Year: 2023

SDAC would like to extend a warm and hearty welcome to our new director, Prof. Dr. Jean-Baptiste Pettier. He was kind enough to answer some of our questions for him about his research interests, pre-SDAC life, and where he will take the program in the future. See his full profile here. Thank you, Pr...

Our next guest lecturer is Dr. Vilashini Somiah, a senior lecturer at the Gender Studies Programme at Universiti Malaya. She will talk about Bornean women, migrants, indigenous, and other sexual and gender minorities, which are often underrepresented. The lecture will be held in the SDAC Seminar Roo...

Each semester, we invite scholars and researchers from various disciplines to present their research and discuss cutting-edge issues with our students. This semester we are pleased to announce that these lectures will once again take place in person, in the SDAC seminar room. Our Guest Lecture Serie...

Embracing Faith and Desire.  Autumn School on the Anthropology of Gender, Sexuality and Religion 26–29 September 2023 | FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Convenors:  PD Dr. Viola Thimm | SDAC | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Dr. Ferdiansyah Thajib | SDAC | Friedrich-Alexander-U...

Prof. Dr. Stéphanie Homola, our former professor, and program director answered questions about her teaching experience at SDAC and current research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the French Research Institute for Eastern Asia (IFRAE). Please visit Get to Know Ou...

Next Monday, we will hold our second Career-/Practitioner Talk. We invite Björn Theis, Vice President & Head of Foresight at Evonik. He holds a master's degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Philosophy, and English Studies from the University of Cologne. In this lecture, he will talk about...

Our senior lecturer Dr. Ferdiansyah Thajib will organize a documentary film screening and talk event for his “Decentering Gender and Sexuality in Asia” course. The film is about the historical and traditional roots of gender pluralism in the Indonesian context, focusing on the lived experiences of a...

Our next guest lecturer is Dr. Mayurakshi Chaudhuri, an Associate Professor of Sociology and Digital Humanities at the FLAME University, Pune, India. She will talk about “Intersectionality and Im/Mobilities: Space, Place, and Identity in the Digital Age and beyond.” The lecture will be held onlin...

Unfortunately, the lecture on the 16th is canceled. The next Guest Lecture Series will be Monday, January 23rd. The detail will be provided as soon as possible.   Next Monday, we welcome Peter Simatei, a Professor of Comparative Literature at Moi University, Kenya, as the speaker of ou...