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Department of Anthropology,
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Department of Anthropology and Ethnography , 
University of Aarhus
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PhD Courses and workshops

The following PhD Courses and workshops have taken place:

      2008              2007             2006             2005                 2004                 2003         2002              2001

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2009


From Plans to Practice
Workshop for new PhD students
Date:  February 27
Place: Århus
Resource Persons and teachers: Martijn van Beek and Vibeke Steffen
ECTS: 2



Living Pasts
March 23-24 2009
Teachers Dr John Taylor, University of Manchester & Dr Keir Martin, University of Aarhus
Place Department of Anthropology and Ethnography, Moesgård, DK-8270 Højbjerg
ECTS 3,5
Max. number of participants 10

Theory of Science in Ethnography and Anthropology
25-26 March 2009
Teachers Inger Sjørslev
Maria Louw
Place: Copenhagen
ECTS:  2


 
Foregrounds and Backgrounds:
Ventures in the Anthropology of Christianity

Dates:  April 23-24 2009
Place: University of Copenhagen. Room: Udvalgsværelse 1, Fællesadministrationen, Nørregade 10, 1017, Copenhagen K
Organisers: Andreas Bandak and Jonas Adelin Jørgensen in collaboration with The Danish Research School in Anthropology and Ethnography, The Research Education Programme Religion and Society, and The Danish Research School for Regional Studies.
ECTS: 3,5 ECTS with paper; 1 ECTS without paper
Max participants: 16


2008
 


Conflicts and Ethics in Anthropological Perspective
Teachers Associate professor Henrik Vigh, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen.
Associate professor Birgitte Refslund Sørensen, Dept. of Anthropology, Copenhagen.
Place Dept. of Anthropology, Oster Farimagsgade 5, University of Copenhagen, build 1.1.17
Date December 17-18
Max. Participants  10
ECTS  2
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Organisations, Development and Religion
Conveners Research School for Religion and Society
Research School for Social Anthropology and Ethnography
Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen
Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen
Place University of Copenhagen
Date December 17-18
Max. Participants  20 of which 12 can present a paper
ECTS 3 ECTS when participating with a presentation.
1 ECTS when participating without a presentation.
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Globalized heritage

Date

3-5 December 2008 

Place

Department of Anthropology and Ethnography, University of Aarhus
Moesgård Allé, DK-8270 Højbjerg 

Speakers

Eric Hirsch, Brunel University West London
Richard Handler, University of Virginia 
Sharon MacDonald, University of Manchester 

Max. participants Max. number of PhD students who can participate with paper: 15
Max. number of participants: 25 
Organisers Thomas Fibiger, PhD student, Institute of Anthropology, Archaeology and Linguistics, Aarhus University
Nathalia Brichet, PhD student, Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen
Helle Jørgensen, PhD student, Institute of History and Area Studies, Aarhus University
ECTS 3 with paper, 1 for participation without paper.
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Housing and Property - Crossdisciplinary and Deleuzian inspirations in the anthropology of law

Date and Place
Teacher:
ECTS:
28. October 2008, Copenhagen
Anne Bottomley and Helen Carr
1
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Diaspora, Religion and the Private/Public Divide
Date and Place
Teacher
ECTS
8-9 October, Dept. of Anthropology
Pnina Werbner

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Equality and Sameness. Contextualizing ethnographic research in Scandinavia
Date and Place                      
Teacher:                              
ECTS:                                  
29-30 September 2008
Marianne Lien, Oslo University
3
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From Plans to Practice  
Date and place              
                 
                         
11. September, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen
Teachers   Martijn van Beek, Dep. of Anthropology and Ethnography, University of Aarhus
Michael Whyte, Dep.of Anthropology, University of Aarhus
ECTS  2
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From Fieldwork to analysis - Institutions in anthropological perspective: as context, medium and analytical object
Date and place
Teacher
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ECTS
     
3. - 4. september, Copenhagen
Akhil Gupta
3
 
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Gender and Sociocultural Analysis
Date and place:
Teacher:
 
ECTS:   
September 2, 10:00 - 16:00, Copenhagen
Purnima Mankekar, Dep. of Asian American Studies, UCLA
1
 
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Beyond the Whole?
Date and place: 
Teacher:
ECTS:
3-6 July 2008
Anna Tsing, Bruce Kapferer, Ton Otto, and Nils Bubandt
3
 
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From Analysis to Text
Date  25-26 June
Place University of Copenhagen
Teachers Piers Vitebsky, Scott Polar Institute, University of Cambridge
Anne Line Dalsgård, Dep. of Anthropology and Ethnography, Univ of Aarhus
ECTS 3
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Thesis in Time: Mental Surplus Energy and Writing as Analytical Tool
Date and place: 
Teacher:
ECTS:
14 May 2008, Department of Anthropology., Copenhagen
Jens Larsen, Copenhagen Coaching
1
 
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Conference Varieties of Secularism
Date and place:  29 - 31 May, Aarhus  

From Fieldwork to Analysis: Events, Situations and Practice
Date and place:
Teachers:
 

ECTS:

28-29 April 2008,  Department of Anthropology and Ethnography, Aarhus University
Bruce Kapferer, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen 
Lotte Meinert, Dep. of Anthropology and Ethnography, Aarhus University.
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From Plans to Practice
Date and place: 
Teachers:
ECTS: 
                              
3. March, Copenhagen & 5 March Århus
Martijn van Beek, Uni. of Aarhus and Michael Whyte, Uni. of Copenhagen
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Megaseminar - Problems of Change and Continuity

The Danish Research School's Biennial conference The so-called 'Megaseminar' was held 14-16 January 2008 at Sandbjerg. Please click here for pictures of the conference

Information on the event and the list of partcipants can also still be found on the website: 
Please click her for Megaseminar info  

     
   

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2007


From Plans to Practice
Teachers:                     Martijn van Beek, University of Aarhus and Michael Whyte, University of Copenhagen
Date and place:           12. november 2007 in Århus
ECTS:                            2.


Contextualization
Date and place:           17-19. december 2007 in Copenhagen.  
Teachers:                    
Susan Whyte and Morten Pedersen, University of Copenhagen
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From Fieldwork to Analysis
Date and place:
          22-23 January 2007,  Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen.
Teachers                   Kirsten Hastrup, Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen
                                    Anne Line Dalsgård, Department of Anthropology and Ethnography, University of Aarhus.
ECTS:                          3

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Workshop: Bindings against boundaries: entanglements of life in an open world
Date and place:          
12 April 2007, University of Aarhus, Nobelparken, building 1483, room 620
Resource person:         Andreas Roepstorff
Teacher:                      
Tim Ingold, University of Aberdeen
ECTS:                           1

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From Plans to Practice: Research Methodology Workshop
Date and place:        19 April 2007,  Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen
Teachers:                   Nils Bubandt and Michael Whyte
ECTS points:            2

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Seminars om ph.d. projektansøgninger
Århus 7 May 2007
København 9 May 2007

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Workshop: Complexity Theory in Anthropology
Date and place:         14 May 2007, Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5
Teacher:                      Michael Agar, University of Maryland
Resource person
:       Ton Otto, Institute of Anthropology,  Archaeology and Linguistics, University of Aarhus
ECTS:                          2
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Workshop: Emotion, Body and Society
Date and place:       Monday 21 May 2007, Århus
Resource persons and teachers:
                                  Margot Lyon, Australian National University, Canberra
                                  Anne Line Dalsgård, Dept. of Anthropology and Ethnography, Aarhus University
ECTS:                       2
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Workshop: Anthropology and Chaos Theory: A Happy Marriage?
Date and place:
       5 October, 2007, Århus
Teacher:
                  Mark Mosko, Australian National University
Resourceperson:      Ton Otto
ECTS:                        2
 


From Analysis to Text
Date and place: 
      22.-23. oktober i Århus, 24. -25. oktober i København, 2007

Teachers:                  Piers Vitebsky, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Resourceperson:      Anne Line Dalsgård
ECTS:                        3


Workshop Thesis in Time
Teacher:                  Jens Larsen
Date and place:       30 October 2007 in Copenhagen
ECTS:                        2

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2006


Seminar om projektansøgninger til ph.d. stipendier
Date: 20 June Copenhagen & 27 June in Århus
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From Plans to Practice: Research Methodology Workshop
Date and place:    25 September 2006, Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen
Resource persons and teachers:
                                Nils Bubandt and Michael Whyte
Coordinator:        Adriënne Heijnen
ECTS points:        3 
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From Plans to Practice: Research Methodology Workshop
Date and place:    8 December 2006, Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen
Teachers:               Nils Bubandt and Michael Whyte
ECTS points:         3  

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2005


Reinventing the whole in a global world
Series of PhD workshops on holism in anthropological and ethnographic research


Bruce Kapferer
Reinventing the whole in a global world Series of PhD workshops on holism in anthropological and ethnographic research on Situational analysis
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Veena Das
In the name of holism: global goods and the neglect of the poor
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Tim Ingold
Life on the line: movement, knowledge and description
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George Marcus
Multi-sited Ethnography: Five or Six Things I Know About It Now
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27/28 September 2005 - Writing Anthropology
Inger Sjørslev and Hanne Mogensen, Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen

29 September 2005 –Thesis in time
Jens Larsen, Cand. Mag, writer. Writing coach at the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy at the Copenhagen Business School. Teacher at Dieu and course director at Testrup Højskole. Counsellor at Danmarks Designskole. Author of the book ‘Sangskriver – elleve samtaler’ published by Lindhardt & Ringhof and of various articles and anthologies.

Place:  Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5, Copenhagen
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Well-written introductions, coherence in your thesis and original ideas
Thesis in time, workshop 3

Date and place:
19-20 January 2006, Institute of Anthropology, Copenhagen University.
Teacher:
Jens Larsen.
Coordinator:
Adriënne Heijnen 
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26–28 October 2005- Security and development: recent trends in social science
Researcher training course
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From Plans to Practice: Research Methodology Workshop
Date and place:     9 March 2006, Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen
Resource persons and teachers:
                                 Nils Bubandt and Michael Whyte
Coordinator:         Adriënne Heijnen
ECTS points:        3 
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Megaseminar for all Ph.D students and teachers 
The Danish Research School of Anthropology and Ethnography
Date:  January 26-28, 2005, AES, Århus and IA, Copenhagen
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From Plans to Practice: Research Methodology Workshop
The Danish Research School of Anthropology and Ethnography
Date: June, 14 2005
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Ph.D. thesis in time - On turbo text production, seductive rhetoric and personal style
Series of two workshops on practical writing tools for Ph.D. students by Jens Larsen
The Danish Research School of Anthropology and Ethnography

WORKSHOP 1 The Writing Process and Quality Criteria
Date: Monday 27 June 2005
Workshop: 11:30-16:30 (coffee and lunch included)
Place: Auditorium 2, Dep. of Anthropology and Ethnography, University of Aarhus, Moesgaard.
Dinner: 18:00-19:30 Place will be announced later
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2004


 

From Plans to Practice: Research Methodology Workshop
The Danish Research School of Anthropology and Ethnography
Date: September 28, 2004
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Workshop: Writing anthropology
The Danish Research School of Anthropology and Ethnography
September 30 and October 1, 2004 (starting September 29 if many students sign up for the course)
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Workshop: "Uncommon" informants and ethnographic work.
The Danish Research School of Anthropology and Ethnography October 25-26, 2004 (if many students also 27.10)
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PhD course: The anthropology of knowledge and the knowledge of anthropology
Dates and place:             22 - 23 January, 2004, Århus
Teachers:
                          professor Fredrik Barth and professor Kirsten Hastrup
Ressourceperson:           professor Ton Otto
Coordinator:                   mag.scient. Mette Meldgaard
 

Meeting about the Ph.D.-education at IA, Copenhagen
Date and place
:              25.3, kl. 14.00-16.00, 5. sal at Institute of Antropology , Frederiksholms Kanal 4, 1220 K.
www.anthro.ku.dk/PhD-studiet/phd-studiet.htm
 


Meeting about the Ph.D.-education at AES, Århus.
Time: 25.3, kl. 14:15-16:00
Place: Aud. 5.
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Workshop: Cultural categories, communities and individuality
The Danish Research School of Anthropology and Ethnography
April 28-29
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Workshop: “Value” in a neo-liberal world
The Danish Research School of Anthropology and Ethnography
May 3- 5, 2004
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Workshop: From Plans to Practice: Research Methodology Workshop
The Danish Research School of Anthropology and Ethnography
June 22, 2004
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2003


Michael Herzfeld, Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University.
Invited as a guest professor by the Research School in October 2003.

22.10
9-11 am
Lecture at Institute of Anthropology
"Embodying Tradition:  Hegemony and the Reproduction of Artisanal Personhood in the Penumbra of the West "

23.10
Lecture at Moesgaard
10.15 am
Foredragssalen.
"The Body Impolitic:  Crafting Masculinity and Modernity in Crete".


Michael Herzfeld: a sketch of his anthropological project

 

Workshop

Comparison and Reflexivity in the Age of Globalisms
October 27-31 2003 in Copenhagen
Place: Institute of Anthropology, Copenhagen
Teacher: Professor Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University
Ressourceperson: Professor Susan Whyte, University of Copenhagen
Coordinator: Mette Meldgaard
Readings
 


Publish with Herzfeld
29. October 2003
Room 308 at Institute of Anthropology, Frederiksholms Kanal 4, 1220 Copenhagen K
 


Plans to Practice: Research Methodology Workshop

Dates and place:      4-5 November, 2003, Copenhagen
Resource Persons:   Nils Bubandt and Karen Fog Olwig
Coordinator:            Mette Meldgaard


PhD-supervisorseminar

Date and Place:        December 16th at 18:00 till December 17th at 16:00, "Hindsgavl Slot", Fyn
Coordinator:            Mette Meldgaard


Conference: Questions of Order
Date and place:
      January 29 - 31, 2003, Klarskovgaard, Sjælland
Lecturers:               Dr. Susan Wright, University of Birmingham,
                                  Professor Kirsten Hastrup, University of Copenhagen, Lektor Martijn van Beek, University of Aarhus
Conference description
Programme

Course: Analyzing Policy Changes
Date and place:
      February 5-7, 2003, Institute of Anthropology, Copenhagen
Teachers:                 Dr. Susan Wrigth, University of Birmingham, and Lektor Bodil Selmer, University of Aarhus
Course description


Workshop: Plans to Practice
Date and place:    
March 6-7, 2003 in Aarhus
Teachers:                Nils Bubandt, University of Aarhus, and Karen Fog Olwig, Univesity of Copenhagen
Programme
Coordinator: Mette Meldgaard
 


Workshop: Forms of Knowledge - Notions of Relatedness
Date and place
:      May 8-9 2003 in Copenhagen
Teachers:                 Tine Tjørnhøj Thomsen, University of Copenhagen,
                                   Senior Lecturer Janet Carsten, University of Edinburgh,
                                   Professor Sarah Franklin, University of Lancaster
Course Description
Programme
Coordinator                Mette Meldgaard


Workshop: What is Tradition? Impact of the 'Invention of Tradition' Debate
Date and place
:     May 27-28, 2003 in Århus
Teachers:                Professor Terence Ranger African Studies, St Antony's College, University of Oxford,
                                 Emeritus Professor of Anthropology Robert Tonkinson, Editor,
                                             Anthropological Forum The University of Western Australia
                                 Professor Ton Otto, Department of Ethnography and Social Anthropology, University of Aarhus
Course Description
Programme
Readings
Coordinator:             Mette Meldgaard
 


Workshop: Narratives in Anthropological Research
Date and place:     10.- 12. June, 2003 in Aarhus
Teachers:                Jens Seeberg, University of Aarhus
                                 Professor Cheryl Mattingly, USC, LA.
Course Description
Programme
Readings
Coordinator:           Mette Meldgaard
 

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2002


Focused Reading
Date and place:   
September 20, 2002 in Copenhagen
Teachers:               Jens Estrup, Korax Communication


Metode og analyse i etnografisk sundhedsforskning i Danmark
Date and place:  
September 26 - 27, 2002 in Copenhagen
Teachers:              Professor Kirsti Malterud, University of Bergen
                                Lektor Helle Johannesen, University of Southern Denmark
                                Lektor Vibeke Steffen, University of Copenhagen


Plans to Practice: Research Methodology Workshop
Date and place:   
September 30 - October 1, 2002 in Copenhagen
Teachers:               Lektor Jens Seeberg, University of Aarhus
                                Lektor Karen Fog Olwig, University of Copenhagen


Engaged Anthropology
Date and place:   October 22 - 24, 2002 in Aarhus
Teachers:              Professor Davyd Greenwood, Cornell University, USA
                               Professor Anita Hardon, University of Amsterdam,
                               Lektor Martijn van Beek, University of Aarhus
                               Professor Susan Whyte, University of Copenhagen


Illusio and Social Poetics
Date and place:
    October 28 - November 1, 2002 in Copenhagen
Teachers:               Professor Ghassan Hage, University of Sydney,
                                Lektor Galina Lindquist, University of Stockholm
                                Professor Michael Jackson, University of Copenhagen


The experience of risk - a seminar on the government of luck, misfortune and chance
Date and place:  
December 9 -11, 2002 in Copenhagen
Teachers:              Lektor Gerda Reith, University of Glasgow
                               Senior Lecturer jdith Green, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
                               Lektor Vibeke Steffen
                               Professor Susan Whyte
                               Professor Michael Jackson, University of Copenhagen
Course Description (PDF file 20K)
Programme


Workshop on improving PhD Supervision
December 18 - 19, 2002 in Hindsgavl, Fyn


Space, Landscape and Environment
Date and place:   February 25, 2002, Aarhus University,
Teacher:               Professor Tim Ingold, Aberdeen University


Introduction to Nud*Ist Software for Management of Qualitative Ethnographic Data
Date and place:    
March 6, 2002 University of Copenhagen.
Teacher:                 Ashu Conrad, Cand.scient.anth., University of Copenhagen


The Dream and Reality of Coming Home: the Imaginations, Policies, Practices and Experiences of Return Migration
Date and place:   
March 7 - 9, 2002 in Copenhagen
Teachers:              Lektors Karsten Pærregaard
                              Karen Fog Olwig, University of Copenhagen,
                              Lektor Marita Eastmond, Gotheborg University,
                              Associate Prof. Laura Hammond,
                              Clark University (USA),
                              Ayumi Takenaka, Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford University

Young Scholars Forum and following reception. European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA)
August 16, 2002, University of Copenhagen

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2001


Writing Anthropology
Date and place:    
October 22 - 26, 2001 in Copenhagen
Teachers:               Professor Michael Jackson
                               Lektor Inger Sjørslev, University of Copenhagen


Teaching the fundamental skills of ethnographic writing fieldnotes and articles as well as the thesis itself.


Strengthening Supervision
Date and place:     
November 16 - 17, 2001 in Aarhus
Teachers:                  Professor Susan Whyte, University of Copenhagen


A workshop where topics relevant for supervisors were discussed. selection of Ph.d.-projects, proposal development, study plan and process, supervisor/student relationship, co-supervision, writing skills etc.

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