Lars Højer
Associate professor, deputy head of department
Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies
Karen Blixens Plads 8, 2300 København S, Søndre Campus, Building: 10-4-33
My research combines a focus on Inner Asia, mainly Mongolia, with a general interest in anthropological theory. I have always been interested in a variety of subjects – exchange/sociality, economic anthropology, postsocialism, magic/witchcraft, gossip, paranoia and political culture – but my research has almost always, in one way or the other, also been concerned with understanding processes of (radical postsocialist) transition. Besides my long-term interest in Mongolia, I have also previously carried out research on issues related to the Uyghurs and Western China.
I am currently Deputy Head of Department, Head of Center for Comparative Culture Studies and PI of a 3-year research project on “Escalations: A Comparative Ethnographic Study of Accelerating Change” (funded by the Danish Research Council for the Humanities). In this project, we aim to theorize sudden acceleration change through ethnographic studies in Denmark, Mongolia, India and the Middle East.
Selected publications
- Accepted/In press
Urban Hunters: Dealing and Dreaming in Times of Transition
Højer, L. & Pedersen, M. A., 2019, (Accepted/In press) Yale University Press.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
- Published
The Anti-Social Contract: Injurious Talk and Dangerous Exchanges in Northern Mongolia
Højer, L., 2019, Berghahn.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
- Published
Escalations: Theorizing Sudden Accelerating Change
Højer, L., Kublitz, A., Puri, S. S. & Bandak, A., 2018, In : Anthropological Theory. 18, 1, p. 36-58 22 p., 2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- Published
Introduction: The Power of Example
Højer, L. & Bandak, A., May 2015, In : Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. p. 1-17 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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