Nyhetsarkiv for Institutt for sosialantropologi

Elaine Scarry from Harvard University will be the first to present in the new series "Bergen Lectures in Critical Social and Political Inquiry" on 27 September 2011.

For høstsemesteret 2011 utlyser instituttet nå 5 seminarlederstillinger. Søkere med både påbegynt og fullført mastergrad inviteres til å søke. Søknadsfristen er 15. juni.

Edited by Jon Harald Sande Lie and John-Andrew McNeish, a new anthology entitled "Security and development" addresses the new global security–development nexus and investigates internal institutional logics.

Combining theoretical reflection with vivid ethnographic explorations and edited by anthropologists Bruce Kapferer, Kari Telle and Annelin Eriksen, this collection is designed to advance a critical understanding of social and personal religious experience in today's world.

"The Hadrami Diaspora. Community-Building on the Indian Ocean Rim" by Prof. Leif Manger analyses the Hadramis of South Yemen. The book maps the emergence of their diasporic communities throughout the Indian Ocean region as an intriguing facet of the history of this region’s migratory patterns.

Institutt for Sosialantropologi ønsker alle studenter velkommen til et nytt semester.

This spring the Department of Social Anthropology will offer a new intensive course in anthropological theory and method (SANT280, 5 ECTS). The subject matter will change between semesters, featuring themes and areas of interest to the lecturer. The spring of 2010 Dr. Tone Bringa will be lecturing on "Islam and Muslim Societies in Southeastern Europe".

Analyzing both historical contexts and geographical locations, this volume explores the continuous reformation of state power and its potential in situations of violent conflict.