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Upcoming Events | Winter 2025/26

Schöne Überraschung! Vom Schenken

"...Ein Gespräch mit der Ethnologin Susanne Brandtstädter führt uns in die Welt des zeremoniellen Gabentauschs: vom Potlatch der indigenen Völker Nordamerikas bis zum Kula-Ring im Pazifik ..."

Sonntag 7.12.2025 9:04 Uhr Matinee SWR Kultur

 

Past Events | Winter 2025/26

Welcome to all BA and MA Students of S&C Anthropology

Introduction to the Study Programme of Winter 2025-26

The faculty of the Department of S&C Anthropology welcome you to the winter semester and present their courses.

Mo Oct 13, 2025 10:00-11.30 in Lecture Hall G (Hörsaalgebäude)

German Association of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Conference 2025 | Universität of Cologne | 29.9. to 2.10.2025

on “Un/Commoning Anthropology“

>> Conference Website

Past Events | Summer 2025

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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Documentary "Mtu ni Watu - Disclosing Hidden Stories of Fieldwork"

Film Premiere 
at the Off-Broadway
on 23 June 2025, 5-7pm

Mtu ni Watu explores the often unacknowledged role of research assistants in anthropological fieldwork. >>> read more and watch the trailer on youtube

For a Blue Planet: water commons and ‘commoning’ in the climate crisis.

16 June 2025 16:00 - 17:30 (CEST) | Online Event:

A Dialogue between Andrea Pia (LSE) und Andrea Mühlebach (Bremen) 

The initial image of Earth, seen from space, resonated deeply with the early environmental movement, crystallising in the iconic "blue planet" metaphor: a cosmic treasure we are entrusted to protect in common. Yet, are we truly fulfilling this stewardship? The climate predicament has dramatically shifted our perception of the planet, highlighting ecological tipping points and boundaries we are reluctant to cross, alongside the anxiety of lacking the planetary institutions needed to bring global climate change under control. Read more >>

GSSC Seminar Series
13 May 2025,12:00-13:00
 Seminarraum 3.03, Classen-Kappelmann-Str. 24

International academic exchange: A discussion on sustainability

Gerda Kuiper (University of Cologne)

This seminar will briefly introduce the topic and will discuss the example of the DAAD Global Climate and Environment Center AFAS, a cooperation between two African and two German universities. >>> read more