Contact information
Visiting address
Fosswinckelsgt. 6, 8 floor
Postal address
P B 7802, N - 5020 Bergen
Tel: + 47 55 58 92 50
Fax:+ 47 55 58 92 60
E-mail: post@sosantr.uib.no
What is Social Anthropology
Social anthropology is the central discipline in the global comparative study of culture and society. Social anthropologists examine the cultural diversity of mankind and the social processes which unfold in this global diversity. Thus the thematic range of the discipline is extremely wide – all human activity and knowledge is of interest in an attempt to understand variation, context and change in society and culture. This is evident also in the geographical range of the discipline.
Publications
The people at the Department publishes in a wide range of forums and languages. An overview of the publications in recent years may be found here.
International journals edited from the department
The two international journals Social analysis and Anthropological theory are both edited from the department. The contact person for both at the department is Wenche Iversen.
Welcome to the Department of Social Anthropology
On these pages you will find information about the department, our study programs and courses, our research, student activities and much more.
Our aim is to give comprehensive information about the department and our activities. If you dont find answers to your questions here, please call us or send us a message and we will be happy to help you.
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News
ESfO conference in Bergen
The conference for European Society for Oceanists (ESfO) will be hosted by the University of Bergen’s Pacific Studies group, Department of Social Anthropology and Bergen University Museum and will be held 5-8 December 2012
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Samson Abebe Bezabeh's work wins prize
The Department of Social Anthropology's PhD candidate Samson Bezabeh has recently been given the African Author Prize, awarded by the high-ranking journal African Affairs.
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Department seminars autumn 2012
This is a presentation of the seminars that are organized by the Department of social anthropology during the autumn of 2012.
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Updated classic by Bruce Kapferer published
The anthropological work "Legends of People, Myths of State. Violence, Intolerance, and Political Culture in Sri Lanka" has been updated with contributions from anthropological scholars working on Australia and Sri Lanka.
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New book on state formation and the social
Ørnulf Gulbrandsen's new book - "The State the Social. State Formation in Botswana and its Precolonial and Colonial Genealogies" - is now out. Read more by clicking on the caption of the cover.
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News
- Stillinger ledige som undervisningsassistenter for høstsemesteret 2012 (15.05.2012)
- Bjørn Enge Bertelsen joins Poverty Politics (03.10.2011)
- New book by Andrew Lattas (06.09.2010)
- New book on contemporary religiosities (06.09.2010)
- Gender, Christianity and Change in Vanuatu (27.02.2009)