Dear Bachelor’s students of Anthropology UGM,

For the Autumn 2026 academic year, the Department of Anthropology at UGM is pleased to relaunch its student exchange program with the Department of Global Development and Planning at the University of Agder (Norway).

Through the Erasmus+ program, UGM students are invited to apply for this opportunity to join regular teaching activities, experience a different academic environment, and earn 10–20 ECTS credits, which can be converted into SKS.

Department of Anthropology Universitas Gadjah Mada invites all academic civitas to join the visiting lecture from Dr. Katharina Schneider (Katholische Hochschule für Sozialwesen Berlin) titled “Ageing and Digital Welfare on the German-Polish Border”

The lecture will be held on Wednesday, April 1st, 2026, from 15.00 to 16.30 WIB at Room Soegondo 709, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada. This event is open to the public, and students are highly encouraged to attend.

Abstract:
How do older adults perceive, evaluate and participate in efforts at digitalizing public services, especially those that are meant to support them in ageing well? Recent research, both on older adults as (non-)users of technology and on digital welfare, challenges the assumption that digitalization would provide an easy solution to population ageing, and to the economic, political and social challenges associated with it.

Department of Anthropology opened a new class with the title “Reflecting your Life – a turn towards Social Theory!”

Reflecting Your Life – A Turn Towards Social Theory is a practice-based class designed to prepare undergraduate and postgraduate students for academic discussions and thesis writing by linking social theory to everyday experiences.

Department of Anthropology opened a new class with the title “Framing Sustainable Tourism on the Ground : Perspectives and Imaginations of Residents and Actors in Watu Kodok, Gunungkidul”

The global challenge of environmental and societal sustainability has become a key guiding principle in both human relevance and academic discussions.

The Department of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam is currently seeking three PhD candidates for the project ‘Activist Techtopias: Crafting Alternate Infrastructures of Resistance in Asia’ (‘AlterTech’), led by Dr Yatun Sastramidjaja.

To Anthropology Alumni, Berlin University Alliance is looking for a research assistant for the following project:

Anthropology / Medical Anthropology for the interdisciplinary project “Codesigning Digital Technologies to Enhance Youth Mental Wellbeing in Tanzania and Uganda”! The researcher will investigate how environmental, digital, and socio-cultural factors intersect to shape youth mental health across rural and urban settings in Uganda, using a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Lembaran Antropologi Volume 4 No. 2 Year 2025 is taking a special theme discussing the role of anthropology in the production of knowledge and academic debates concerning performance and the arts from the perspective of decolonisation.

Following the results of the MA in Anthropology Thesis Proposal Seminar held on Thursday, April 10, 2025, we hereby attach the list of thesis supervision assignments.

Thesis Supervision Allocation – MA in Anthropology, Even Semester 2024/2025

Please note the following important points

• The assignment of thesis supervisors (DPT) has been determined based on the supervisor workload distribution and alignment of research themes as agreed upon during the proposal seminar and by the Graduate Program Committee of Anthropology.

• Upon receiving this announcement, students are expected to revise their proposals accordingly and promptly contact their assigned supervisors to begin the advisory process prior to commencing fieldwork.

• Before initiating thesis supervision, students must submit their data through SIMASTER via the following path: Akademik Kemahasiswaan >> Tugas Akhir >> Pengajuan Tugas Akhir >> Pengajuan >> Tugas Akhir.

• Graduation requirements include a journal publication and the completion of 42–44 credits (including the thesis), with no grades of D, E, or TL, within four semesters of study plus a maximum of two semesters of extension.

• For students needing a research permit letter, please contact Ms.

For Master’s students in Anthropology who are participating in the proposal seminar for the even semester of the 2024/2025 academic year, the information regarding the time and venue of the seminar is as follows:

Thursday, April 10, 2025

• Pemberdayaan (Room 511), from 09:00 to 11:00 WIB

• Dinamika Ekspresi dan Anak Muda (Room 511), from 11:30 to 13:30 WIB

• Dinamika Hidup Urban & Multikultural (Room 514), from 09:00 to 11:00 WIB

• Women and Gendered Problem (Room 514), from 11:30 to 13:30 WIB

• Ekologi dan Respon Manusia (Room 709), from 09:00 to 11:00 WIB

• Komodifikasi dan Konsumsi  (Room 709), from 11:30 to 13:30 WIB

The cluster distribution can be viewed via the following link:
http://ugm.id/KlusterisasiSemproS2Genap2025

Students are requested to upload their seminar presentation (PPT) via the following link:
http://ugm.id/PengumpulanMateriSemproS2

We are inviting you to a Fulbright research fellow lecture!

Join us for “Ecological Education and Conservation Culture in Southeast Asia” , a lecture to be delivered by Dr Richard Kraince.