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Don’t miss next week’s session in our online series on Comparative Political Economy (MAX CPE):
@franziscool.bsky.social on “Asset Politics: The Making of a Green Venture Capital Fund”.
📅 February 11, 1–2pm CET
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February 5, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Don’t miss next week’s session in our online series on Comparative Political Economy (MAX CPE):
@franziscool.bsky.social on “Asset Politics: The Making of a Green Venture Capital Fund”.
📅 February 11, 1–2pm CET
📍 online
📧 Sign up: [email protected]
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@franziscool.bsky.social on “Asset Politics: The Making of a Green Venture Capital Fund”.
📅 February 11, 1–2pm CET
📍 online
📧 Sign up: [email protected]
@humboldtuni.bsky.social
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At Ankur Collective: We always believed
Everyone who sees, has something to show.
Everyone who takes, has something to give.
Everyone who reads, has something to write.
Everyone who listens, has something to say.
Learn more about what we have to say
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Everyone who sees, has something to show.
Everyone who takes, has something to give.
Everyone who reads, has something to write.
Everyone who listens, has something to say.
Learn more about what we have to say
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February 3, 2026 at 11:15 AM
At Ankur Collective: We always believed
Everyone who sees, has something to show.
Everyone who takes, has something to give.
Everyone who reads, has something to write.
Everyone who listens, has something to say.
Learn more about what we have to say
ticketless-travellers.info/start/about-...
Everyone who sees, has something to show.
Everyone who takes, has something to give.
Everyone who reads, has something to write.
Everyone who listens, has something to say.
Learn more about what we have to say
ticketless-travellers.info/start/about-...
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Das Herzstück der Wissenschaftsfinanzierung in Deutschland ist die Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz, die GWK.
Wie eine AfD-geführte Landesregierung die GWK und – und damit die Wissenschaftsfinanzierung – blockieren könnte, zeigen NIKKO KULKE und MATHES TRAUER.
verfassungsblog.de/afd-wissensc...
Wie eine AfD-geführte Landesregierung die GWK und – und damit die Wissenschaftsfinanzierung – blockieren könnte, zeigen NIKKO KULKE und MATHES TRAUER.
verfassungsblog.de/afd-wissensc...
January 23, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Das Herzstück der Wissenschaftsfinanzierung in Deutschland ist die Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz, die GWK.
Wie eine AfD-geführte Landesregierung die GWK und – und damit die Wissenschaftsfinanzierung – blockieren könnte, zeigen NIKKO KULKE und MATHES TRAUER.
verfassungsblog.de/afd-wissensc...
Wie eine AfD-geführte Landesregierung die GWK und – und damit die Wissenschaftsfinanzierung – blockieren könnte, zeigen NIKKO KULKE und MATHES TRAUER.
verfassungsblog.de/afd-wissensc...
In this book chat, Jovan Maud and his guests discuss Lisas book "Drama of Democracy", an ethnographic study of political life in Mumbai that examines how elections function within the broader landscape of everyday politics.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzTH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzTH...
Drama of Democracy
YouTube video by Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
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January 21, 2026 at 11:55 AM
In this book chat, Jovan Maud and his guests discuss Lisas book "Drama of Democracy", an ethnographic study of political life in Mumbai that examines how elections function within the broader landscape of everyday politics.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzTH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzTH...
How do supply chains, as a mode of organizing the economy, also shape public and private life in China? How do people react in daily life? Read Biao’s latest piece “Supply-chain alienation and constructive counter-movements”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Supply-chain alienation and constructive counter-movements
As a dominant mode of organizing the economy, supply chains also shape public and private life in China. The effect can be alienating, for instance, the widespread surveillance in everyday life tha...
www.tandfonline.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:08 PM
How do supply chains, as a mode of organizing the economy, also shape public and private life in China? How do people react in daily life? Read Biao’s latest piece “Supply-chain alienation and constructive counter-movements”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Für die wissenschaftliche Abteilung ‚Ethnologie, Politik und Governance’ suchen wir zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine*n
Fremdsprachensektretär*in (m/w/d)
Bewerbungsfrist: 15.01.2026
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Fremdsprachensektretär*in (m/w/d)
Bewerbungsfrist: 15.01.2026
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December 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Für die wissenschaftliche Abteilung ‚Ethnologie, Politik und Governance’ suchen wir zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine*n
Fremdsprachensektretär*in (m/w/d)
Bewerbungsfrist: 15.01.2026
recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/52...
Fremdsprachensektretär*in (m/w/d)
Bewerbungsfrist: 15.01.2026
recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/52...
Hybrid Conference 4–5 Dec "Environmental Rights in Multiple Contexts" by Dirk Hanschel & Max Planck Fellow Group
www.eth.mpg.de/5308752/even...
If you are interested, please send
an email to [email protected] indicating
whether you would like to join online or in person by 30 Nov
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If you are interested, please send
an email to [email protected] indicating
whether you would like to join online or in person by 30 Nov
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Hybrid Conference 4–5 Dec "Environmental Rights in Multiple Contexts" by Dirk Hanschel & Max Planck Fellow Group
www.eth.mpg.de/5308752/even...
If you are interested, please send
an email to [email protected] indicating
whether you would like to join online or in person by 30 Nov
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If you are interested, please send
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For us, writing is a practice; a daily one. We have learnt to write and publish by writing again and again. Ankur organises mehfil (assemblies) to listen, read and recite. Learn more about Ankur in Delhi: ticketless-travellers.info/start/contri...
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
For us, writing is a practice; a daily one. We have learnt to write and publish by writing again and again. Ankur organises mehfil (assemblies) to listen, read and recite. Learn more about Ankur in Delhi: ticketless-travellers.info/start/contri...
Für unsere Abteilung „Recht und Ethnologie“ suchen wir zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine Studentische Hilfskraft (m/w/d) für das Forschungsprojekt „CUREDI“ (Cultural and Religious Diversity Database Project).
Bewerbungsfrist: 15.11.2025
recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/52...
Bewerbungsfrist: 15.11.2025
recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/52...
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Für unsere Abteilung „Recht und Ethnologie“ suchen wir zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine Studentische Hilfskraft (m/w/d) für das Forschungsprojekt „CUREDI“ (Cultural and Religious Diversity Database Project).
Bewerbungsfrist: 15.11.2025
recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/52...
Bewerbungsfrist: 15.11.2025
recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/52...
The DFG Emmy Noether Research Group ,Situated Care: Subjectivity, Knowledge, and Labor' is looking for 3 Doctoral Students (m/f/d) for an ethnographic study of peer support work across the German speaking countries.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The DFG Emmy Noether Research Group ,Situated Care: Subjectivity, Knowledge, and Labor' is looking for 3 Doctoral Students (m/f/d) for an ethnographic study of peer support work across the German speaking countries.
recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/52...
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Watch Biao Xiang’s video summary of his thought on the changing relation between commodity circulation and state power in China www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD2J...
Channels and Logistical Power: Making a ‘Perfect Market’ under Authoritarian Rule in China
YouTube video by Theory, Culture & Society
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October 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Watch Biao Xiang’s video summary of his thought on the changing relation between commodity circulation and state power in China www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD2J...
Ethnologische Forschung zum Schicksal von Seeleuten während der Pandemie: Sonderausstellung im Deutschen Schifffahrtsmuseum Bremerhaven noch bis 1. März 2026. Jetzt auch online: Die Broschüre zur Ausstellung:
www.doi.org/10.17617/2.3... [englisch]
www.doi.org/10.17617/2.3... [deutsch]
www.doi.org/10.17617/2.3... [englisch]
www.doi.org/10.17617/2.3... [deutsch]
September 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Ethnologische Forschung zum Schicksal von Seeleuten während der Pandemie: Sonderausstellung im Deutschen Schifffahrtsmuseum Bremerhaven noch bis 1. März 2026. Jetzt auch online: Die Broschüre zur Ausstellung:
www.doi.org/10.17617/2.3... [englisch]
www.doi.org/10.17617/2.3... [deutsch]
www.doi.org/10.17617/2.3... [englisch]
www.doi.org/10.17617/2.3... [deutsch]
Delhi is carried by its people, brick by brick, shift by shift, word by word. In early mornings, long commutes, shared meals, the city is made and remade through care, labour and imagination. Here, scholars uncover what's left in the margins: ticketless-travellers.info/start/locali...
September 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Delhi is carried by its people, brick by brick, shift by shift, word by word. In early mornings, long commutes, shared meals, the city is made and remade through care, labour and imagination. Here, scholars uncover what's left in the margins: ticketless-travellers.info/start/locali...
Why does people’s awareness of social problems often deepen their feelings of powerlessness rather than empower them to push back? Read Xiang Biao’s article "Double alienation: regrounding critical consciousness in troubling times". www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 22, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Why does people’s awareness of social problems often deepen their feelings of powerlessness rather than empower them to push back? Read Xiang Biao’s article "Double alienation: regrounding critical consciousness in troubling times". www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Interested in rarely heard, but deeply felt stories about Delhi’s working-class neighborhoods? Read, watch and listen to what the Ticketless Travellers – a writing collective from Delhi– have to tell about the corner lanes behind the city. ticketless-travellers.info
September 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Interested in rarely heard, but deeply felt stories about Delhi’s working-class neighborhoods? Read, watch and listen to what the Ticketless Travellers – a writing collective from Delhi– have to tell about the corner lanes behind the city. ticketless-travellers.info
Ethnologische Forschung zu Arbeitsrechten auf See: Podiumsdiskussion „Stuck in Mobility – Seeleute in der Pandemie“ am 11. September 2025, um 18:00 Uhr im Deutschen Schifffahrtsmuseum in Bremerhaven u.a. mit Luisa Piart. archive.newsletter2go.com?n2g=v2wug5kz...
September 9, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Ethnologische Forschung zu Arbeitsrechten auf See: Podiumsdiskussion „Stuck in Mobility – Seeleute in der Pandemie“ am 11. September 2025, um 18:00 Uhr im Deutschen Schifffahrtsmuseum in Bremerhaven u.a. mit Luisa Piart. archive.newsletter2go.com?n2g=v2wug5kz...
Wichtiges Buch zum richtigen Zeitpunkt: Abdelghafar Salim liefert fundierte Einsichten zur differenzierten Auseinandersetzung mit muslimischen Lebenswelten in Deutschland. Unbedingt lesen. Open Access: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/9...
August 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Wichtiges Buch zum richtigen Zeitpunkt: Abdelghafar Salim liefert fundierte Einsichten zur differenzierten Auseinandersetzung mit muslimischen Lebenswelten in Deutschland. Unbedingt lesen. Open Access: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/9...
The Department ‘Anthropology of Politics and Governance’ invites applications for one:
Senior Scientist (m/f/d) in the field of Social Anthropology as Max Planck Research Group Leader (W2 level, tenure track)
Deadline: 15 October 2025
recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/51...
Senior Scientist (m/f/d) in the field of Social Anthropology as Max Planck Research Group Leader (W2 level, tenure track)
Deadline: 15 October 2025
recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/51...
August 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The Department ‘Anthropology of Politics and Governance’ invites applications for one:
Senior Scientist (m/f/d) in the field of Social Anthropology as Max Planck Research Group Leader (W2 level, tenure track)
Deadline: 15 October 2025
recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/51...
Senior Scientist (m/f/d) in the field of Social Anthropology as Max Planck Research Group Leader (W2 level, tenure track)
Deadline: 15 October 2025
recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/51...
Nicht verpassen: Eröffnung der Ausstellung „Still Stehen – Seeleute und Geflüchtete in der Pandemie“ im Deutschen Schifffahrtsmuseum Bremerhaven am 7. August, 18 Uhr. Forschungsergebnisse von Luisa Piart u.a. eindrucksvoll aufbereitet und präsentiert: www.dsm.museum/kalender/son...
Sonderausstellung „Still Stehen – Seeleute und Geflüchtete in der Pandemie"
Sonderausstellung „Still Stehen – Seeleute und Geflüchtete in der Pandemie"
www.dsm.museum
August 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Nicht verpassen: Eröffnung der Ausstellung „Still Stehen – Seeleute und Geflüchtete in der Pandemie“ im Deutschen Schifffahrtsmuseum Bremerhaven am 7. August, 18 Uhr. Forschungsergebnisse von Luisa Piart u.a. eindrucksvoll aufbereitet und präsentiert: www.dsm.museum/kalender/son...
Congrats Biao!
Xiang Biao’s book Transcending Boundaries (Chinese 2000 and 2008, English 2005, Korean translation 2024) was selected by the Korea Publishing Culture Industry Promotion Organization of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as one of the “2024 Sejong Books (Academic Field)”.
Xiang Biao’s book Transcending Boundaries (Chinese 2000 and 2008, English 2005, Korean translation 2024) was selected by the Korea Publishing Culture Industry Promotion Organization of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as one of the “2024 Sejong Books (Academic Field)”.
July 31, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Congrats Biao!
Xiang Biao’s book Transcending Boundaries (Chinese 2000 and 2008, English 2005, Korean translation 2024) was selected by the Korea Publishing Culture Industry Promotion Organization of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as one of the “2024 Sejong Books (Academic Field)”.
Xiang Biao’s book Transcending Boundaries (Chinese 2000 and 2008, English 2005, Korean translation 2024) was selected by the Korea Publishing Culture Industry Promotion Organization of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as one of the “2024 Sejong Books (Academic Field)”.
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📢 Call for Papers: Special Issue in Social Sciences
Health-AI — Human-AI Collaborations in Healthcare
Seeking ethnographic & empirical studies on AI in everyday healthcare: diagnostics, decision-making, ethics, & more.
🗓️ Deadline: 10 Sep 2025
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Health-AI — Human-AI Collaborations in Healthcare
Seeking ethnographic & empirical studies on AI in everyday healthcare: diagnostics, decision-making, ethics, & more.
🗓️ Deadline: 10 Sep 2025
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July 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
📢 Call for Papers: Special Issue in Social Sciences
Health-AI — Human-AI Collaborations in Healthcare
Seeking ethnographic & empirical studies on AI in everyday healthcare: diagnostics, decision-making, ethics, & more.
🗓️ Deadline: 10 Sep 2025
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Health-AI — Human-AI Collaborations in Healthcare
Seeking ethnographic & empirical studies on AI in everyday healthcare: diagnostics, decision-making, ethics, & more.
🗓️ Deadline: 10 Sep 2025
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Call for Fellowships
Im Projekt „Wandel im und durch Recht – Digitale Transformation und Klimawende“ vergeben wir Fellowships für 2026.
uni-goettingen.de/de/document/...
Bewerbungsschluss: 15. November 2025
Im Projekt „Wandel im und durch Recht – Digitale Transformation und Klimawende“ vergeben wir Fellowships für 2026.
uni-goettingen.de/de/document/...
Bewerbungsschluss: 15. November 2025
https://uni-goettingen.de/de/document/download/77168ed4bf600c782bc2646ee649983c.pdf/Call%2520for%2520Applications_Komplexität%2520Recht.pdf
July 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Call for Fellowships
Im Projekt „Wandel im und durch Recht – Digitale Transformation und Klimawende“ vergeben wir Fellowships für 2026.
uni-goettingen.de/de/document/...
Bewerbungsschluss: 15. November 2025
Im Projekt „Wandel im und durch Recht – Digitale Transformation und Klimawende“ vergeben wir Fellowships für 2026.
uni-goettingen.de/de/document/...
Bewerbungsschluss: 15. November 2025
Für die Forschungsgruppe „Transformations in Private Law: Culture, Climate, and Technology“ suchen wir eine Studentische Hilfskraft (m/w/d) mit einer wöchentlichen Arbeitszeit von 4 bis 8 Stunden
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July 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Für die Forschungsgruppe „Transformations in Private Law: Culture, Climate, and Technology“ suchen wir eine Studentische Hilfskraft (m/w/d) mit einer wöchentlichen Arbeitszeit von 4 bis 8 Stunden
recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/51...
recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/51...
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📚 The EASA Book Series, published by @berghahnbooks.bsky.social, includes both edited collections and monographs.
✨ New editors Monika Palmberger, Magdalena Suerbaum, and Elisa Lanari aim to continue expanding its key role in fostering and showcasing cutting-edge work.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/rvcB1HX
✨ New editors Monika Palmberger, Magdalena Suerbaum, and Elisa Lanari aim to continue expanding its key role in fostering and showcasing cutting-edge work.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/rvcB1HX
June 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
📚 The EASA Book Series, published by @berghahnbooks.bsky.social, includes both edited collections and monographs.
✨ New editors Monika Palmberger, Magdalena Suerbaum, and Elisa Lanari aim to continue expanding its key role in fostering and showcasing cutting-edge work.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/rvcB1HX
✨ New editors Monika Palmberger, Magdalena Suerbaum, and Elisa Lanari aim to continue expanding its key role in fostering and showcasing cutting-edge work.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/rvcB1HX
Read Xiang Biao’s latest analysis on how the Chinese state achieves dominance over private actors through the facilitation of economic circulation, published in Theory, Culture & Society.
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July 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Read Xiang Biao’s latest analysis on how the Chinese state achieves dominance over private actors through the facilitation of economic circulation, published in Theory, Culture & Society.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...