In memoriam Gisela Stappert
We mourn the loss of Gisela Stappert, who was associated with our institute for many decades.Call for applications: Masterclass with Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Kohl
Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Kohl (Mainz) is our guest of this year's Ad.E.Jensen Memorial Lecture 2021
A Masterclass with Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Kohl on "Ethnology and Counterculture" (July 02 - 03, 2021, Frankfurt a.M.) is part of the event. Applications are open to advanced Master's students, PhD students until April 15, 2021.
Call for Applications
The lectures will be held in German.
Further information on dates, topic and program of the Ad.E.Jensen Memorial Lecture 2021 can be found here.
SFB 1070: Project on religious resources hosts international conference
On March 25–27th, 2021, the collaborative research center (SFB) 1070 ResourceCultures hosts an international online conference under the title:
"Speaking to God and the World –
Ritual and Social Dynamics of Religious Speech"
Registration for the Ad. E. Jensen Memorial Lecture 2021
Anverwandlungen: Beiträge indigener Völker zur Kultur der Moderne
Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Kohl
Job vacancy
As of February 1st 2021, the position of a research associate in the DFG project "The German ethnographic expeditions to the Kimberley, Northwest Australia. A collaborative assessment of research history, the interpretation of Australian Aboriginal heritage and digital repatriation" is available. The possibility for a PhD is given.
Online workshop: Re-activating old film reels – Debating methodologies of collaborative restitution of archival films
28 May 2021
Frobenius Institute, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
Understanding "being human"
The magazine "GoetheSpektrum" of the Goethe University Frankfurt reports about the Frobenius Institute and its profile. The article appears in a series in which the affiliated research and cultural institutes of the university are introduced.
Advance notice 2021: new publications with editors from the Frobenius Institute
The Frobenius Institute is significantly involved in the Collaborative Research Center "Resource Cultures: Socio-Cultural Dynamics in the Use of Resources" (SFB 1070) at the University of Tübingen. This is also reflected in the latest publications that will appear in 2021 and in which members of the Frobenius Institute are involved as co-editors and authors.
"Religious Dynamics in History and Present"
A group of scholars at Goethe University Frankfurt jointly investigates the theme of "Religious Dynamics in History and the Present" as a research alliance hosted at the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften Bad Homburg, with the participation of Roland Hardenberg, Director of the Frobenius Institute.
Latest issue of Paideuma out now
The latest issue of our journal Paideuma. Journal of Cultural Anthropology is available!
Yearbook 2019/20
Our latest yearbook is out in which we present our research activities, archives, exhibitions and much more between summer 2019 and summer 2020. We hope you enjoy reading it!
Yearbook 2019/20 PDF (German language)
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- Frobenius Research Award 20202
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- Library opened with restrictions
