SOSANT9100A – Recent Theory in Anthropology

Course content

This is an intensive 3-5-day Ph.D. training course, which is organized each semester, to provide a chance for PhD candidates to explore on-going theoretical development in anthropology across diverse regional, theoretical and thematic areas. Rapid changes, both to our discipline and to the world we study, require a constant renewal of theoretical and thematic foci, and that we challenge and develop our object of analysis, our methodological approach and our conceptual apparatus. The topic, curriculum and lecturer(s) of the course will vary, with the aim of covering a broad field of cutting-edge research topics over a 3-4 year period.?Please find upcoming topics and application deadlines in our course list.

The course combines lectures and seminars. The lectures will provide an overview and add depth to the topic and the assigned literature. The seminar draws on student participation and requires that each student has prepared by 1) careful reading of the recommended literature, and 2) writing a preliminary text or presentation, later to be developed to a full essay (see below).

The specific title and content of each course will be set the previous semester. The curriculum and a detailed description of the course will be announced on the course list in the beginning of each semester (no later than two months in advance).