Month: May 2024

On Tuesday, May 28th of 2024, from 16:00 to 18:00 Ct, Prof. Jean-Baptiste Pettier’s Moral Anthropology Advanced Seminar hosts Leah Ritterfeld from the University of Vienna. In this lecture Leah Ritterfeld investigates the ‘incel’-community as an illustrative case study for the intricate and self-des...

Time: 13.05.2024, 14:00-17:00 Venue: SDAC Seminar Room Course: Understanding China-Africa through Literature and Films Topic: China's Development Cooperation with Africa and the Role of African Agency This lecture examines the motivations and operations of various Chinese-financed projects in...

Our first guest lecture, as a part of Moral Anthropology Advanced Seminar, with Simone Schneider is happening on Tuesday, May 14th, 2024, at 16:00 - 18:00 Ct. In this lecture Simone Schneider examines the relation between infidelity as perceived as morally wrong while constituting a widespread pract...

Open Invitation Our faculty member Mingqing Yuan invites to the online film screening and post-screening discussion with the director Ningyi Sun. The documentary is called Eat Bitter (2023) and is centered on Central Africa and China. It asks the age-old question of what we are prepared to sacrific...