Summer School: “Gods, Fields, Minds and Mines”, 16 to 22 June 2025 at the Goethe University ‘Guest House Bergkranz’ in Kleinwalsertal (Austria)
From 16th to 22nd of June 2025, scholars, PhD students, master’s and bachelor’s students from India, Germany and the Netherlands gathered at the stunning mountain retreat of Goethe University’s ‘Guest House Bergkranz’ in Kleinwalsertal, Austria.
Das Frobenius-Institut auf der ECAS
Das Frobenius-Institut nimmt mit einem Büchertisch, einem Panel und der Organisation des European Librarians in African Studies (ELIAS) Meetings an der European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) teil.
Tigray Heritage Scapes Restoration Initiative
The Tigray Heritage Scapes Restoration Initiative is a two-year research and conservation project funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation, dedicated to the scientific documentation, preservation, and restoration of cultural heritage in Tigray, Ethiopia.
Kanem-Bornou: Archéologie et histoire d’un empire millénaire

From 7 December 2024, the National Museum of Chad in N'Djamena will be hosting a special exhibition on the results of archaeological research carried out as part of a six-year project at the Frobenius Institute in Chad.
The Hahn-Hissink'sche Frobenius-Stiftung supports research data management at the Frobenius Institute
Visual Anthropology Workshop
On Friday, 17 May 2024, the workshop "Visual Anthropology" took place with colleagues and Ethiopian Henkel scholarship holders from Germany, England, France and Austria.
Workshop: Cereal Cultures in South and Central Asia
The Frobenius Institute for Research in Cultural Anthropology, in collaboration with University of Groningen, has organized an interdisciplinary workshop from 22 May to 25 May 2024 on the theme of “Cereal Cultures in South and Central Asia” at the Taunus Tagungshotel both online and in presence.
Visitors from Bolivia
On June 6, 2024, local researchers from the Tacana, Tsimane' and Mosetén from Bolivia visited the archives of the Frobenius Institute.
Stellenausschreibung
Exhibition opening
On 14.06.2024 the exhibition "Éthiopie, la vallée des stèles au musée Fenaille" opened at the Musée Fenaille, Rodez, France.
Summer symposium 2024
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