Hansjörg Dilger

@hdilger.bsky.social

Social and Cultural Anthropologist @ FU Berlin, Director of Collaborative Research Centre "Affective Societies", Head of Research Area Medical Anthropology | Global Health, Co-speaker of DFG Network "Public Anthropology" & Co-PI @ MoRePPaR

I've always shied away from social media – but current times have changed this. The categories shaping our lives are being challenged rapidly & profoundly. That's why I've launched FoD: to explore where these trends are leading.The future of difference isn't predetermined - join the conversation

Futures of Difference | Substack

Futures of Difference explores how social categories — race, gender, migration — are transforming. Essays & conversations with 30+ leading scholars. A scholarly platform from the Max Planck Institute,...

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We're so excited to have this out in the world! And so grateful to the contributors, peer reviewers, endorsers, and staff at @rutgersupress.bsky.social for helping it come into being! May it work its way onto many syllabuses and bookshelves...

Elizabeth Graber@elizabethgraber.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Very excited that copies of the first book I signed at @rutgersupress.bsky.social landed on my desk today! Fabulous to see it in print. Congrats to @mw-m.bsky.social, Junko Kitanaka, and Eugene Raikhel on a wonderful book. To quote an endorsement, it's "truly a landmark in the field."

Something incredible has happened - I was awarded an ERC Consolidator for my project titled "Racial Socialism: Racialization and Value in Socialist Red Cross Societies". I could not have done this without my brilliant colleagues & friends, and my family, who all supported me in various ways.

European Research Council (ERC)@erc.europa.eu · 8mo ago

The results of the ERC Consolidator Grant call have been announced! 📣 349 researchers have been selected for funding. Congratulations to all! #ERCCogG! 👉 buff.ly/uu62uFV #FrontierResearch #EUfunded #HorizonEurope @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

Are you interested in learning more about the book series "Transformations in Medical Anthropology" published by Palgrave Macmilan? Or do you have an idea for a project that you would like to publish with us?

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Radiobeitrag zu Familie Kiwelu. Es ist zwei Jahre her, dass wir den Kopf ihres Ahnen Sindato Kiutesha in Berlin identifizieren konnten. Bis heute ist er nicht zurückgekehrt. Unsere Ausstellung "Mangi Meli Remains" in Old Moshi kommt auch vor.

Eine Familie aus Tansania kämpft über 40 Jahren um die Rückführung des Schädels ihres Urgroßvaters

Eine Familie aus Tansania kämpft über 40 Jahren um die Rückführung des Schädels ihres Urgroßvaters. Eigentlich wäre nun alles bereit für Wiedergutmachung.

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Tanzania has charged more than 200 people with treason, a lawyer and judicial sources told AFP, with the country's opposition saying on Saturday that yet another one of their leaders had been arrested ➡️ u.afp.com/Sn4z

File photo shows public buses burning after being set ablaze as clashes erupted in Dar es Salaam on October 29, 2025, during Tanzania’s presidential electionFile photo shows protesters near burning buildings as clashes erupted in Dar es Salaam on October 29, 2025, during Tanzania's presidential election

"Hundreds of people have been killed in Tanzania during three days of protests following Wednesday's general election, the country's main opposition party has said. The death toll varies, and a nationwide internet shutdown is making it difficult to verify the numbers." www.bbc.com/news/article...

Tanzania election: Hundreds feared dead in crackdown on protests - BBC News

A diplomatic source tells the BBC there is credible evidence that at least 500 people have been killed.

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