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).
100 years of Frobenius Institute in Frankfurt am Main
We would like to inform you about the following events, which are taking place as part of the celebrations:
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.
Summer Symposium 2025
The programme booklet for this year's Summer Symposium is now available.
Theaterperformance im Weltkulturen Museum
Donnerstag, 8. Mai, 19.30 Uhr Uraufführung
Donnerstag, 22. Mai, 19 Uhr
Freitag, 23. Mai, 19 Uhr
Workshop: Grundlagen der Stadtanthropologie
Prof. Dr. Peter Mark at the Frobenius Institute
We are delighted to welcome Prof Dr Peter Mark as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Frobenius Institute. 
Frankfurt - Lesotho: Rock art exhibition opens at the Morija Museum
Almost 100 years ago, three Frankfurt artists — Agnes Schulz, Maria Weyersberg, and Elisabeth Mannsfeld — travelled to Lesotho as part of the Frobenius expedition to southern Africa. Their mission: to document the region’s rock paintings using watercolours and coloured pencil.
Workshop: Cereal Cultures — Exploring Past and Present Social and Economic Systems of Millet and Cereal Cultivation in India and Beyond
14–16 May 2025 | University College London & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Lecture recommendation
Dr. Takele Merid, Addis Ababa
Titel: „Rethinking the Ethnological Collection of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies”
Date: 30. Juni 2025
Time: 16 Uhr c.t.
Room: IG 0.254
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- The Frobenius Institute at the International Conference of Ethiopian Studies and the DGSKA
- Team meeting and excursion in the “Global Pastures” project
- Anniversary celebration: „100 years of the Frobenius Institute in Frankfurt"
- Trailer: Nigerias glanzvolle Geschichte
- Workshop: Grundlagen der Stadtanthropologie. Geschichte, Machtbeziehungen und Regionalschwerpunkte aus sozial- und kulturanthropologischer Perspektive
- Summer School: “Gods, Fields, Minds and Mines”, 16 to 22 June 2025 at the Goethe University ‘Guest House Bergkranz’ in Kleinwalsertal (Austria)
- Das Frobenius-Institut auf der ECAS
- Tigray Heritage Scapes Restoration Initiative
