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In the ever-evolving landscape of academia, transitions mark the chapters of growth and change. Our seasoned senior lecturer at SDAC, Dr. Ioan Trifu, bids adieu to our department, embarking on a new chapter as he takes his wealth of knowledge and experiences to Japan. As we celebrate the profound im...

Two months into the new academic year, SDAC is thrilled to share exciting news from Dr. Ferdiansyah Thajib. Before the Christmas break in 2023, Dr. Thajib received the incredible news that their proposal for the Emerging Talents Initiative (ETI) had been accepted. Dr. Ferdiansyah Thajib graciousl...

Our staff member PD Dr. Viola Thimm gives a lecture about 'Hajj at the margins: Queer perspectives from Malaysia and Germany' on Tuesday, 23rd of January 2024 at the University of Heidelberg. Abstract: At this moment of global interconnectedness, in which the world is full of movement and mixture,...

Being a speaker of NAGS, PD Dr. Viola Thimm co-convenes the upcoming international workshop "Decolonize the Anthropology of Gender & Sexuality" at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain, held from 23rd to 24th of November 2023. This workshop aims to discuss current debates and questions...

We are delighted to announce that our colleague PD Dr. Viola Thimm published her latest book Shopping with Allah: Muslim pilgrimage, gender and consumption in a globalized world with UCL Press. It is now available to download from the UCL Press website. The printed book can be ordered via the UCL we...

Are you wanting to know more about our teaching staff at SDAC? Well, look no further: PD Dr. Viola Thimm was kind enough to share with us her experiences teaching at SDAC, research interests and more. Read all about one of our incredible lecturers at SDAC, and what she has to say!   E.S: ...

Our next guest lecture with Prof. Dr. Xiang Gao from Zhejiang University, China, which will take place on Monday 03.07 at 16:15 CET in room PSG II R 2.058 at Kochstr. 4, Erlangen. The topic of Prof. Dr. Gao's lecture is "The Rise of China's Digital Administrative State". For more information, please...

Our next guest lecturer is Dr. Tijo Salverda, who is affiliated with the University of Vienna, Austria, where he has recently completed a three-year professorship in social and cultural anthropology. His research focuses on elites, inequality, moral economy, and corporate actors, including how they ...

Our next guest lecturer is Prof. Dr. Matthias Gross, who is the Head of the Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig and, by joint appointment, Full Professor at the Institute of Sociology at Friedrich Schiller Univ...

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. ...