This seminar series constitutes a joint initiative by anthropologists from the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology at FU Berlin, ZMO, 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. Please spread the word among colleagues, junior or senior, who may be interested. 
For further questions, contact Carolin Gantz Vargas, c.gantz.vargas@fu-berlin.de

The organizers of the series are Paola Ivanov, Claudia Liebelt, and Kai Kresse. The events take place bi-weekly on Wednesdays from 4.15 - 5.45 pm in L113 (Seminarzentrum, Otto von Simson-Straße 26, FU Berlin)

November 13, Thiago Pinto Barbosa (Universität Leipzig): Racializing caste: navigating contradictions in anthropology between Germany and India 

November 27, Thomas Zitelmann (FU Berlin): Postkolonial privat - ein politisch-ethnographischer Blick auf "die Verwandtschaft" im 19. & frühen 20. Jahrhundert
(Veranstaltung findet in dt. Sprache statt)

December 11, Nurit Stadler (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): How Space Is Culturally Transformed: Border Shrines, Struggles, and Religious Creativity

January 15, Verena Rodatus (Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz) & Didier Houénoudé (Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou): From the Kingdom of Dahomey to the Postcolonial State. Case Studies on Benin’s Art History 
(Book Launch; the event will take place in English and German) 

January 29, Christof Lammer (University of Klagenfurt, HU Berlin) & Andre Thiemann (Czech Academy of Science): The Politics of Relations & Performing State Boundaries 
(Double Book Launch)

February 12, Yasmin Ismail (FU Berlin & Leiden Universiteit): Anglophone Islam: balancing tradition, language, and identity among Zambian Muslims

The events will take place in a hybrid format; WebEx-meeting link: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=me0e028dc397165a56ffbb5baf40081cc

(meeting ID: 2730 192 5532; meeting password: BAS_winter_2024)