Engaging Vulnerability

Don Kulick has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. We extend our warmest congratulations to Don on this well-deserved recognition!🎉🍾

Don Kulick Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Engaging Vulnerability Don Kulick, Distinguished Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Director of Engaging Vulnerability from 2015 to 2025, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Established in 1780, the Academy is one of the oldest and most prestigious learned societies in the world, honoring ex...

Today, EV PhD student Aliaksandra "Sasha" Shrubok successfully defended her dissertation, "Cultivating Love: Elderly Women and their Plants in the Belarusian Countryside."🪴 The faculty opponent was Professor Sophie Chao (U of Sydney). Our warmest congratulations to Sasha – very well done!🎉🥂🍾

Former EV PhD student Karl Ekeman receives VR International Postdoc!🥳🏆🍾🥂

International postdoc within humanities and social sciences as well as educational sciences (spring call) In the 2025 Spring call for international postdoc grant within humanities and social sciences including educational sciences, the Swedish Research Council approved 9 out of 90 applications. Nearly 36 million SEK will be allocated over the period 2025–2028.

Congratulations to EV PhD student Ida Grönroos for successfully defending her thesis today!🥳🏆

On Friday, EV PhD student Qing Shen "nailed" his thesis!👍 The defense will take place on November 8, at 09:15, in Geijersalen (ENG 6-1023). Faculty examiner: Professor Sara Friedman, Indiana University

Q***r Fun in Shanghai: The Social Lives of Elderly Working-Class Chinese Men - Engaging Vulnerability On Friday October 18, EV PhD student Qing Shen “nailed” his PhD thesis. It is now announced and handed over to the university library. ABSTRACT This thesis uses “play” as a core concept to examine the lives and subjectivities of older working-class q***r men (mostly above 60 years old) in Sh...