Anthropology Research Seminar

Photo made by Samantha Aiguier, Master student in Social Anthropology

Tuesday, 4.15- 5.45 pm

Everyone is welcome to join.

Program of the Anthropology Research Seminar at the Fall Semester 2024

Seminarraum S221, Lerchenweg 36

  • 24.09.2024 Mapping the pains of counterterrorism: Evidence from Switzerland. Dr. Ahmed Ajil, University of Lucerne Université de Lausanne and Université Libre de Bruxelles; Chair: Prof. Julia Eckert
  • 08.10.2024 Markt, Macht, Moral: Anthropologische Perspektiven (Antrittsvorlesung), Prof. Stefan Leins, Universität Bern, !!! 18:15 / Hauptgebäude !!!
  • 15.10.2024 Book launch: Navigating Uncertainty: Radical Rethinking for a Turbulent World.  Prof. Ian Scoones, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex; Chair: Prof. Tobias Haller
  • 22.10.2024 From Trauma to Transformation. On the Politics of Reparation in/between Canada and Switzerland. Mike Metatawabin (Nishnawbe Aski Nation), Ursula Waser (Stiftung Naschet-Jenische), Mo Diener (Roma Jam Session Art Kollektiv), Manuel Menrath (PH Luzern) / Chair: Rohit Jain & Jana Lamatsch (UNIBE). !!! 16.30: guided tour / 18.00 - 20.00: conversation & workshop @Museum of Contemporary Circumpolar Art, Stadtbachstrasse 8a, 3012 Bern (next to Welle 7) !!!
  • 29.10.2024 Roundtable: Border externalisation and border internalisation: old trends repackaged new in the EU Asylum and Migration Pact? Dr. Simone Marti (PH Bern), Dr. Kiri Santer (UNIBE), Dr. Simon Noori (Solidarité sans frontières)
  • 05.11.2024 Rhythms of Remittances: Mobile money and shared shipping containers in the Senegalese diaspora. Dr. Chelsie Yount, University of Leiden; Chair: Prof. Stefan Leins
  • 12.11.2024 Zainab’s Traffic: Moving Saints, Selves, and Others Across Borders. Prof. Emrah Yildiz, Northwestern University; Chair: Moslem Ghomashlouyan                                         
  • 19.11.2024 Kein Institutskolloquium - Für alle Interessierten: Vortrag von Prof. em. Dr. Nira Yuval-Davis (University of East London), Center for the Study of Language and Society (CSLS) & Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Geschlechterforschung (IZFG), Universität Bern
  • 26.11.2024 The Wolf's Lie: Romania's pastoral traditions and large carnivore management. Ariane Zangger, Institut für Sozialanthropologie Universität Bern; Chair: Prof. Tobias Haller
  • 03.12.2024 Thinking through the curatorial: new perspectives on contested heritage. Dr. Friedrich von Bose, Universität Zürich; Chair: Prof. Michaela Schäuble
  • 10.12.2024 Transdisziplinarität - eine Weiterführung der Sozialanthropologie? Samuel Rhomberger, Network for Transdisciplinary Research, Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz
  • 17.12.2024 Weihnachstfeier (kein Kolloquium)