Background
Lithman, Georg Yngve was born on September 11, 1943 in Stockholm. Son of Knut and Alice (Strand) Lithman.
anthropologist educator sociologist
Lithman, Georg Yngve was born on September 11, 1943 in Stockholm. Son of Knut and Alice (Strand) Lithman.
Bachelor with honors, Stockholm University, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, Stockholm University, 1978.
Senior researcher, professor Stockholm University, since 1983. Visiting fellow University College, London, 1988. Visiting professor University Manitoba, Canada, 1989-1990, Natural Research Institute, 1992-1994.
Research center director, professor Bergen University, Norway, since 1996.
Author: The Community Apart, 1986, The Practice of Underdevelopment, 1984. Editor: The New Islamic Presence in Western Europe, 1990, People and Land in Northern Manitoba, 1993. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Member Association European Social Anthropologists, International Sociological Association, American Anthropological Association, Canadian Association Anthropologists.
Married Eva Louise Lundberg, 1974. Children: Jesper, Ola.