CURRICULUM VITAE
Christer Lindberg 
Östra Förstadsgatan 13
211 31 Malmoe
SWEDEN
Date of birth: October 6, 1956
Professor: Social Anthropology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Docent: Comparative Religion, Åbo Akademi University, Åbo, Finland.
Registrated at the University of Lund in September 1986, studies sociology, history and social anthropology.
Bachelors degree in sociology/social anthropology: June 1989
Registrated for doctoral studies in December 1989.
Assistent teachers position: September 1990.
Ph.D. May 1995.
Asst. professor at the Department of Anthropology, Lund University, July 1995- March 1998.
Associate Professor at the Department of Anthropology, Lund University, March 1998--
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Anthropology, Lund University, Januari 2000-December 2004.
Guest Professor, SCASSS, Uppsala Univeristy, January-December 2003.
Associate Professor at the Department of Religion, Turku University, Turku, Finland.
Courses held for undergraduate students
Theory and Method in social anthropology.
Social organization.
Psychological anthropology.
Regional Specialization: The North American Indians.
Myth, Symbolism, and Cosmology.
Historical Anthropology.
Culture & Identity
Social change
Global anthropology
Visual anthropology
Anthropological Method
Peace and Conflict
Anthropological Theory
Courses held for doctorate students and graduate researchers
Observers Observed (Biographical lectures concerning the major contributors to anthropological theory).
The Rise of American Anthropology.
Public lectures
Ethnocentrism and Racism.
The Sun Dance.
The noble and ignoble savage.
The Rise and Fall of the Inca Empire.
Social and Religious Institutions in the Inca Empire.
The noble and ignoble savage revisited.
Mathematics and astonomy of the Amer-indians. (Radio)
Paul Radin: An Anthropological Trickster.
How Natives Think
Erland Nordenskiöld: an Indian life-way.
The Ethnographical Content of Karl Bodmer’s Paintings.
Edward S. Curtis: Shadow Catcher
George Catlin and the North American Indians
Bob Marley
Amerindian religions
Honorary invitations
International Visitors Program of the United States Visitors Agency (five weeks travels around the United States, including Washington, New York, Boston, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Oxford, in April-May 1992).
Diploma de Honor, Universidad Tecnica del Beni, Trinidad, Bolivia, Septiembre 1992 (lecture concerning baron Erland Nordenskiöld).
IMER-Conference (International Migrations and Ethnic Relations), Stockholm, Sweden, Oct 15-16, 1992.
The Sociologists Conference in Lund, Sweden, Jan 28-30, 1992 (presenting "Normal and abnormal behavior in an Native American Society").
Société de Anthropologie, Paris, June 3-5, 1993: paper "The American Indians in the writings of early anthropologists".
Conference: 9. Nordiske Migrationsforskerseminar, Esbjerg 16-19 september 1993 (presenting "Etnicitet och kulturintegration").
Finlandssvenska litteratursällskapet i Helsingfors (The Swedish Literary Society of Finland), Helsingfors, March 29-April 1, 1995.
American Indian Workshop, Porto, Portugal, April 5-9, 1995 (Session Chairman).
IMER-Conference at Lund University, Oct. 26-27, 1995. (Session Chairman).
John A. Sproul Postdoctoral fellow in Canadian Studies: University of California at Berkeley, September 1-30, 1996.
The Royal Historical Academy, Stockholm: Seminar on Biographical Writing. October 1996.
American Indian Workshop, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, March 23-27, 1997.
Faculty Research Award, The Department of Foreign Affairs, Ottawa, Canada, March 1999.
American Indian Workshop, Bordeaux, April 2001.
American Indian Workshop, Dublin, March 26-28, 2002 (Session Chairman).
Consultant for museum exhibit at the ethnographic museum in Stockholm, March 2002.
Consultant for museum exhibit concerning Alfred Metraux at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, April 2002.
NACS: VII Triennial Conference, 8-11 August 2002, Stockholm.
American Indian Workshop, May 8-10, 2003.
American Indian Workshop, May 3-5, 2004.
AAA, San Francisco, November 2004
AAA Washington, November 2005.
International Americanist Congress, ICA 24, Sevilla, juli 2006.
AAA Philadelphia, December 2009
Honorary titles
Elected member of the Scientific Society (Vetenskapssocieteten) of Lund, 1997-11-28.
Nominated best teacher in social sciences, April 1998.
Nominated best teacher in social sciences, December 1998.
Honored best teacher in social sciences, December 3, 1999.
Professional positions
Member of the editorial board for Acta Americana, 1994.
Scientific editor of Acta Americana, 1995—2006.
Editor of Acta Americana, 2007--
Member of the scientific board for Antropologicas, 1997--
Member of the editorial board for European Review of Native American Studies, 1997--
Organizer of the 20th American Indian Workshop, Lund University, April 26-28, 1999.
Board member of L’association nordique d’études canadiennes/The Nordic Association for Canadian Studies.
Researcher at SCASSS, Uppsala, Academic year of 2003.
Supervising of academic dissertations
Supervisor: Oscar Andersson, Chicagoskolan: Institutionaliseringen, idétraditionen & vetenskapen. Lunds Universitet, Socialantropologi. Dissertation defended oktober 2003.
Supervisor: Anneli Ståhlberg om statuskonsumtion. To be presented.
Second supervisor: Johan Cronehed, Fenomenet IT. Dissertation defended 2005.
Second supervisor: Adriana Munoz, Historical Approach to the Formation of South American Archaeological Collections at the Museum of World Cultures. To be presented.
Supervisor: Renate Recke, forthcoming thesis.
Faculty opponent: Jan Svanberg, Schamantropologi i gränslandet mellan forskning och praktik: En studie av förhållandet mellan schamanismforskning och neoschamanism. Åbo Akademi, 19 september 2003.
Member of board of examinators: Ulf Johansson Dahre, Det förgångna är framtiden: Ursprungsfolk och politiskt självbestämmande i Hawai’i. September 2001.
Member of board of examinators: Ilona Salomaa, Rafael Karsten (1879-1956) as a Finnish scholar of religion. Helsingfors Universitet, maj 2002.
Member of board of examinators: Fernando Sampaio Amaro, Mexican Mural Movement: Myths and Mythmakers. Institutionen för konst- och musikvetenskap, Lunds Universitet, januari 2004.
Evaluative reviews
Evaluation of John Hedberg’s Wixarica: The Emergence of the Indian City States in Mexico for HSFR, Stockholm, 970506.
Evaluation of Thomas Hylland Eriksen’s Små steder, store spörgsmål for Scandinavian University Press, Stockholm, 970917.
Competent adviser: Högskolan Dalarna, 1999.
Expert adviser for the Swedish translation of Mikael Rothstein (ed) Humanistisk religionsforskning. Nya Doxa. Nora 1999.
Evaluation of project no 172382, B. O. Tafjord, ”Mormon growth in Costa Rica: An analysis of reasons for and consequences of conversion” submitted to Research Council of Norway, October 2005.
Expert adviser (anthropology and American Indians) for the encyclopedia AHA published by Bertmarks förlag in ten volumes, 2003-2005.
Competent adviser: Linköpings universitet, 2006.
Evaluation of project no 178951 Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold, ”From Tradition to Religion – Inquiries into the African and Native Roots of Religious Practices and Beliefs in Brazil” submitted to Research Council of Norway, November 2006.
Fieldwork
Central Bolivia, August-September, 1992.
British Columbia, Canada, May-June, 1994.
British Columbia & Ontario, June-July, 1999.
Archival research
Malmö museum, Malmö; Göteborgs Etnografiska Museum, Göteborg; Folkens Museum Etnografiska, Stockholm; Riksarkivet, Stockholm; Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien, Stockholm; Nationalmuseet, Köpenhamn; British Library, London; British Museum, London; London School of Economics, London; Horniman Museum, London; Musee de l’Homme, Paris; American Museum of National History, New York; New York Public Library, New York; Pierpont Morgan Library, New York; Smithsonian Institution, Washington; Library of Congress, Washington; National Archives of Anthropology, Washington; National Archives, Washington; Field Columbian Museum, Chicago; Newsberry Library, Chicago; American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia; Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley; Bancroft Library, Bekreley; Arizona Pioneers Historical Society, Tucson; Museum of New Mexico, Albuquerque; Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver; Harvard University Archives, Cambridge; Tozzer Library, Cambridge; Åbo Akademi, Åbo/Turko.
Photo Exhibits
Paris Sérénade, Pauliskolans konstförening, Sept. 1 – Oct. 6, 2005.
Paris Sérénade, Lunds universitet, Oct. 15 – Nov. 30, 2005.
Det gröna hjärtat, Lunds universitet, Sept 2009---
Publications
"Etnocentrism-Rasism". (ethnocentrism and racism) Invandrare och minoriteter, Nr 1, 1990.
"Foreigners in action at Wounded Knee", Nebraska History, Vol 71, No 4, Winter 1990.
"Andedansen". (The Ghost Dance) Nordamerikas indianer, Vol X, No 1, 1991.
"Mellan himmel och helvete: Mexico City". (Between Heaven and Hell: Mexico City) Geografiska Notiser, Nr 2, 1991.
"Den civiliserade identiteten - en debatt mellan modernister och primitivister". (The Civilized Identity - a Debate Between Modernists and Primitivists) Genesis, Nr 4, 1991.
"Soldansen". (The Sun Dance) Nordamerikas indianer, Vox XI, No 1, 1992.
"The Pioneers: The Rise of American Anthropology." Research Reports From the Department of Sociology, Lund University. 124 pp. Lund 1992.
"Spridning av kulturelement mellan Gamla och Nya Världen" (The Diffusion of Cultural Traits Between the Old and the New World). Geografiska Notiser, Nr 1, 1993.
Antropologiska porträtt. (Anthropological Portraits) Studentlitteratur. Lund 1993.
"Sources for American Indian History: Sweden". American Indian Quarterly, Vol 17, No 2, Spring 1993.
"Jakten på den försvunna skatten." Sydsvenska Dagbladet, 1994-04-17.
"Om trögdjuret, eller när lammen vaknar: en replik." Sydsvenska Dagbladet, 1994-04-30.
"The Code of Honour - Truth and Moral in the Writings of Rafael Karsten." Acta Americana, Vol 2, 1994.
Bonniers Lexikon. Indianer/Indiankrigen/Inka/Lenape/Maya/Misquito. Bonniers Förlag. Stockholm.
"The 15th Annual Meeting of the American Indian Workshop in Luxembourg." European Review of Native American Studies, Fall 1994.
Erland Nordenskiöld - En antropologisk biografi (Erland Nordenskiöld - An Anthropological Biography). Doctoral dissertation. Reprocentralen, Lunds Universitet, Lund 1995.
"It takes more than fieldwork to become a culture-hero of anthropology - the Story of Rafael Karsten." Anthropos, 90, 1995.
Multiculturalism and Nationhood in Canada (with Svante Lundberg & Per Bauhn). Studentlitteratur. Lund 1995.
"Erland Nordenskiölds opublicerade manuskript". Göteborgs Etnografiska Museum, Årstryck 1991-1994. Göteborg 1996.
Erland Nordenskiöld - ett indianlif. (The Royal Academy of Sciences publication of my doctoral thesis) Kungliga Vitterhetsakademiens serie Svenska Lärde. Boförlaget Natur och Kultur. Stockholm 1996.
"Du och ditt förbannade samvete: En social betraktelse av Clint Eastwoods 'High Plains Drifter'." Egensinne och mångfald: Från 19 sociologer till Bengt Gesser, redigerad av Gunnar Andersson. Arkiv Förlag. Lund 1996.
"Instruktion till Carl V. Hartman för grävningar i Costa Rica" (Instruction for prof. Carl V. Hartman regarding archaeological excavations in Costa Rica). Fornvännen, 91, 1996.
"The Shamans Journey". Acta Americana, Vol 4, No 1, 1996.
"Women's Societies of the Plains Indians: A Glance at the Early Sources". Native American Women in Litterature and Culture, edited by Susan Castillo and Victor M. P. Da Rosa, Fernando Pessoa University Press, Porto 1997.
Antropologiska porträtt 2. (Anthropological Portraits, vol 2) Sociologiska institutionen. Lund 1997.
”Una biografía antropológica de Erland Nordenskiold (1877-1932)”. Humana: Revista de Ciencias Históricas y Sociales, Volumen I, Numero 1, 1997.
"El museo - como libro y situación de campo: El visionario Erland Nordenskiöld". Erland Nordenskiöld: investigador y amigo del indígena, edited by J-Å Alvarsson, Abya Yala, Quito 1997.
"El código de honor - La verdad y la moral en los escritos de Rafael Karsten". Rafael Karsten - Observador y teórico, edited by J-Å Alvarsson, Abya Yala, Quito 1997.
”Paul Radin - The Trickster”. Acta Americana, Vol 5, No 2, 1997.
“Vi var här först: om miljö, mångkulturalism och etnisk nationalism i Canada”. SAMS Notiser, Vol XI, Nr. 1, 1998.
”Två stora Sydvästern-forskare har gått ur tiden: Morris Edward Opler & Alfonso Ortiz”. SAMS Notiser, Vol XI, Nr. 1, 1998.
Den gode och den onde vilden (The Noble and Ignoble Savage). Arkiv förlag. Lund 1998.
”Forskarbiografin som ett samhällsvetenskapligt verktyg” (Scientific biography as instrument for social sciences). Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien, Konferenser 41, Stockholm 1998.
”Bokhållarperspektiv på utbildningen”. Sydsvenska Dagbladet, 15 november 1998. Tillsammans med Per Bauhn och Svante Lundberg.
”Amerindian Myth Today: An Introduction”. Acta Americana, Vol 6, No 2, 1998.
"Eric von Rosen". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Stockholm 1999.
The Cultural History of the South American Indians, by Erland Nordenskiöld. Edited and with an Introduction by Christer Lindberg. AMS Press, Inc. New York 1999.
“Anthropologies de l’Europe du Nord”. Dictionnaire de l’ethnologie et de l’anthropologie. Presses universitaires de France. Paris 1999.
European Review of Native American Studies, Vol 13, No 2, 1999. Guest editor: Christer Lindberg.
“Indianer på museum eller hur vi möter det annorlunda”. Tvärsnitt, No 4, 1999.
“Paul Radin: The Anthropological Trickster”. European Review of Native American Studies, Vol 14, No 1, 2000.
“Uvertyr: Claude Lévi-Strauss - en civilisationskritikers liv och verk”. (40-page introduction to a new Swedish edition of Tristes Tropiques) Spillror av paradiset av Claude Lévi-Strauss. Arkiv förlag. Lund 2000.
”Schamanens vandring i indianland”. (”Native American Shamanism”) Schamaner: Essäer om religiösa mästare, edited by Thomas P. Larsson. Bokförlaget Nya Doxa. Falun 2000.
I Lönnlövets skugga. (In the Shade of the Maple Leaf, book pertaining to the present situation of the Canadian Indians) Arkiv förlag. Lund 2000.
”En dag på museet”. Att möta främlingar, redaktörer Göran Rystad och Svante Lundberg. Arkiv förlag. Lund 2000.
CD-ROM Review: Sylvia L. Hilton: Las Racies Hispánicas del Oeste de Norteamérica: Textos Históricos. European Review of Native American Studies, 15:1, 2001.
Book review: William S. E. Coleman, Voices of Wounded Knee. Great Plains Quarterly, Vol 22, No. 1, Winter 2002.
”Hårets styrka”. (Magical Hair) Tingsligheter: Kulturens årsbok 2002. Kulturen. Lund.
“Facing Challenges”. Acta Americana, Vol 9, No 2, 2001.
Das buch der schamanen: Nord- und SüdAmerika. (With Åke Hultkrantz and Michael Ripinsky-Naxon) Ullstein. Berlin 2002.
Marley: Lejonets frihetssång. (Marley: The Lion’s Redemption Song) Arkiv förlag. Lund 2003.
”Erland Nordenskiöld i YMER”. Det bergiga Balkan - konflikternas halvö. Svenska Sällskapet för Antropologi och Geografi. Ymer 2003. Årgång 123.
”Relocation of Indian Tribes in the Name of God and Progress – An Overview”. Acta Americana, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2003.
(Co-author: Åke Hultkrantz) “The Last Battles Between Blackfeet and Shoshone as Remembered by Shoshone and Trappers”. The People of the Buffalo. Vol 1. The Plains Indians of North America. Military Art, Warfare and Change: Essays in Honor of John C. Ewers. Coordinated and edited by Colin F. Taylor and Hugh A. Dempsey. Tatanka Press. Wyk und Foehr. 2003.
”The Bureau of American Ethnology”. European Review of Native American Studies, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2003.
“George Catlin’s Account(s) of the O-kee-pa in Concordance with other Sources”. The Challenges of Native American Studies: Essays in Celebration of the Twenty-Fifth American Indian Workshop, edited by Barbara Saunders and Lea Zuyderhoudt. Studia Anthropologica. Leuven University Press. Leuven 2004.
“Otto Nordenskjöld”. Antarctic Challenges: Historical and Current Perspectives on Otto Nordenskjöld’s Antarctic Expedition 1901-1903. Edited by Elzinga, Nordin, Turner, and Wråkberg. Royal Society of Arts and Sciences. Göteborg 2004.
“Les regards éloignés”. Editions de l’Herne. Paris 2004.
Nya antropologiska porträtt. Lund Monographs in Social Anthropology 15. Sociologiska Institutionen, Lunds Universitet. Lund 2005.
Review: Coming to Shore: Northwest Coast Ethnology, Traditions, and Visions, edited by Marie Mauzé, Michael E. Harkin, and Sergei Kan. university of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London 2004. Journal de la Société des Américanistes, Vol. 91, No. 2, 2005.
”A Swedish Ethnographer in Sulawesi: Walter Kaudern”. Histories of Anthropology Annual, Volume 2., edited by Regna Darnell & Frederic W. Gleach. University of Nebraska Press. Lincoln & London 2006.
(Co-author Jan-Åke Alvarsson) ”In Memoriam: Åke Hultkrantz (1920-2006)”. Acta Americana, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2006.
“Åke Hultkrantz (1920-2006)”. European Review of Native American Studies, Vol. 20, No. 2, 2006.
“Anthropology on the Periphery: The Early Schools of Nordic Anthropology”. A New History of Anthropology, edited by Henrika Kuklick. Blackwell Publishing. Malden & Oxford. 2008.
“Kriege und Klischees”. Indianer: Urinwohner Nordamerikas. Schallaburg Kultur-betkriebsges.M.B.H. (HG.) Schallaburg 2008.
”Lodjurets historia – om tema och variation i de nordamerikanska indianernas religioner”. Jordens Folk, Vol. 43, Nr. 3, 2008.
Parisisk serenad. Transco-Script. Malmö 2009.
Samhället som tanke: Claude Lévi-Strauss och den franska strukturalismen. Arkiv förlag. Lund 2009.
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