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Plant Knowledge in the Caucasus
ASIA Annual Conference 2025, Venice, 15.-18. Dezember 2025In December 2025, as representatives of the Frobenius Institute, we organized the panel “Plant Knowledge in the Caucasus” at the annual conference of the Italian Association for the Study of Central Asia and the Caucasus (ASIAC).
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Science Brunch: “Biocultural Diversity”
On December 8, 2025, representatives of the Senckenberg Society, Goethe University, and the Frobenius Institute met for a “science brunch” at the invitation of the Frobenius Institute. The aim was to informally exchange ideas regarding possible project collaborations on the topic of “biocultural diversity.”
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On June 11–12, 2026, the Frobenius Institute will host its 8th Summer Symposium!
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Participation in the LOEWE Center “Dynamics of Religion”
In late summer 2025, the LOEWE Center “Dynamics of Religion: Ambivalent Neighborhoods between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in Historical and Contemporary Constellations” was approved by the Hessian Ministry of Science and Research, Art, and Culture (HMWK).
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Frobenius Institute awards research grant to Dr. des. Maren Jordan
Once a year, the Frobenius Institute awards the Frobenius Research Prize for outstanding ethnological dissertations in German-speaking countries at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
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The Frobenius Institute at the International Conference of Ethiopian Studies and the DGSKA
In October, members of the Frobenius Institute were frequently in attendance at various events.
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Team meeting and excursion in the “Global Pastures” project
From 31 August to 4 September, Prof. Dr. Roland Hardenberg participated in the third team meeting and field trip for the research project “Global Pastures: Ethnographic Explorations of Alpine Grassland Connections”, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Autonomous Province of Bolzano-South Tyrol since 2023. The project is led by Prof. Dr. Viviane Cretton (HES-SO Valais-Wallis, Switzerland) and Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Tauber (Free University of Bolzano, Italy).
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Anniversary celebration: „100 years of the Frobenius Institute in Frankfurt"
On 11 July 2025, the Frobenius Institute celebrated its centenary in Frankfurt with around 90 guests at the Frankfurt Historical Museum.
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