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Faculty of Arts and HumanitiesDepartment of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology

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Opening hours during term (07th April to 18th July):

Monday to Thursday 10 - 18 h
Friday closed!

 

 

ATTENTION: in summer term 2025 the "60 Minutes in Ethnography, Theory, Anthropology" will take place Wednesdays (14-15h) on several dates in the library. There will be limited workstations available during this time  but borrowing and returning items will be possible. The exact dates can be found here.

Dear Students of Social and Cultural Anthropology (SCA),

We look forward to welcoming you [back] to the summer semester of 2025

 

Download Course Catalogue Summer 2025

 

Upcoming Events

For a Blue Planet: water commons and ‘commoning’ in the climate crisis.

16 June 2025 16:00 - 17:30 (CEST) | Online Event:

A Dialogue between Andrea Pia (LSE) und Andrea Mühlebach (Bremen) 

The initial image of Earth, seen from space, resonated deeply with the early environmental movement, crystallising in the iconic "blue planet" metaphor: a cosmic treasure we are entrusted to protect in common. Yet, are we truly fulfilling this stewardship? The climate predicament has dramatically shifted our perception of the planet, highlighting ecological tipping points and boundaries we are reluctant to cross, alongside the anxiety of lacking the planetary institutions needed to bring global climate change under control. Read more >>

Documentary "Mtu ni Watu - Disclosing Hidden Stories of Fieldwork"

Film Premiere 
at the Off-Broadway
on 23 June 2025, 5-7pm

Mtu ni Watu explores the often unacknowledged role of research assistants in anthropological fieldwork. >>> read more and watch the trailer on youtube

German Association of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Conference 2025 | Universität of Cologne | 29.9. to 2.10.2025

on “Un/Commoning Anthropology“

+++ Call for papers closes on 15 January 2025 +++

>> Conference Website

News on Current Research Activities

NEU ! Kölner Arbeitspapiere zur Ethnologie, KAE 10

Producing and Reproducing Social Inequalities through Labor Exploitation across Time and Space
An Intermediate Analysis

Fabiana Kutsche, Jonathan Ngeh, and Michaela Pelican

This report presents the intermediate results of four studies conducted by members of the research unit “The Production and Reproduction of Social Inequalities: Global Contexts and Concepts of Labor Exploitation.” DOWNLOAD KAE 10 >>