Department of Anthropology

The department’s curriculum combines the ideas and methodology of ethnography, social and cultural anthropology, folklore studies, linguistics and semiotics. Coursework and research are grouped around the three above-mentioned disciplines. Students have the opportunity to explore all three subject areas and thus avoid confining themselves to their own specialization. After familiarizing themselves with the basics of all three disciplines, master’s students are able to make an informed choice about the next destination on their academic journey, based not only on thematic but also methodological preferences.

The department’s graduate students most often research one or another aspect of a contemporary community (e.g., an ethnic, religious or professional group, pensioners, the hearing impaired, native speakers of a particular language, etc.). However, historically oriented research projects based on archival materials, as well as research based on contemporary recordings and classic collections of folklore, are also common.