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Ulf Hannerz, born June 9, 1942 in Malmö, is an emeritus professor of social anthropology at Stockholm University, a honorary doctor at The Faculty of Social Sciences (2005), University of Oslo. His research includes urban societies, local media cultures, transnational cultural processes, and globalization.

His works Soulslide and Exploring the City are classic books in the area of urban anthropology.

Hannerz is the author of “Cosmopolitians and Locals in World Culture” (1990). His theory essentially explores cosmopolitanism from the analysis of expatriates.

In 2000, Hannerz delivered the Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture at the University of Rochester, considered by many to be the most important annual lecture series in the field of Anthropology.

Hannerz is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

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