Centre for Comparative Culture Studies (CCCS)

CCCS has as its goal to use the analytical potential there exist in the variaties and similarities in the ways humans organize themselves socially and create meaning in theur cultural worlds. The core area of CCCS is accordingly the study of culture and society in a comparative and global perspective.

The regions that we have ethnographic expertise in numbers India, Ukraine, and Central Asia, as well as Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, and Syria.

From the basis of long-term ethnographical fieldwork our research to contributes to international debates on the themes of migration, materiality, religion, cultural analysis, media, storytelling and historicity.

At CCCS, we strive to create the best possible working environment by underscoring the value of critical, curious, and generous engagement. We believe that research is a collaborative enterprise, where we always need to expand the perimeters of our conversations, research topics, partners, and networks.

At CCCS, this impacts on the priority we give to connect our research to our teaching. We strive to engage with real-world problems and explore these in light of comparative, ethnographic research agendas. The impetus is to facilitate new understandings and make new connections, where both such real-world problems as well as our theoretical understanding may grow and cross-fertilize each other.

As part of our ethos we strive to setup seminars, workshops, and guest lectures, which bring students, junior and senior scholars together, and also stays attuned to new opportunities for collaboration between academia, stakeholders and practitioners.