Department Day 2024: Living research in the 21st century
All employees, alumni and students at the Department of Anthropology are invited to our Department Day.
Anthropological research is crucial in contemporary efforts to tackle the largest challenges facing our world today: climate change, increasing numbers of people living with chronic conditions, widening inequality gaps, political violence and instability, exhaustion, migration, and more. Join us for an afternoon of exploring and valuing the important research taking place at our Department, how research staff interact and involve students in their research, and how we disseminate and communicate our research to different audiences and stakeholders. As always, we will round off the day with a celebration of our newly educated master’s graduates followed by some food and refreshments. All welcome, spread the word!
The official programme concludes at 18:00 with dinner and refreshments.
Please sign up for the dinner using the following form:
Department Day sign-ups
In the sign-up form, our 2024 Master's graduates can also sign up to be celebrated on Department Day and receive their rose as well as our heartfelt congratulations.
We are very much looking forward to celebrating our fantastic department with you all!
On behalf of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen.
Program
15:00 – Arrival
15:15 – Welcome
15:25 – Presenting new research at the department of anthropology
Associate Professor Cecilie Rubow, Postdoc Matti Weisdorf, Postdoc Asmus Rungby, and Postdoc Kristian Hoeck
Associate Professor Atreyee Sen and Associate Professor Matthew Carey
Associate Professor Karen Waltorp
Associate Professor Helle Samuelsen
Associate Professor Anja Simonsen
Associate Professor Samantha Breslin
16:10 – Panel: Putting anthropological research to work
Moderated by PhD student Freja Bach Christiansen
w/ Postdoc Matti Weisdorf and Erika Skov, consultant at EVA
16:30 – Break hosted by student clubs and friends of the department
17:00 – Panel: Where research and student life intersect
Moderated by Nicholas Wollesen, student assistant
w/ Associate Professor Karen Waltorp, Asbjørn Gjengedal Madsen, student assistant at the Criminological Observatory, Pernille Sikker Hansen, research assistant on ASPIRE at DRC, Cæcilie Aagaard, organizer of UNDREN student seminars, and Hannah Munck Birch, student assistant on DART and Re-Animate
17:20 – Panel: How to make anthropological research more impactful
Moderated by Charlie Binning, student assistant
w/ Postdoc Inge-Merethe Haugaard, Head of Department Ayo Wahlberg, Associate Professor Helle Bundgaard and Søren Bang, journalist at the Faculty of Social Sciences
17:45 – Celebration of teacher of the year
17:50 – Graduation, Master’s students 2024
18:00 – Dinner