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Program for the colloquium in the 2026/27 winter semester
The schedule with all the colloquium dates for the upcoming 2026/27 winter semester is here!
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Participation in the Children's University 2026
Yesterday, September 7, 2026, Sophia Thubauville and Susanne Fehlings explained to more than 2,000 children at the Children’s University what ethnology is, how ethnologists conduct research, and what ethnologists know about money. -
Meeting of the editorial team for the handbook “Urban Anthropology”
On August 19 and 20, the editorial team for the handbook "Urban Anthropology" met. -
Workshop „Histories of Anthropology in Ethiopia“
The online workshop ‘Histories of Anthropology in Ethiopia’ takes place on 20–21 August 2026. -
Congratulations
Our PhD student Desta Lorenso Girma successfully defended his thesis ‘Women and Weshu: Change and Continuity in Gendered Power Relations in the Contemporary Kambaata Community of Central Ethiopia’ on 5th August. -
We congratulate Dr. Valerie Nur
Die Unbeständigkeit der Dinge. Handwerk, Familie und Mobilität bei den Tuareg in Niger (Dietrich Reimer Verlag, 2024) was honored by the German Sociological Association. -
The Jensen Memorial Lecture on YouTube
The Frobenius Institute is delighted to make the video recordings of this year’s Jensen Memorial Lecture available on the Institute’s YouTube channel.



