Institute of Anthropology
@anthro-leipzig.bsky.social
Institute of Anthropology, Leipzig University
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JOB ADVERTISEMENT:
2 research assistants (doctoral candidates)
🔍To find out more about the available positions, please visit the following link: uni-leipzig.b-ite.careers/jobposting/2...
2 research assistants (doctoral candidates)
🔍To find out more about the available positions, please visit the following link: uni-leipzig.b-ite.careers/jobposting/2...
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
JOB ADVERTISEMENT:
2 research assistants (doctoral candidates)
🔍To find out more about the available positions, please visit the following link: uni-leipzig.b-ite.careers/jobposting/2...
2 research assistants (doctoral candidates)
🔍To find out more about the available positions, please visit the following link: uni-leipzig.b-ite.careers/jobposting/2...
October 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
JOB ADVERTISEMENT:
October 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Our Staff at the DGSKA Conference
An overview of the activities of our institute’s staff members at the conference of the German Association for Social and Cultural Anthropology, taking place in Cologne from September 29 to October 2, 2025.
An overview of the activities of our institute’s staff members at the conference of the German Association for Social and Cultural Anthropology, taking place in Cologne from September 29 to October 2, 2025.
September 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Our Staff at the DGSKA Conference
An overview of the activities of our institute’s staff members at the conference of the German Association for Social and Cultural Anthropology, taking place in Cologne from September 29 to October 2, 2025.
An overview of the activities of our institute’s staff members at the conference of the German Association for Social and Cultural Anthropology, taking place in Cologne from September 29 to October 2, 2025.
BOOK DISCUSSION | Friday, 12. September, 18:30 | FHXB-Museum (& online)
A Reading and Discussion of the Book “Iru: The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve” (2024), with authors Urmilla Deshpande and Thiago Pinto Barbosa, in conversation with Lisette Jong.
A Reading and Discussion of the Book “Iru: The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve” (2024), with authors Urmilla Deshpande and Thiago Pinto Barbosa, in conversation with Lisette Jong.
August 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
BOOK DISCUSSION | Friday, 12. September, 18:30 | FHXB-Museum (& online)
A Reading and Discussion of the Book “Iru: The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve” (2024), with authors Urmilla Deshpande and Thiago Pinto Barbosa, in conversation with Lisette Jong.
A Reading and Discussion of the Book “Iru: The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve” (2024), with authors Urmilla Deshpande and Thiago Pinto Barbosa, in conversation with Lisette Jong.
We cordially invite you to the workshop “Transnational Entanglements of Racial Anthropology: History and Legacy”, which will take place in Berlin and online on September 11-13, 2025.
See program, more information and online attendance links in our institute’s website (link in bio).
See program, more information and online attendance links in our institute’s website (link in bio).
August 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We cordially invite you to the workshop “Transnational Entanglements of Racial Anthropology: History and Legacy”, which will take place in Berlin and online on September 11-13, 2025.
See program, more information and online attendance links in our institute’s website (link in bio).
See program, more information and online attendance links in our institute’s website (link in bio).
Issue on Labor and Disability, guest-edited by Giorgio Brocco and Stefanie Mauksch in Anthropology of Work Review.
The special issue “Laboring from Ex-centric Sites: Chronicity, Disability, and Work” explores the entanglements of health and labour from a cross-cultural perspective.
The special issue “Laboring from Ex-centric Sites: Chronicity, Disability, and Work” explores the entanglements of health and labour from a cross-cultural perspective.
August 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Issue on Labor and Disability, guest-edited by Giorgio Brocco and Stefanie Mauksch in Anthropology of Work Review.
The special issue “Laboring from Ex-centric Sites: Chronicity, Disability, and Work” explores the entanglements of health and labour from a cross-cultural perspective.
The special issue “Laboring from Ex-centric Sites: Chronicity, Disability, and Work” explores the entanglements of health and labour from a cross-cultural perspective.
“Fragments of Leipzig – Visual Ethnographies in Urban Space” was the title of the student exhibition that opened on July 10 with a well-attended vernissage at Späti Bar Makan. The vernissage also served as the summer party of the Institute of Anthropology.
July 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
“Fragments of Leipzig – Visual Ethnographies in Urban Space” was the title of the student exhibition that opened on July 10 with a well-attended vernissage at Späti Bar Makan. The vernissage also served as the summer party of the Institute of Anthropology.
*Call for Papers*
Submit a manuscript to the journal “Entrepreneurship & Regional Development” for a special issue on “Entrepreneurship meets Anthropology: investigating the intersections”
⏱️ Manuscript deadline: 01 July 2026
Submit a manuscript to the journal “Entrepreneurship & Regional Development” for a special issue on “Entrepreneurship meets Anthropology: investigating the intersections”
⏱️ Manuscript deadline: 01 July 2026
Entrepreneurship Meets Anthropology: Investigating the Intersections
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July 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
*Call for Papers*
Submit a manuscript to the journal “Entrepreneurship & Regional Development” for a special issue on “Entrepreneurship meets Anthropology: investigating the intersections”
⏱️ Manuscript deadline: 01 July 2026
Submit a manuscript to the journal “Entrepreneurship & Regional Development” for a special issue on “Entrepreneurship meets Anthropology: investigating the intersections”
⏱️ Manuscript deadline: 01 July 2026
Vernissage & Summer Party of the Institute of Anthropology
With performances, DJ sets & talks with researchers and artists.
Vernissage & Summer Party:
Thu 10th July 2025 | 6pm | Späti Bar Makan, Wurzner Str. 3, Leipzig
Opening hours exhibition:
Thu 6pm-01am | Fri & Sat 2pm-3am | Sun 11am-10pm
With performances, DJ sets & talks with researchers and artists.
Vernissage & Summer Party:
Thu 10th July 2025 | 6pm | Späti Bar Makan, Wurzner Str. 3, Leipzig
Opening hours exhibition:
Thu 6pm-01am | Fri & Sat 2pm-3am | Sun 11am-10pm
July 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Vernissage & Summer Party of the Institute of Anthropology
With performances, DJ sets & talks with researchers and artists.
Vernissage & Summer Party:
Thu 10th July 2025 | 6pm | Späti Bar Makan, Wurzner Str. 3, Leipzig
Opening hours exhibition:
Thu 6pm-01am | Fri & Sat 2pm-3am | Sun 11am-10pm
With performances, DJ sets & talks with researchers and artists.
Vernissage & Summer Party:
Thu 10th July 2025 | 6pm | Späti Bar Makan, Wurzner Str. 3, Leipzig
Opening hours exhibition:
Thu 6pm-01am | Fri & Sat 2pm-3am | Sun 11am-10pm
We warmly invite you to join us on Monday, July 7, for the next lecture of "Matters of Life and Death":
"What’s a pauper’s death worth? Race, anatomy, and the fraught promise of immortality" by Katharina Schramm.
📅 Monday June 30
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 + Zoom (link in bio)
📍 Universitätsstr. 3
"What’s a pauper’s death worth? Race, anatomy, and the fraught promise of immortality" by Katharina Schramm.
📅 Monday June 30
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 + Zoom (link in bio)
📍 Universitätsstr. 3
July 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
We warmly invite you to join us on Monday, July 7, for the next lecture of "Matters of Life and Death":
"What’s a pauper’s death worth? Race, anatomy, and the fraught promise of immortality" by Katharina Schramm.
📅 Monday June 30
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 + Zoom (link in bio)
📍 Universitätsstr. 3
"What’s a pauper’s death worth? Race, anatomy, and the fraught promise of immortality" by Katharina Schramm.
📅 Monday June 30
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 + Zoom (link in bio)
📍 Universitätsstr. 3
We warmly invite you to join us on Monday, June 30, for the next lecture of "Matters of Life and Death":
"Capitalism's Grotesque Life" by Andrea Muehlebach (University of Bremen).
📅 Monday, June 30
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 + Zoom (link in bio)
📍 Universitätsstr. 3
"Capitalism's Grotesque Life" by Andrea Muehlebach (University of Bremen).
📅 Monday, June 30
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 + Zoom (link in bio)
📍 Universitätsstr. 3
June 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
We warmly invite you to join us on Monday, June 30, for the next lecture of "Matters of Life and Death":
"Capitalism's Grotesque Life" by Andrea Muehlebach (University of Bremen).
📅 Monday, June 30
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 + Zoom (link in bio)
📍 Universitätsstr. 3
"Capitalism's Grotesque Life" by Andrea Muehlebach (University of Bremen).
📅 Monday, June 30
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 + Zoom (link in bio)
📍 Universitätsstr. 3
We warmly invite you to join us on Monday, June 16, for the next lecture of "Matters of Life and Death":
"Practices of Care from Birth to Death in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan" by Mariam Sharif and Loes Lijnders.
📅 Monday, June 23
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 + Zoom (link in bio)
📍 Universitätsstr. 3
"Practices of Care from Birth to Death in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan" by Mariam Sharif and Loes Lijnders.
📅 Monday, June 23
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 + Zoom (link in bio)
📍 Universitätsstr. 3
June 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
We warmly invite you to join us on Monday, June 16, for the next lecture of "Matters of Life and Death":
"Practices of Care from Birth to Death in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan" by Mariam Sharif and Loes Lijnders.
📅 Monday, June 23
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 + Zoom (link in bio)
📍 Universitätsstr. 3
"Practices of Care from Birth to Death in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan" by Mariam Sharif and Loes Lijnders.
📅 Monday, June 23
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 + Zoom (link in bio)
📍 Universitätsstr. 3
We warmly invite you to join us on Monday, June 16, for the next lecture in our series "Matters of Life and Death":
"Remembering Eugenics: Ihnestrasse Memorial at Freie Universität Berlin" by Manuela Bauche.
📅 Monday, June 16
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 + Zoom (link in bio)
📍 Universitätsstr. 3
"Remembering Eugenics: Ihnestrasse Memorial at Freie Universität Berlin" by Manuela Bauche.
📅 Monday, June 16
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 + Zoom (link in bio)
📍 Universitätsstr. 3
June 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We warmly invite you to join us on Monday, June 16, for the next lecture in our series "Matters of Life and Death":
"Remembering Eugenics: Ihnestrasse Memorial at Freie Universität Berlin" by Manuela Bauche.
📅 Monday, June 16
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 + Zoom (link in bio)
📍 Universitätsstr. 3
"Remembering Eugenics: Ihnestrasse Memorial at Freie Universität Berlin" by Manuela Bauche.
📅 Monday, June 16
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 + Zoom (link in bio)
📍 Universitätsstr. 3
We warmly invite you to join us on Monday, June 2, for the sixth lecture of "Matters of Life and Death":
"Sense of an ending: Extinction, vegetal vitality and survivalist science in Uganda" by Sandra Calkins.
📅 Monday, June 2
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 + Zoom (link in bio)
📍 Universitätsstr. 3
"Sense of an ending: Extinction, vegetal vitality and survivalist science in Uganda" by Sandra Calkins.
📅 Monday, June 2
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 + Zoom (link in bio)
📍 Universitätsstr. 3
May 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We warmly invite you to join us on Monday, June 2, for the sixth lecture of "Matters of Life and Death":
"Sense of an ending: Extinction, vegetal vitality and survivalist science in Uganda" by Sandra Calkins.
📅 Monday, June 2
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 + Zoom (link in bio)
📍 Universitätsstr. 3
"Sense of an ending: Extinction, vegetal vitality and survivalist science in Uganda" by Sandra Calkins.
📅 Monday, June 2
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 + Zoom (link in bio)
📍 Universitätsstr. 3
We cordially invite you to participate in the upcoming Empowerment Workshop!
This workshop is intended for university members who have experienced racism.
Date: Friday, 13 June 2025
Time: 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM (admission from 9:00 AM)
Venue: Leipzig University, Schillerstraße 6, Room S102
This workshop is intended for university members who have experienced racism.
Date: Friday, 13 June 2025
Time: 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM (admission from 9:00 AM)
Venue: Leipzig University, Schillerstraße 6, Room S102
May 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We cordially invite you to participate in the upcoming Empowerment Workshop!
This workshop is intended for university members who have experienced racism.
Date: Friday, 13 June 2025
Time: 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM (admission from 9:00 AM)
Venue: Leipzig University, Schillerstraße 6, Room S102
This workshop is intended for university members who have experienced racism.
Date: Friday, 13 June 2025
Time: 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM (admission from 9:00 AM)
Venue: Leipzig University, Schillerstraße 6, Room S102
We warmly invite you to join us on Monday, May 26, for the fifth lecture of "Matters of Life and Death":
"Resource scramble to the end? Struggles over recognition and survival in South Africa" by Jasper Finkeldey.
📅 Monday, May 26
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 + Zoom (link in bio)
📍 Universitätsstr. 3
"Resource scramble to the end? Struggles over recognition and survival in South Africa" by Jasper Finkeldey.
📅 Monday, May 26
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 + Zoom (link in bio)
📍 Universitätsstr. 3
May 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
We warmly invite you to join us on Monday, May 26, for the fifth lecture of "Matters of Life and Death":
"Resource scramble to the end? Struggles over recognition and survival in South Africa" by Jasper Finkeldey.
📅 Monday, May 26
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 + Zoom (link in bio)
📍 Universitätsstr. 3
"Resource scramble to the end? Struggles over recognition and survival in South Africa" by Jasper Finkeldey.
📅 Monday, May 26
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 + Zoom (link in bio)
📍 Universitätsstr. 3
We are looking for a student assistant (10 hours/week, starting July 1, 2025) to support our team!
If you are interested, please send an expression of interest (by email by May 23) to [email protected].
If you are interested, please send an expression of interest (by email by May 23) to [email protected].
May 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
We are looking for a student assistant (10 hours/week, starting July 1, 2025) to support our team!
If you are interested, please send an expression of interest (by email by May 23) to [email protected].
If you are interested, please send an expression of interest (by email by May 23) to [email protected].
Interested in a research-based Master in Anthropology?
Apply for the MA Anthropology at Leipzig University before 31 May!
Apply for the MA Anthropology at Leipzig University before 31 May!
May 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Interested in a research-based Master in Anthropology?
Apply for the MA Anthropology at Leipzig University before 31 May!
Apply for the MA Anthropology at Leipzig University before 31 May!
We warmly invite you to join us on Monday, May 19, for the fourth lecture of "Matters of Life and Death".
📅 Monday, May 19
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 (Universitätsstr. 3) + Zoom (uni-leipzig.zoom.us/j/6920070169...)
📅 Monday, May 19
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 (Universitätsstr. 3) + Zoom (uni-leipzig.zoom.us/j/6920070169...)
May 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We warmly invite you to join us on Monday, May 19, for the fourth lecture of "Matters of Life and Death".
📅 Monday, May 19
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 (Universitätsstr. 3) + Zoom (uni-leipzig.zoom.us/j/6920070169...)
📅 Monday, May 19
🕔 5–7 PM
📍 Lecture Hall 12 (Universitätsstr. 3) + Zoom (uni-leipzig.zoom.us/j/6920070169...)
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Happpy to share some insights on my new book, “Racializing Caste” ⬇️
New on the #GHIL blog! 📇
Thiago P. Barbosa (@thiago-barbosa.bsky.social), winner of the GHIL Dissertation Prize 2023, introduces his book ‘Racializing Caste: Anthropology between Germany and India and the Legacy of Irawati Karve (1905-1970)’,
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Thiago P. Barbosa (@thiago-barbosa.bsky.social), winner of the GHIL Dissertation Prize 2023, introduces his book ‘Racializing Caste: Anthropology between Germany and India and the Legacy of Irawati Karve (1905-1970)’,
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May 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Happpy to share some insights on my new book, “Racializing Caste” ⬇️
We warmly invite you to join us on Monday, May 12, for the third lecture of "Matters of Life and Death":
"A Refusal to Go Quietly" by Dr. Melody Howse of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology.
"A Refusal to Go Quietly" by Dr. Melody Howse of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology.
May 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
We warmly invite you to join us on Monday, May 12, for the third lecture of "Matters of Life and Death":
"A Refusal to Go Quietly" by Dr. Melody Howse of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology.
"A Refusal to Go Quietly" by Dr. Melody Howse of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology.
Lecture "Echoes of Ebola: Infrastructure and Insecurities in Bat Sampling for Epidemic Preparedness".
Dr. Emmanuelle Roth (Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society) discusses the human-animal labor behind disease surveillance in post-Ebola Guinea.
Dr. Emmanuelle Roth (Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society) discusses the human-animal labor behind disease surveillance in post-Ebola Guinea.
May 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Lecture "Echoes of Ebola: Infrastructure and Insecurities in Bat Sampling for Epidemic Preparedness".
Dr. Emmanuelle Roth (Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society) discusses the human-animal labor behind disease surveillance in post-Ebola Guinea.
Dr. Emmanuelle Roth (Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society) discusses the human-animal labor behind disease surveillance in post-Ebola Guinea.
Reposted by Institute of Anthropology
Call for papers extended until May 10th :)
📢 Last Call for Papers!
Panel: (Anti-)Racism & its Legacies in Anthropology
WAU Congress 2025 | Nov 3–8 | Antigua & Online
🌍 Critical perspectives on racism, decoloniality & justice
Deadline: May 3
Info & submission 👉 www.waucongress2025.org/panel/?id=607
#WAU2025 #Anthropology #AntiRacism
Panel: (Anti-)Racism & its Legacies in Anthropology
WAU Congress 2025 | Nov 3–8 | Antigua & Online
🌍 Critical perspectives on racism, decoloniality & justice
Deadline: May 3
Info & submission 👉 www.waucongress2025.org/panel/?id=607
#WAU2025 #Anthropology #AntiRacism
Panel – World Anthropological Union Congress 2025
www.waucongress2025.org
May 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Call for papers extended until May 10th :)
📣 Invitation: Lecture Series – Matters of Life and Death
🕔 Mondays, 5–7pm
📍 Lecture Hall 12, Leipzig Uni + Zoom
Hosted by the Institutes of Anthropology & African Studies, the series explores how boundaries of life/death are made, challenged & lived. See: www.gkr.uni-leipzig.de/en/institute...
🕔 Mondays, 5–7pm
📍 Lecture Hall 12, Leipzig Uni + Zoom
Hosted by the Institutes of Anthropology & African Studies, the series explores how boundaries of life/death are made, challenged & lived. See: www.gkr.uni-leipzig.de/en/institute...
April 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
📣 Invitation: Lecture Series – Matters of Life and Death
🕔 Mondays, 5–7pm
📍 Lecture Hall 12, Leipzig Uni + Zoom
Hosted by the Institutes of Anthropology & African Studies, the series explores how boundaries of life/death are made, challenged & lived. See: www.gkr.uni-leipzig.de/en/institute...
🕔 Mondays, 5–7pm
📍 Lecture Hall 12, Leipzig Uni + Zoom
Hosted by the Institutes of Anthropology & African Studies, the series explores how boundaries of life/death are made, challenged & lived. See: www.gkr.uni-leipzig.de/en/institute...