Workshop in Jinka, Ethiopia
On April 5th and 6th, 2023, the workshop "Saving (for) the future' - Informal savings and insurance associations as future-making practices" took place at the South Omo Research Center of the University of Jinka, Ethiopia. 
Interview mit Holger Jebens
Holger Jebens wurde zusammen mit dem Historiker und Provenienzforscher Richard Hölzl (Museum „Fünf Kontinente“) von Louise Zbiranski zu dem Thema „Ambivalenz und Anziehungskraft. Religiöse Objekte zwischen christlicher Mission und ethnographischer Sammlung“ interviewt.
Guided tour of the Ethnographic Collection
On 12.05.2023, 16:00-17:00, Holger Jebens will give a guided tour through the Ethnographic Collection of the Frobenius Institute. The focus will be on dance masks from Papua New Guinea. Registration at:
Book table of the Frobenius Institute at the ECAS
Book table of the Frobenius Institute at the European Conference of African Studies (ECAS) in Cologne, Germany. 
Exhibition opening: Related beings. Cereals in transition
The exhibition “Related beings: Cereals in transition” will be inaugurated on 23rd of June 2023 at 12 pm as part of the annual ethnological summer symposium organized by the Frobenius Institute (FI).
Pressemitteilung des Hessischen Landesmuseums Darmstadt
Verlängert bis 9. Juli!
»Urknall der Kunst. Moderne trifft Vorzeit«
Impressions of the keynote lecture at the ECAS
Our Deputy Director Prof. Dr. Mamadou Diawara gave a keynote lecture at this year's European Conference of African Studies (ECAS) in Cologne.
Summer Symposium 2023
On June 22 and 23, the 5th Summer Symposium was hosted by the Frobenius Institute.
DGSKA Conference in Munich
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