description Kirsten Hastrup Overview
Kirsten Hastrup is a Danish anthropologist and a professor emerita at the University of Copenhagen. Her academic research extensively explores the anthropology of Iceland, focusing on its historical social structures, environmental conditions, and the relationship between human societies and nature. She is also recognized for directing the interdisciplinary Waterworlds project, which examined the impacts of climate change on coastal communities. Her work bridges historical anthropology with modern environmental studies.
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What did Kirsten Hastrup research in Iceland?
Her work examines Iceland's history, culture, social structures, and relationship between people and the natural environment. The University of Copenhagen lists Iceland and Greenland among her primary regional interests. [University of Copenhagen profile](https://researchprofiles.ku.dk/en/persons/kirsten-hastrup/)
Is Kirsten Hastrup still a professor at the University of Copenhagen?
She is a professor emerita in the University of Copenhagen's Department of Anthropology. The word emerita means that she is a retired professor with an ongoing academic association, not the department's current active chair. [University of Copenhagen profile](https://anthropology.ku.dk/staff/emeritus-professors-and-guest-researchers/?pure=en%2Fpersons%2F110666)
Which Kirsten Hastrup book is a good introduction to her anthropology?
A Passage to Anthropology: Between Experience and Theory, published in 1995, is a clear starting point. It connects field experience with anthropological theory, while her books on Iceland are more region-specific.
What was Kirsten Hastrup's Oxford connection?
She earned a D.Phil. at the University of Oxford in 1980. Her doctoral work focused on cultural classification and medieval Iceland, which connects directly to her later historical anthropology. [Lex biography](https://lex.dk/Kirsten_Hastrup)
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