Cultural Anthropology

Anthropology is the lingua franca of modern humanities and social sciences. In recent years it has grown in status as an academic discipline and as a framework for the analysis of the modern world with its growing complexity and its inherent contradictions. The Cultural Anthropology Program is the most recent addition to the degree programs at Collegium Civitas. Formally, it is a specialization within the Department of Sociology but it enjoys an autonomous status.
 
The Program places emphasis on the history of anthropology and on ethnography. A considerable amount of field work in eastern Poland and in Lithuania is also involved. In addition, students are encouraged to take courses in philosophy - in ethics, phenomenology and hermeneutics in particular. The Program Director is Professor Joanna Tokarska-Bakir, Humboldt Fellow in Heidelberg and Andrew W. Mellon Fellow at Instituts für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen in Vienna.
 
The program grants BA and MA degrees.