Jan Brøgger

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Jan Brøgger

Anthropology

#365

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#518

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Social Anthropology

#14

World Rank

#22

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• Anthropology

Why Is Jan Brøgger Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Jan Christian Brøgger was a Norwegian professor of social anthropology and a clinical psychologist. He was one of the most well-known Norwegian academics of his generation. He first worked together with the internationally more notable Fredrik Barth at the University of Bergen. Brøgger later travelled to Cornell University where he studied under Victor Turner. He received his PhD in 1970 at the University of Oslo. From 1969 to 1974 he was curator at the Ethnographic museum of Oslo. Jan Brøgger became full professor in social anthropology at the University of Trondheim in 1975, a position he held until he died in 2006. He was also dean of studies at the Faculty of humanities at NTNU. He did fieldwork in Italy, Ethiopia, the Sudan, Portugal, and Malaysia.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Jan Brøgger?

Jan Brøgger is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of Oslo
• Norwegian University of Science and Technology
• Cornell University