How can we, especially migrant scholars, defend academic freedom in the challenging times? Check out Grey Zones, Red Lines: Defending Academic Freedom in Law and Politics www.ecchr.eu/en/grey-zones/
Check out Grey Zones, Red Lines: Defending Academic Freedom in Law and Politics www.ecchr.eu/en/grey-zones/ Based on ethnographic interview research and legal analysis the report provides concrete legal information for pushing back external interference and censorship.
We are looking for a
Scientific Project Coordinator
starting as soon as possible to join the Volkswagen Foundation-funded project “The Challenges of Applying Muslim Family Law in Democratic Liberal States: A Comparative Action-Research Project” recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/52...
Don't miss out: Hynek Bečka talking about political mobilization within the Czech conspiritual milieu. In his research he explores how people who call themselves "awakened" try to reimagine what it means to live a good life and enact a radical social change.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbWs...
Photo of Savda, a resettlement colony on the outskirts of Western precincts of Delhi, 2022 (c) Kavita Dasgupta
In the maze of Savda’s lanes, homes lean into each other for balance. Overhead wires form a sky of silent connections. Inside small, rooms, life is arranged with skill. This isn’t chaos. Its survival. Learn how the maze there becomes a map of resilience: ticketless-travellers.info
Workshop Flyer: February 11, 2026, 13:00. Franziska Cooiman, Humboldt University Berlin: "Asset Politics. The Making of a Green Venture Capital Fund"
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: maxcpe@mpifg.de
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The entire Ankur Writers team together for a workshop in New Delhi, 2023 (c) Ankur Writers collective
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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Zitat aus unserem neuesten Blogpost von Nikko Kulke und Mathes Trauer: „Die Einstimmigkeitserfordernisse in der GWK bieten Tür und Tor für Blockaden bei der Finanzierung der außeruniversitären Forschungseinrichtungen und Hochschulförderung.“
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...
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...
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....
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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Conference poster: Environmental Rights in Multiple Contexts Stocktaking and Moving Forward Conference (Hybrid) 4–5 December
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 elspeth.burdette@jura.uni-halle.de indicating
whether you would like to join online or in person by 30 Nov
The Ankur Writers at work. Dakshinpuri, New Delhi 2024, (c) Kavita Dasgupta
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
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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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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...
Foto der Broschüre "Still stehen. Seeleute und Geflüchtete in der Pandemie" (c) Philipp Stumpf
Foto der Broschüre "Still stehen. Seeleute und Geflüchtete in der Pandemie" (c) Philipp Stumpf
Foto der Broschüre "Still stehen. Seeleute und Geflüchtete in der Pandemie" (c) Philipp Stumpf
Foto der Broschüre "Still stehen. Seeleute und Geflüchtete in der Pandemie" (c) Philipp Stumpf
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]
Photo of Khichripur, Delhi 2022 (c) Kavita Dasgupta
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...
Cover Image for Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Volume 26, Issue 4, (2025)
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....
Photo showing members of the Ticketless Travellers in Dehli. (c) Kavita Dasgupta
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...
Fotografie des Buches: Lebensweltliche Alltagspragmatik und islamische Normativität. Muslimische Geflüchtete in Deutschland von Abdelghafar Salim Foto: Philipp Stumpf
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
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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)”.
📢 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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Call for Fellowships
Im Projekt „Wandel im und durch Recht – Digitale Transformation und Klimawende“ vergeben wir Fellowships für 2026.
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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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📚 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.
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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/...
