11. Jun 2018 / Forschung, People, News

"Fremd ja - exotisch nein danke! Wo steht die Ethnologie heute?" Das Ethnologische Seminar im Gespräch mit SRF Kultur

Prof Till Förster, Dr Rita Kesselring und Dr Silke Oldenburg erzählen aus ihrem Forschungsalltag

14. Mai 2018 / Forschung

Call for contributions: Special Issue to be submitted to Anthropological Theory: Sociality and Bodily Ways of Knowing – Ex Negativo

The special issue will be guest-edited by Anna Christen and Rita Kesselring

04. Apr 2018 / Forschung, Studium

Next guided field course goes to Burkina Faso (2018/2019)

Do you want to learn more about everyday life in ordinary African cities such as Koudougou, Tenkodogo, Banfora Ouahigouya, Bobo Dioulasso Fada N‘Gourma, Ouagadougou?

27. Mär 2018 / Forschung, People

New articles by Silke Oldenburg and Rita Kesselring

The articles look at urban space in eastern Congo and Northwestern Zambia

19. Mär 2018 / Forschung, Studium, People

New chapter by Till Förster and Lucy Koechlin in the "Oxford Handbook of Governance and Limited Statehood"

In their contribution, Till Förster and Lucy Koechlin discuss the construction and role of "traditional" authorities in governance arrangements.

19. Mär 2018 / Forschung, Studium, Doktorat, People

New article by Till Förster and Lucy Koechlin published in "The Palgrave Handbook of Urban Ethnography"

The contribution takes a closer look at the formation of political spaces in secondary cities in East and West Africa.

07. Mär 2018 / Forschung, People

Habilitation Completed – Privatdozent Granted to PD Piet van Eeuwijk

In March 2018 Piet van Eeuwijk has completed his ‘Habilitation’ and was granted ‘Privatdozent’ at the University of Zurich. Congratulations!

06. Mär 2018 / Forschung, People

Rita Kesselring is new editor of Anthropology Southern Africa

From March 2018 onwards, Rita Kesselring is one of three full editors of the journal Anthropology Southern Africa

24. Jan 2018 / Studium

Joint Fieldwork Exercise Program in INDONESIA

In tandem with Indonesion students and in cooperation with the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology of the University of Freiburg (“European Campus”) and the Institute for Anthropology of Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta,…

19. Jan 2018 / Events, People, Campus, Weitere

Article on the Visit of the Philippine Embassy

In November 2017 a delegation of the Philippine Embassy visited the Institute of Social Anthropology for a lecture at the Wednesday Colloquium. Read more about the event here.

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