This seminar series constitutes a joint initiative by anthropologists from the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology at Freie Universität Berlin, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, and Ethnologisches Museum. It intends to shape and cultivate an inclusive platform and open regular meeting point for exchange and discussion on current research by Berlin-based anthropologists. This series will be held mainly in English.

The organizers of the series are Paola Ivanov, Claudia Liebelt, and Kai Kresse.

For further questions, please contact our student assistant Amelie Dietenberger, amelie.dietenberger@fu-berlin.de  

The event takes place bi-weekly on Wednesdays from 4.15 - 5.45 pm at  L116 Seminarzentrum (Otto-von-Simson-Straße 26), only on the 09.12. in room L113.

Program

Oct. 28:  tba

Nov. 11: Tamar Blickstein(FU Berlin): Multispecies Mourning in a Settler-Colonial Frontier

Nov. 25: Birgitt Röttger-Rössler (FU Berlin): Book Launch: Wie wichtig sind Eltern? Zur kulturellen Vielfalt von Familie, Fürsorge und Erziehung

Dez. 9: Maren Wirth (FU Berlin):This is the End: Collapse, Religion and Affect in the Post-Apocalyptic Climate Movement

Jan. 13: Ahmad Moradi (Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient): Sustaining Injury: Wounds at the Limits of Repair and Justice

Jan. 27: John Borneman (Princeton University): Does writing an autobiography bring about catharsis?

Feb. 10: tba 

This is a hybrid event and participation will be possible under the following link:

https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/, Meeting Kennwort: BAS2026