Frobenius Institute awards research grant to Dr. des. Maren Jordan
Once a year, the Frobenius Institute awards the Frobenius Research Prize for outstanding ethnological dissertations in German-speaking countries at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Summer Symposium 2025
The programme booklet for this year's Summer Symposium is now available.
Theaterperformance im Weltkulturen Museum
Donnerstag, 8. Mai, 19.30 Uhr Uraufführung
Donnerstag, 22. Mai, 19 Uhr
Freitag, 23. Mai, 19 Uhr
Workshop: Grundlagen der Stadtanthropologie
Prof. Dr. Peter Mark at the Frobenius Institute
We are delighted to welcome Prof Dr Peter Mark as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Frobenius Institute. 
Frankfurt - Lesotho: Rock art exhibition opens at the Morija Museum
Almost 100 years ago, three Frankfurt artists — Agnes Schulz, Maria Weyersberg, and Elisabeth Mannsfeld — travelled to Lesotho as part of the Frobenius expedition to southern Africa. Their mission: to document the region’s rock paintings using watercolours and coloured pencil.
Workshop: Cereal Cultures — Exploring Past and Present Social and Economic Systems of Millet and Cereal Cultivation in India and Beyond
14–16 May 2025 | University College London & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Lecture recommendation
Dr. Takele Merid, Addis Ababa
Titel: „Rethinking the Ethnological Collection of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies”
Date: 30. Juni 2025
Time: 16 Uhr c.t.
Room: IG 0.254
The Frobenius Institute at the International Conference of Ethiopian Studies and the DGSKA
In October, members of the Frobenius Institute were frequently in attendance at various events.
Team meeting and excursion in the “Global Pastures” project
From 31 August to 4 September, Prof. Dr. Roland Hardenberg participated in the third team meeting and field trip for the research project “Global Pastures: Ethnographic Explorations of Alpine Grassland Connections”, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Autonomous Province of Bolzano-South Tyrol since 2023. The project is led by Prof. Dr. Viviane Cretton (HES-SO Valais-Wallis, Switzerland) and Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Tauber (Free University of Bolzano, Italy).
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