Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology

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Beatrice-Primus-Forschungspreis !
COMING SOON

Beatrice-Primus-Forschungspreis !
Wir gratulieren Dr. S. Pfeifer, Dr. A. Omrani und T. Aboofazeli !

Sie erhalten diese Auszeichnung für ihr Projekt "We are not Carpets! I tell you my story" als Ausstellung im Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum. Wir freuen uns mit Ihnen!
COMING SOON
GASCA Conference in Cologne

The conference will take place in Cologne from 29 September – 2 October 2025, organised and hosted by the GASCA together with the Cologne Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology.

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Library: Opening hours during summer term 2025

Opening hours during term (07th April to 18th July):

Monday to Thursday 10 - 18 h
Friday closed!

ATTENTION: in summer term 2025 the "60 Minutes in Ethnography, Theory, Anthropology" will take place Wednesdays (14-15h) on several dates in the library. There will be limited workstations available during this time but borrowing and returning items will be possible. The exact dates can be found here.

Library: Opening hours during term holidays (21.07.2025 - 10.10.2025)

Opening hours during term holidays (21st July 2025 till 10th October 2025):

Monday to Thursday 10 - 18 h
Friday closed!

Summer Semester 2025 - Download Course Catalogue

Dear Students of Social and Cultural Anthropology (SCA),

We look forward to welcoming you [back] to the summer semester of 2025

Download Course Catalogue Summer 2025

Our Study Programmes

BA Ethnologie

MA S&C Anthropology

MA Culture & Environment in Africa

Term Dates - Deadlines - Office Hours

Important Dates

e.g. The third KLIPS-allocation phase for courses ...

Exams

submission deadlines of assignments and term papers ...

Office hours for student counselling

please inquire whether onsite, by e-mail or by zoom

Upcoming Events

Wir gratulieren ganz herzlich

Dr. Simone Pfeifer, Dr. Arjang Omrani und Tahereh Aboofazeli

zu ihrer Auszeichnung mit dem Beatrice-Primus-Forschungspreis für Transfer der Philosophischen Fakultät !

Sie erhalten den Preis für ihr Projekt "We are not Carpets! I tell you my story" - das vom 27.Sept. 2024 bis 5. Jan. 2025 im Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum der Öffentlichkeit präsentiert wurde .Wir freuen uns mit Ihnen!

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July, 12-13.30, Room S89 | Prof. Dr. Pujo Semedi, Gadjah Mada Univ., Indonesia

Out of Agriculture: The 1850s – 2010s Java and Southern Germany compared

4 July 2025 10:00 - 14:00 | Workshop - Commoning: Aus der Praxis lernen

Teilnehmende Initiativen: Allmende Emscherlippe; KKT - Kölner Künstler:innen Theater; Machbarschaft Petershof; Solidarische Landwirtschaft Köln; Umsonstladen "Die Teilerei"

July 11–12, 2025 | Annual MESH Symposium

Disaster Preparedness in Multispecies Worlds

German Association of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Conference 2025 | Universität of Cologne | 29.9. to 2.10.2025

on “Un/Commoning Anthropology“

+++ Call for papers closes on 15 January 2025 +++

>> Conference Website

Get ready for the GASCA/DGSKA conference theme?
“Commoning Dialogues” now on Youtube

The "Commoning Dialogues" were launched as a event series in winter 2023-24 and continued as a webinar series in winter 2024-25.

"Commoning" is also the theme of the GASCA/DGSKA Conference 2025 at Universität of Cologne (29.9. to 2.10.2025)

Learn more about “Commoning Practices” by listening to the youtube videos of the webinar series >>>

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Research-Based Learning in Summer 2025

Summer School 2025 Chiang Mai, Thailand

with focus on "Chinese Infrastructures and Common Visions of Wealth", from early to mid-August.

Tandem Research Training, Yogyakarta

in cooperation with Univ. Freiburg under the Umbrella Topic of "Alternative Food- and Agri-Cultures"

DiaMiGo II - Summer Research Academy

31 May to 04 June, 2025 | Call for participation for students of UoC

Additional Offers on Research-Based Learning

Fieldwork self-organised

or affiliated to ongoing research projects

Summer Schools

Take a look at our current and past programmes

Research Class on World Heritage

starts again in winter semester 2025/26!

News on Current Research Activities

Wawili Toolblox

Blog of the Tandem Project "Mtu ni Watu – Disclosing Hidden Stories of Fieldwork".Richard Kiaka (Loitokitok, Kenya) & Hauke-Peter Vehrs (UoC)

New Short Film on Conflict-Induced Displacement in Cameroon

Published by the International Research Cluster “Conflict-Induced Displacement and Socio-Economic Resiliencer” of the Cologne International Forum

Rewilding the Anthropocene

The REWILDING Project is present in the exhibition which will be on display in the Museum Wiesbaden from the 21st of March 2024 until the 2nd of February 2025.

more ongoing research projects

Books and Special Issues Published in 2024

Gerda Kuiper, Eric Kioko and Michael Bollig (eds.)

Agricultural Intensification, Environmental Conservation, Conflict and Co-Existence at Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Léa Lacan

Forest Politics in Kenya's Tugen Hills: Conservation Beyond Natural Resources in the Katimok Forest

Léa Lacan, Hauke-Peter Vehrs, & Michael Bollig (eds. Special Issue)

Multispecies encounters in conservation landscapes in Southern Africa (Anthropology Southern Africa 47:2)

NEU ! Kölner Arbeitspapiere zur Ethnologie, KAE 10

Producing and Reproducing Social Inequalities through Labor Exploitation across Time and Space
An Intermediate Analysis

Fabiana Kutsche, Jonathan Ngeh, and Michaela Pelican

This report presents the intermediate results of four studies conducted by members of the research unit “The Production and Reproduction of Social Inequalities: Global Contexts and Concepts of Labor Exploitation.” DOWNLOAD KAE 10 >>

Featuring "Audio-Visuals"

Podcasts: "Research, Action & Art"

Folge 1: Was ist eigentlich Ethnographie?

Podcasts: "Research, Action & Art

Folge 2: Fremd ist der Fremde

Podcasts: "Research, Action & Art

weitere Folgen finden Sie hier

more publications of Department members

Thematic Areas of the Department

Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology

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Wir gratulieren Dr. S. Pfeifer, Dr. A. Omrani und T. Aboofazeli !

GASCA Conference in Cologne

News

Library: Opening hours during summer term 2025

Library: Opening hours during term holidays (21.07.2025 - 10.10.2025)

Summer Semester 2025 - Download Course Catalogue

Our Study Programmes

BA Ethnologie

MA S&C Anthropology

MA Culture & Environment in Africa

Term Dates - Deadlines - Office Hours

Important Dates

Exams

Office hours for student counselling

Upcoming Events

Wir gratulieren ganz herzlich

Dr. Simone Pfeifer, Dr. Arjang Omrani und Tahereh Aboofazeli

July, 12-13.30, Room S89 | Prof. Dr. Pujo Semedi, Gadjah Mada Univ., Indonesia

4 July 2025 10:00 - 14:00 | Workshop - Commoning: Aus der Praxis lernen

July 11–12, 2025 | Annual MESH Symposium

German Association of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Get ready for the GASCA/DGSKA conference theme? “Commoning Dialogues” now on Youtube

more news and events

Research-Based Learning in Summer 2025

Summer School 2025 Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tandem Research Training, Yogyakarta

DiaMiGo II - Summer Research Academy

Additional Offers on Research-Based Learning

Fieldwork self-organised

Summer Schools

Research Class on World Heritage

News on Current Research Activities

Wawili Toolblox

New Short Film on Conflict-Induced Displacement in Cameroon

Rewilding the Anthropocene

more ongoing research projects

Books and Special Issues Published in 2024

Gerda Kuiper, Eric Kioko and Michael Bollig (eds.)

Léa Lacan

Léa Lacan, Hauke-Peter Vehrs, & Michael Bollig (eds. Special Issue)

NEU ! Kölner Arbeitspapiere zur Ethnologie, KAE 10

Featuring "Audio-Visuals"

Podcasts: "Research, Action & Art"

Podcasts: "Research, Action & Art

Podcasts: "Research, Action & Art

more publications of Department members

Thematic Areas of the Department

What is Social and Cultural Anthropology?

Methods

Globalization, Mobilities and Cities

Socialities, Value(s), and Religion

Environmental Anthropology

Media Anthropology

Get ready for the GASCA/DGSKA conference theme?
“Commoning Dialogues” now on Youtube