Institut für Ethnologie Uni Hamburg
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Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Hamburg
Michael Schnegg and Jonas Bens have recently contributed an entry on "Atmospheres" in the Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Find it here: anthroencyclopedia.c...
December 6, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Michael Schnegg and Jonas Bens have recently contributed an entry on "Atmospheres" in the Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Find it here: anthroencyclopedia.c...
We are inviting contributions to the workshop 'Ethnography and Law: Methods and Challenges in Times of Crisis', which will take place at the University of Hamburg on July 2-3, 2026. Deadline for submission is December 31, 2025. Find full CfP here: www.ethnologie.uni-h...
December 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
We are inviting contributions to the workshop 'Ethnography and Law: Methods and Challenges in Times of Crisis', which will take place at the University of Hamburg on July 2-3, 2026. Deadline for submission is December 31, 2025. Find full CfP here: www.ethnologie.uni-h...
The new issue of Ethnoscripts Vol. 27 (2025) is out now: Think Pieces and Special Issue: ‘Jewish Cultural Heritage, Minority Agency, and the State’ and more. journals.sub.uni-ham...
December 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The new issue of Ethnoscripts Vol. 27 (2025) is out now: Think Pieces and Special Issue: ‘Jewish Cultural Heritage, Minority Agency, and the State’ and more. journals.sub.uni-ham...
In next week's colloquium, we'll be watching the film Dahomey by Mati Diop. The film, which won the main prize at the Berlinale 2024, gives an account of the restitution of 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey.
December 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
In next week's colloquium, we'll be watching the film Dahomey by Mati Diop. The film, which won the main prize at the Berlinale 2024, gives an account of the restitution of 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey.
New publication by Julia Pauli: Namibian Wedding Stories: Narrating Kinship and Social Class in Urban Namibia. Appears in the Journal of Southern African Studies. Read it here (open access): www.tandfonline.com/....
December 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
New publication by Julia Pauli: Namibian Wedding Stories: Narrating Kinship and Social Class in Urban Namibia. Appears in the Journal of Southern African Studies. Read it here (open access): www.tandfonline.com/....
Tonight, Andrea Scholz from the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin spoke about her long-term collaboration project with the Macucu community in the Amazon and gave some inspiring insights into how the collaboration transforms both museum practice and the community’s relation to its cultural heritage.
December 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Tonight, Andrea Scholz from the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin spoke about her long-term collaboration project with the Macucu community in the Amazon and gave some inspiring insights into how the collaboration transforms both museum practice and the community’s relation to its cultural heritage.
At this year’s meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Michael Schnegg was awarded the Stirling Prize for his article Collective Loneliness: Theorizing Emotions as Atmospheres. We are very proud of this wonderful achievement! Read the article here: http://dx.doi.org/10....
November 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
At this year’s meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Michael Schnegg was awarded the Stirling Prize for his article Collective Loneliness: Theorizing Emotions as Atmospheres. We are very proud of this wonderful achievement! Read the article here: http://dx.doi.org/10....
On Tuesday, Andrea Scholz will speak about the collaboration between the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin and the Macucu community, positionality and affective relationships in research and practice, and future prospects of collaborative approaches in times of a shift to the right in cultural policy.
November 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
On Tuesday, Andrea Scholz will speak about the collaboration between the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin and the Macucu community, positionality and affective relationships in research and practice, and future prospects of collaborative approaches in times of a shift to the right in cultural policy.
The Comfort of the Unmarked? Dwelling beyond the Returnee Condition in Cuba — Valerio Simoni (University of Lisbon) on how Cuban returnees navigate pressures to “make a difference” and find spaces of pleasure and dwelling. Anthropology Colloquium next Tuesday, November 25, 6–8pm
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The Comfort of the Unmarked? Dwelling beyond the Returnee Condition in Cuba — Valerio Simoni (University of Lisbon) on how Cuban returnees navigate pressures to “make a difference” and find spaces of pleasure and dwelling. Anthropology Colloquium next Tuesday, November 25, 6–8pm
Join us on Tuesday, November 18, for our weekly Anthropology Colloquium, where Lars Frühsorge from the Ethnographic collection of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck will speak about the challenges and potentials of progressive museum practice.
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Join us on Tuesday, November 18, for our weekly Anthropology Colloquium, where Lars Frühsorge from the Ethnographic collection of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck will speak about the challenges and potentials of progressive museum practice.
On November 15: Presentation, Conversation and Screening of TWO MOTHERS by Giulia Di Maggio at silent green, Cupola Gerichtstraße 35, Berlin, with Julia Pauli. Feel free to join us! For more information: www.harun-farocki-in...
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
On November 15: Presentation, Conversation and Screening of TWO MOTHERS by Giulia Di Maggio at silent green, Cupola Gerichtstraße 35, Berlin, with Julia Pauli. Feel free to join us! For more information: www.harun-farocki-in...
Next Tuesday, Leonie Benker will be our guest in the Anthropology Colloquium, with a presentation titled "Poisonous Politics: Political Atmosphere and Generational Conflict in Contemporary Uganda". We are looking much forward to hear more about this inspiring research! November 11 from 6 PM.
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Next Tuesday, Leonie Benker will be our guest in the Anthropology Colloquium, with a presentation titled "Poisonous Politics: Political Atmosphere and Generational Conflict in Contemporary Uganda". We are looking much forward to hear more about this inspiring research! November 11 from 6 PM.
Maren Jordan has received the Frobenius Institute Research Award 2025 for her outstanding dissertation “Temporalities of Reproduction: Fertility Transformations across Generations in the Sultanate of Oman”, supervised by Prof. Dr. Julia Pauli and Prof. Dr. Laila Prager. We warmly congratulate her!
October 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Maren Jordan has received the Frobenius Institute Research Award 2025 for her outstanding dissertation “Temporalities of Reproduction: Fertility Transformations across Generations in the Sultanate of Oman”, supervised by Prof. Dr. Julia Pauli and Prof. Dr. Laila Prager. We warmly congratulate her!
In next week's anthropology colloquium our student film group AnthropoMedia will be screening the film "O Mundo Preto Tem Mais Vida" by Sabrina Duran. Zica Pires, water activist and artist will be joining us online to discuss the film with us after the screening. November 4, 6-8 PM. Looking forward!
October 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
In next week's anthropology colloquium our student film group AnthropoMedia will be screening the film "O Mundo Preto Tem Mais Vida" by Sabrina Duran. Zica Pires, water activist and artist will be joining us online to discuss the film with us after the screening. November 4, 6-8 PM. Looking forward!
In next week's anthropology colloquium:
Tim Burger (Austrian Academy of Sciences) on "Calculating a Free Gift: Perfect Transfers and the Holy Ghost Festival on the Azores".
Tim Burger (Austrian Academy of Sciences) on "Calculating a Free Gift: Perfect Transfers and the Holy Ghost Festival on the Azores".
October 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
In next week's anthropology colloquium:
Tim Burger (Austrian Academy of Sciences) on "Calculating a Free Gift: Perfect Transfers and the Holy Ghost Festival on the Azores".
Tim Burger (Austrian Academy of Sciences) on "Calculating a Free Gift: Perfect Transfers and the Holy Ghost Festival on the Azores".
What a pleasure to have Can Akin present his PhD research with Mexican return migrants for us in the first colloquium of the winter term.
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
What a pleasure to have Can Akin present his PhD research with Mexican return migrants for us in the first colloquium of the winter term.
Can Akin will be our guest in the first colloquium of the winter semester, with a presentation titled "No longer alone: Return migration, social isolation and infrastructures of belonging in Mexico City". On next Tuesday, October 21, in room 222, ESA West at 6 PM. See you then!
October 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Can Akin will be our guest in the first colloquium of the winter semester, with a presentation titled "No longer alone: Return migration, social isolation and infrastructures of belonging in Mexico City". On next Tuesday, October 21, in room 222, ESA West at 6 PM. See you then!
Meet the Profs!
Wozu forschen die Profs am Institut für Ethnologie?
Wer kann meine MA- oder BA-Arbeit betreuen?
Lerne Lehrende und Mitstudierende im informellen Rahmen kennen und sammle Inspiration für deine Arbeit. Auch für fortgeschrittene BA-Studierende.
14.10. ab 18:15 im Raum 222, ESA West
Wozu forschen die Profs am Institut für Ethnologie?
Wer kann meine MA- oder BA-Arbeit betreuen?
Lerne Lehrende und Mitstudierende im informellen Rahmen kennen und sammle Inspiration für deine Arbeit. Auch für fortgeschrittene BA-Studierende.
14.10. ab 18:15 im Raum 222, ESA West
October 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Meet the Profs!
Wozu forschen die Profs am Institut für Ethnologie?
Wer kann meine MA- oder BA-Arbeit betreuen?
Lerne Lehrende und Mitstudierende im informellen Rahmen kennen und sammle Inspiration für deine Arbeit. Auch für fortgeschrittene BA-Studierende.
14.10. ab 18:15 im Raum 222, ESA West
Wozu forschen die Profs am Institut für Ethnologie?
Wer kann meine MA- oder BA-Arbeit betreuen?
Lerne Lehrende und Mitstudierende im informellen Rahmen kennen und sammle Inspiration für deine Arbeit. Auch für fortgeschrittene BA-Studierende.
14.10. ab 18:15 im Raum 222, ESA West
Für neue Studierende des M.A. Ethnologie: Einführung am Montag d. 13.10.2025 von 11:00–14:00 Uhr mit Bibliotheksführung und anschließendem gemeinsamen Mensabesuch. Mit Julian Sommerschuh, Jonas Bens und Otto Habeck. Ab 11 Uhr im Seminarraum 221, Institut für Ethnologie, ESA West.
October 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Für neue Studierende des M.A. Ethnologie: Einführung am Montag d. 13.10.2025 von 11:00–14:00 Uhr mit Bibliotheksführung und anschließendem gemeinsamen Mensabesuch. Mit Julian Sommerschuh, Jonas Bens und Otto Habeck. Ab 11 Uhr im Seminarraum 221, Institut für Ethnologie, ESA West.
What Moves Us? Affects, Materialities, Politics
We are thrilled and honoured to bring the 2027 conference of the DGSKA to our institute in Hamburg.
Thank you to all participants at the conference in Cologne for your support. We are looking forward to welcoming you all in Hamburg in two years!
We are thrilled and honoured to bring the 2027 conference of the DGSKA to our institute in Hamburg.
Thank you to all participants at the conference in Cologne for your support. We are looking forward to welcoming you all in Hamburg in two years!
October 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
What Moves Us? Affects, Materialities, Politics
We are thrilled and honoured to bring the 2027 conference of the DGSKA to our institute in Hamburg.
Thank you to all participants at the conference in Cologne for your support. We are looking forward to welcoming you all in Hamburg in two years!
We are thrilled and honoured to bring the 2027 conference of the DGSKA to our institute in Hamburg.
Thank you to all participants at the conference in Cologne for your support. We are looking forward to welcoming you all in Hamburg in two years!
Julia Pauli’s latest article has just been published in Anthropology of Consciousness:
“Haunted by Houses: Built and Lived Absences in a Transnational Mexican Community.” Find it (open access) on AnthroSource!
“Haunted by Houses: Built and Lived Absences in a Transnational Mexican Community.” Find it (open access) on AnthroSource!
October 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Julia Pauli’s latest article has just been published in Anthropology of Consciousness:
“Haunted by Houses: Built and Lived Absences in a Transnational Mexican Community.” Find it (open access) on AnthroSource!
“Haunted by Houses: Built and Lived Absences in a Transnational Mexican Community.” Find it (open access) on AnthroSource!
Kummer und Hoffnung im Harz - Wie Menschen den Wandel ihres Waldes erleben. Interview mit Inga Sievert vom Institut für Ethnologie zu ihrer Promotion im Rahmen des Exzellenzclusters für Klimaforschung CLICCS. Hier zum mitlesen: www.uni-hamburg.de/n...
September 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Kummer und Hoffnung im Harz - Wie Menschen den Wandel ihres Waldes erleben. Interview mit Inga Sievert vom Institut für Ethnologie zu ihrer Promotion im Rahmen des Exzellenzclusters für Klimaforschung CLICCS. Hier zum mitlesen: www.uni-hamburg.de/n...
