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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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Workshop: Fundamentals of urban anthropology. History, power relations, and regional focal points from a social and cultural anthropological perspective
On June 16 and 17, 2025, urban anthropologists from all over Germany and Switzerland met in Frankfurt to discuss the fundamentals of urban anthropology and to promote the publication of a handbook on urban anthropology by Springer Verlag. Individual chapters were already discussed at this meeting.
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Summer School: “Gods, Fields, Minds and Mines”, 16 to 22 June 2025 at the Goethe University ‘Guest House Bergkranz’ in Kleinwalsertal (Austria)
From 16th to 22nd of June 2025, scholars, PhD students, master’s and bachelor’s students from India, Germany and the Netherlands gathered at the stunning mountain retreat of Goethe University’s ‘Guest House Bergkranz’ in Kleinwalsertal, Austria.
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