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Conference of the working group on the history of the discipline
On October 1–2, the DGSKA’s Working Group on the History of the Discipline held its mid-year conference in Frankfurt, organized by Katja Geisenhainer and Richard Kuba.
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Talk: Local Ethics: A West African Case Study
by Peter Mark (Wesleyan University)Wednesday, 14 October 2026, 16:00 Uhr / 4 p.m.Venue: Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften, Am Wingertsberg 4, 61348 Bad Homburg
Chair: Roland Hardenberg (Goethe University Frankfurt)
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Interim Conference
On October 1–2, the DGSKA’s Working Group on the History of the Discipline will hold its interim conference in Frankfurt with master’s students, doctoral candidates, and special guests.
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Program for the colloquium in the 2026/27 winter semester
The schedule with all the colloquium dates for the upcoming 2026/27 winter semester is here!
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Participation in the Children's University 2026
Yesterday, September 7, 2026, Sophia Thubauville and Susanne Fehlings explained to more than 2,000 children at the Children’s University what ethnology is, how ethnologists conduct research, and what ethnologists know about money. -
Meeting of the editorial team for the handbook “Urban Anthropology”
On August 19 and 20, the editorial team for the handbook "Urban Anthropology" met. -
Workshop „Histories of Anthropology in Ethiopia“
The online workshop ‘Histories of Anthropology in Ethiopia’ takes place on 20–21 August 2026. -
Congratulations
Our PhD student Desta Lorenso Girma successfully defended his thesis ‘Women and Weshu: Change and Continuity in Gendered Power Relations in the Contemporary Kambaata Community of Central Ethiopia’ on 5th August.



