International Summer School in Social Anthropology

International Summer School in Social Anthropology

- previous editions -

XI-th Edition - Social Identity Dynamics in Multicultural European Cities - Timișoara, 24 students from Université de Fribourg - Switzerland, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Tbilisi State University - Georgia,  Yerevan State University - Armenia, West University of Timișoara - Romania, Université Lumière Lyon 2 - France, and University of Basel - Switzerland; 8 professors from West University of Timișoara, Université de Fribourg and Norwegian University of Science and Technology; held by the Department of Sociology at the West University of Timișoara, 23-27 June 2025

X-th Edition - The anniversary of the 10th edition of the International Summer School in Social Anthropology, gathered at the Sociology Department of the West University of Timisoara, 24 international students from 10 European universities from the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Switzerland. 

IX-th Edition - Cohabitation with Other-Than-Human Entities. Exploring Human-Wildness Interactions Program, Valais Region, Switzerland, 9-16 June 2024

VIII-th Edition - The polycentric city of the 2023 European Capital of Culture Timisoara, 24 students and seven teachers from UVT, Unifr, NTNU, field research in the historic neighbourhoods and cultural heritage sites of the city of Timisoara, and lectures at the Department of Sociology. The VIII-th Edition of ISSSA was supported by the West University of Timișoara Summer School, Timișoara, Romania,  19-30 June 2023

VII-th Edition - Insights from social inclusion real-life cases. On-site visits and fieldwork in Timisoara, 24 students and six teachers from UniFR, UVT, and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), field research and visits in five living areas of the city of Timișoara, and lectures at the West University of Timișoara, Romania, 6-10 June 2022

VI-th Edition - La mobilité et les frontières dans les Alpes,  15 students and 5 teachers and local experts from UniFR, UVT and CREPA, field research and lectures in the communes of Sembrancher, Champex-Lac, Verbier, Saint Bernard - Route Napoleon, Commune de Trient, Saint-Rémy-en-Bosses, and Della Valle d'Aosta University (Italy), Valais Region, Switzerland, 3-8 June 2019

V-th Edition - Urban anthropology. Transformations in the city: Exploring Timișoara, 11 students and two teachers from UniFR and UVT, field research in Timișoara and Commune of Dumbrăvița/ Újszentes, and lectures at the West University of Timișoara, Romania, 16-20 July 2018

IV-th Edition - Local governing of ageing and shrinkage in rural communities, 16 students and six teachers from Unifr and UVT, field research in rural communities from the communes of Racovița, Uivar, Vălcani, and Bogda, Timiș County, and lectures at the West University of Timișoara, Romania, 5-15 June 2015

III-rd Edition - Vivre à la montagne: défis économiques, légaux, environnementaux et touristiques, 16 students and 5 teachers and local experts from UniFR, CREPA, UVT and University of Lyon, field research in rural and mountain communities in Valais Region, Switzerland, 9-16 June 2014

II-nd Edition - Social development of rural communities: economy, traditional occupations, and tourism, 19 students and four teachers from UniFR and UVT, field research in rural communities from Zăvoi and Gărâna from Caraș Severin County, and lectures at the West University of Timișoara, Romania, 8-14 June 2013

I-st Edition - Sembrancher, Valais Region, Switzerland, 2012