Generous donation of Angola literature
The former, long-time (1970-2004) employee of the Frobenius Institute, Dr. Beatrix Heintze, has made a very generous donation to the ethnological Library Leo Frobenius a very generous donation. This consists of several hundred books on the history and culture of Angola and Africa, including many rarities and works in Portuguese rarely found in Germany.
Successful university dialogues within the framework of a DAAD project with Iran
After careful planning and numerous precautionary measures in view of the Corona pandemic, a team of the Frobenius Institute and the Institute of Ethnology of Goethe University succeeded in welcoming eight professors, junior researchers and graduate students from universities and research institutions in Isfahan, Mashhad and Tehran as guests of the “University Dialogues with Islam” in Frankfurt in November 2021.
Rock art collection nominated for World Document Heritage - decision to be made in Paris
The archive of the Frobenius Institute at Goethe University has been nominated by the German Nomination Committee for the UNESCO World Document Heritage "Memory of the World". The final selection will take place in Paris. The rock art collection of the Frobenius Institute for Cultural Anthropological Research at Goethe University Frankfurt is already internationally renowned. Following the submission of the full application for inclusion in the World Documentary Heritage, the German "Memory of the World" Nomination Committee has now unanimously placed the Frobenius Institute's proposal on the list of nominations at its meeting on September 28, 2021.
CfP: Online-Workshop "Saving and being safe away from 'home'"
An online-Workshop by the research project "On the saf(v)e side: informal economic associations and future aspirations in the Ethiopian Diaspora" of the Frobenius Institute.
Date: 07th-08th April, 2022
Deadline: 03rd January, 2022
More informationen here
Call for Papers: Summer Symposium 2022
On June 09th-10th, 2022, the Frobenius Institute welcomes you to the 4th Summer Symposium!
We invite Master's students, PhD students, and post-docs to present their completed or planned research. Proposals are being accepted for:
- Talks
- poster presentations
- ethnographic films
Deadline for applications: January 31st, 2022
More information here
New collaboration with the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences
The Frobenius Institute has concluded a new Memorandum of Understanding with the Institute for Migration Studies and Intercultural Communication (IMiK) of the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences.
The cooperation led to common research interests that are currently being explored together in the project "On the saf(v)e side: Informal Business Associations and Future Aspirations in the Ethiopian Diaspora".
Colloquium winter term 2021/22
The wax and gold of hairstyles in Ethiopia
Starting May 25th, 2021, the Addis Ababa Museum shows the photo exhibition
"The wax and gold of hairstyles in Ethiopia"
Obituary for Meinhard Schuster
We mourn the death of Meinhard Schuster (1930-2021).
Meinhard Schuster was closely associated with the Frobenius Institute for decades. On March 12, 2021, an obituary by Karl-Heinz Kohl appeared in the Feuilleton under the headline "Er war Columbus" an obituary by Karl-Heinz Kohl appeared in the feuilleton of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:
As a researcher, he experienced first encounters twice: On the death of the ethnologist Meinhard Schuster
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.
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