News and Events

Our next guest lecturer is Prof. Dr. Annah Lake Zhu, an Assistant Professor of environmental globalization at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Her lecture will discuss considering what environmentalism and biodiversity protection might look like in a world no longer dominated by the West. ...

Our next guest lecturer is Dr. Anni Kajanus, an assistant professor of social and cultural anthropology at the University of Helsinki. She will talk about how morals and moral systems impact decision-making processes across cultural and historical landscapes. Due to the Deutsche Bahn strike the lect...

Our next guest lecturer is Dr. Alex J. Nelson, an assistant professor in the departement of Anthropology & Archeology at the University of Indianapolis. He will talk about the declining fertility rates in South Korea and how it´s influnced by the shifting cultural expectations of the relationshi...

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...