Brian Palmer (social anthropologist)

Brian Palmer
Born Brian Palmer
1964[1]
New York City, United States
Nationality American
Education PhD Harvard
Alma mater Harvard University
Occupation Social Anthropology
Employer Uppsala University
Website brianpalmer.org

Brian Charles William Palmer (born 1964) is a social anthropologist and scholar of religion at Uppsala University.

Biography

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Brian Palmer graduated valedictorian of his class at Stuyvesant High School, and later he received his doctorate at Harvard University in 2000 with the dissertation Wolves at the Door: Existential Solidarity in a Globalizing Sweden,[1] was Lecturer on the Modern West until 2004.[1][2][3] In 2002 he was voted "best lecturer" at Havard University.[4]

Personal

Brian Palmer currently lives in Stockholm.

Work

Brian Palmer currently teaches at Uppsala University in Sweden, while also lecturing widely outside the university. Previously he held the Torgny Segerstedt Guest Professorship at Gothenburg University.

Media

Selected publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Professors P - Research, University of Gothenburg, Sweden". Retrieved 14 February 2011. university lecturer between 2000 and 2004
  2. Potier, Beth (2001-11-08). "Religion course touches a nerve". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  3. "Brian Palmer". schema-root.org. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  4. ManssonS, Sandra (2010-05-18). "Brian Palmer Lecture, Civic Courage: Making a Difference and Paying a Price". Democrats Abroad. Retrieved 14 February 2011.

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