: 10 Years of Thematic Cooperation

Engaging Vulnerability (EV) is a decade-long interdisciplinary research program at the Faculty of Arts, Uppsala University, financed with the support ofthe Swedish Research Council and Uppsala University, and directed by Professor Don Kulick. For this session, four of the program’s cultural anthropologists – two current PhD students and two graduates – will present their research.

18 October, 10:15–12:00, Engelska parken

Research seminar in Ethnology with Maria Bäckman

Theme Materiality: "Vita Käppen", Maria Bäckman. The seminar will be in Swedish and it is possible to join through Zoom.

19 October, 14:00–16:00

Webinar: Past Legacies, Contemporary Challenges, Ways Forward: A Webinar on 60 Years ofEthnographic and Collaborative Transformations of Uppsala Cultural Anthropology and AfricanStudies

The Webinar takes the 60th Anniversary of Cultural Anthropology at Uppsala University as a starting point for a joint reflection on the interface ofAnthropology and African Studies seen and experienced from and with Uppsala University. Participants are faculty and PhD Students at UppsalaUniversity, and Collaborators of Uppsala Cultural Anthropologists.

20 October, 10:00–18:00, Humanistiska teatern

Anthropology Celebrates 60 Years

Anthropology at Uppsala University celebrates 60 years anniversary with an Uppsala anthropology roundtable, and keynotes by Alberto Corsín Jiménez(Spanish National Research Council) and by Judith Scheele (École des hautes études en sciences sociales).

23 October, 09:00–15:30, Observatorieparken

Symposium: Groundwater Commons? Transboundary Challenges and Opportunities in theAnthropocene

This international and interdisciplinary symposium is convened by the research network Aquifers in the Anthropocene (AQUA) to address how thesubterranean and oftentimes transboundary condition affects the knowledgeability, use, and governance of groundwater.

25 October, 10:15–12:00, Engelska parken

Research seminar in Cultural Anthropology with Andrea Ballestero

Aquifers: Ethnography at the Edges of a Concept

27 October, 10:15–11:30, Engelska parken

Friday Seminar in Africa Studies

The Third Wave of the Liberation Struggles in Africa: From Anti- to De-Colonisation

NOVEMBER 2023

1 November, 10:15–12:00, Engelska parken

Research seminar in Ethnology with Inna Shvorak

Guest researcher, ethnomusicologist Inna Shvorak presents "Modern rituals of a militarized society: the experience of Ukraine".

Host/chair: Sverker Finnström

8 November, 10:15–12:00, Engelska parken

Research seminar in Cultural Anthropology with Anna Gavanas

Swedish Dance Music Scenes, Female Career Trajectories, and the Neoliberal Shift.

15 November, 10:15–12:00, Engelska parken

Research seminar in Ethnology with Lars Kaijser

Theme Materiality: ”Världsskapande akvarier” with Lars Kaijser. The seminar will be in Swedish. It is possible to participate through Zoom.

22 November, 10:15–12:00, Engelska parken

Research seminar in Cultural Anthropology with Lucia Michelutti

Extortion as Sociality: Investigating Intimidation in North India

29 November, 10:15–12:00, Engelska parken

CANCELLED: Research seminar in Ethnology with Simon Ekström

The seminar is moved to December 13th.

Theme Materiality: ”Följa ting - kanoner, humrar osv”, Simon Ekström. The seminar will be in Swedish. Participation through Zoom is possible.

DECEMBER 2023

6 December, 10:15–12:00, Engelska parken

Research seminar in Cultural Anthropology with Morten Axel Pedersen

Machine Anthropology: The potentials and pitfalls of making anthropology quantitative, again.

13 December, 10:15–12:00, Engelska parken

Research seminar in Ethnology with Simon Ekström

Theme Materiality: ”Följa ting – från humrar till kanoner”, Simon Ekström. The seminar will be in Swedish. Participation through Zoom is possible.