Michael Schnegg und Julian Sommerschuh haben einen Gastbeitrag in der FAZ zum Thema Klimawandel und Hoffnung geschrieben. Hier geht's zum Mitlesen: www.faz.net/aktuell/...

What can the "curators" of legally ownerless street dogs tell us about everyday governance in Russia? Xenia Cherkaev (MPI) presents "Legally Ownerless Dogs and their Curators: Indeterminate Property as Theory of Governance" in our colloquium next Tuesday, July 14, 6-7:30 PM, room 222, ESA W.

How does intimate labor become entangled with the carceral logics of border regimes? Yaatsil Guevara González (Universität Heidelberg) presents her talk "Intimate Captivities: Affective Labor and the Border Regimes of Care" in next week's colloquium. Tuesday July 7, 6-7:30 PM, room 222, ESA W.

As part of the ongoing seminar „Queer Worlds: Affective Politics, Colonial Legacies”, co-taught by arjunraj and Jonas Bens, the Anthropology Colloquium on Tuesday, June 30 will feature a screening of a work in progress by arjunraj.

New article by Michael Schnegg and Julian Sommerschuh: "Phenomenology, by comparison: from ethnographic variation to experiential structure." Published in Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. Find it here: doi.org/10.1007/s110....

The Fourth Hamburg Symposium on Philosophy and Anthropology, titled "Climate Hope" and organized by Michael Schnegg and Julian Sommerschuh, will take place from July 2-4, 2026 at HIAS. More information here: hias-hamburg.de/en/e...

How can a right to cultural heritage be practiced without the language of human rights? Karolina Sikora (University of Lapland) presents "Informal Norms and Cultural Heritage: The implicit use of “human rights” in the Russian North" on Tuesday, June 23, 6-7:30 PM, room 222, ESA W.

Karolina Sikora (University of Lapland Rovaniemi) presents "Informal Norms and Cultural Heritage: The Implicit Use of 'Human Rights' in the Russian North" — on how the Izhma Komi practice a right to cultural heritage without the language of rights. Tuesday June 23, 6-7:30 PM, room 222, ESA W.

What sustains hope in conditions of dispossession and ecological strain? Julian Sommerschuh (Universität Hamburg) presents "Relatively Hopeful: Connectedness and Possibility in Western Kenya" in the Anthropology Colloquium on Tue June 16, 6-7:30 PM, room 222, ESA W.

In der neuen Folge des Podcasts Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte (bpb) spricht Julia Pauli gemeinsam mit der Juristin Anne Bittner und der Historikerin Hedwig Richter über die Ehe als soziales, rechtliches und politisches Phänomen. Jetzt reinhören (35 Min.): www.bpb.de/mediathek...

What can a household medicine cabinet tell us about trust in healthcare? Nataliya Aluferova (Universität Hamburg) presents "The Anthropology of the Home Pharma Collection: Distrust Management among Russian-speaking People in Germany". Anthropology Colloquium, Tue June 9, 6-7:30 PM, room 222, ESA W.

What kind of world makes a deadly border event possible? Gerhild Perl (LMU Munich) presents "On Traces and the Tragic: Deadly Borders" at the Anthropology Colloquium. Tue, June 2, 6-7:30 PM, room 222, ESA W.

In der Reihe "Ethnolog*innen im Beruf" im Ethnologischen Kolloquium geben Jochen Becker und Viktoria Zvolski am Dienstag Einblicke in das Berufsleben außerhalb der Universität. Wir freuen uns! 26. Mai, 18 Uhr, im Raum 222, ESA W.

Was kommt nach dem Fortschritt? Wie lässt sich in den Ruinen der industriellen Moderne leben lernen? Asta Vonderau (MLU Halle-Wittenberg) entwirft im Ethnologischen Kolloquium methodologische Perspektiven für eine Anthropologie im Spätindustrialismus. Di, 19.5., 18-19:30 Uhr, Raum 222, ESA W.

How to reckon with colonial sexual violence largely absent from postcolonial justice debates between Germany and Tanzania? Franziska Fay (JGU Mainz) reads German colonial court records against the grain in next week's Anthropology Colloquium. Tue, May 5, 6-7:30 PM, room 222, ESA W.

Next week’s Anthropology Colloquium will feature a screening of Audre Lorde: Die Berliner Jahre 1984–1992, a documentary by Dagmar Schultz. After the screening, Carla Wehberg will moderate a discussion. We will begin at 6 PM sharp in seminar room 222, ESA W. We look forward to seeing you there.

Bist du an einem MA-Studium am Institut für Ethnologie interessiert? Dann komm am Donnerstag den 30. April zur MA-Infoveranstaltung! Erfahre mehr über das Studium und höre dir Erfahrungsberichte von ehemaligen MA-Studierenden an. Von 16-18 Uhr im Raum 222, ESA West.

We are advertising 3 positions (2 postdoc, 1 PhD) in the Project “Climate Emotions,” Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CLICCS)”. Find full descriptions and apply on our website: www.ethnologie.uni-h...

Projects of political emancipation are often underpinned by certain universalist ideals, whether explicitly articulated or not. How does this articulate with anthropology’s emphasis on the particular and its long-standing suspicions of universalist claims or projects?

On Tuesday, we are welcoming the first speaker in this summer’s Anthropology Colloquium, Apostolos Andrikopoulos, with a talk titled “As Brothers We Love One Another: Relational Work in Identity Loan Practice Among Unauthorized African Migrants.” Tuesday, April 14, 6:00 PM (sharp!), Room 222 ESA W.

Prof. Dr. Julia Pauli hat neulich einen Beitrag in Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte der BPB veröffentlicht. Hier geht's zum Artikel: www.bpb.de/shop/zeit... - Julia Pauli has recently published an article in Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte. Read it by following the link above.

As a visiting professor, from Feb 23 until Feb 27 2026, Julia Pauli will teach a course on ethnographic writing in the graduate program of the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.

Julia Pauli has recently contributed a chapter on marriage in Southern Africa in The Sociology of Families, edited by Marina A. Adler and Karl Lenz. Find it here: www.elgaronline.com/...

Wir gratulieren allen Absolvent:innen der Ethnologie des Jahres 2025! Congratulations to all 2025 anthropology graduates!

As the winter semester is drawing to an end, the last session of the Anthropology Colloquium will have Yaatsil Guevara González (Universität Heidelberg) with talk titled "Intimate Captivities: Affective Labor and the Border Regimes of Care". January 27 from 6-8 pm in room 222, ESA West.

I've published something new: In this piece "Property as Affect", I explore how property as an affective relation shapes the hierarchies of modern life - in its global entanglements of colonialism, capitalism, and modern statehood: doi.org/10.4324/9781....

Join arjunraj for a hands-on collaborative storytelling workshop in Dubai that explores creating narratives with others through embodied and collaborative practices. 🗓 Friday, 23 January 2026 🕜 4:00 – 8:00 PM 📍 KAVE, Dubai 👥 Age: 18+ thestoryofthings.com...

Can indigeneity exist without the state—and can it also be a weapon against it? In our next Anthropology Colloquium, Timo Duile will talk about this, based on his work on adat and indigenous recognition in Indonesia. Tuesday, January 20, 6-8 PM in room 222, ESA West.

At Tuesday's Anthropology Colloquium, Laura Ogden and Rachel Yeboah-Afari presented their collaborative research on transnational siblings, which included a podcast created by young people of Ghanaian background living in Hamburg. Thank you both so much for sharing your work and insights with us!

Julian Sommerschuh and Michael Schnegg have recently published their article "How to Be Hopeful About Climate Change" in the American Anthropologist. Read the article here: doi.org/10.1111/aman...