Ongoing projects
Since its establishment, the Frobenius-Institute was initially specialized in studies on the history and present of various African societies. Other research regions, however, have been added continuously, and the Institute's research profile currently also includes Oceania, Southeast Asia, South and Central Asia. This corresponds with the Institute's standard of being a globally oriented research institution.
Project management: Dr. Alula Tesfay Asfha
Project partners: Mekelle University, Tigray Bureau of Culture and Tourism, Frobenius-Institute
Duration: December 2024 – November 2026
Funding: Gerda Henkel Foundation
Project management: Dr. Sophia Thubauville (Frobenius-Institute), Prof. apl. Dr. Susanne Fehlings (Frobenius-Institute)
Funding: Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Frankfurt am Main
Project management: Dr. Wolbert Smidt (University Jena), Prof. Dr. James Narendra Bondla (Frobenius-Institute)
Duration: Since 2020
Funding: Gerda Henkel Foundation
Funding: HMWK, as part of the LOEWE Center “Dynamics of Religion”
Funding period: Spring 2026 - 2029
Project management: Prof. Roland Hardenberg and Prof. Susanne Fehlings
Funding: Franco-German Research Fund on the provenance of cultural goods from sub-
Saharan Africa (Centre Marc Bloch)
Project duration: January 2025 - December 2026
For the Frobenius Institute directed by: Richard Kuba
Project partners:
Barbara Plankensteiner and Aziz Sandja (Museum am Rothenbaum, Kulturen und Künste der Welt, Hamburg)
Gaёlle Beaujean, Benoît de L’Estoile and Hélène Ivanoff (Musée du quai Branly, Paris)
Daouda Keїta and Chehibou Coulibali (Musée Nationale du Mali, Bamako)
Project Management: Dr. Sophia Thubauville
Project Team Member: Igor Karim (Postdoc)
Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)
Duration: June 2025 – May 2028
Projektleitung: Felix Uhl
Projektbetreuung: Prof. Dr. Ernst Halbmayer (Institut für Sozialanthropologie und Religionswissenschaft, Philipps-Universität Marburg), Prof. Dr. Roland Hardenberg
Project management: Alexander Chenchenko
Duration: November 2022 - November 2026
Funding: Cusanuswerk - Episcopal Scholarship Program
Photo: Nikolas Gestrich
Project Staff: Esther Morgenthal (University of Hamburg), Søren Feldborg Pedersen
Funding duration: April 2019 – May 2026
Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG), Priority Programme "Entangled Africa"
