by dgvred02 | Mar 31, 2026 | News
An extraordinary general meeting will take place online on 23 April 2026 from 2.00 pm to 4.30 pm. The agenda includes various draft resolutions on the issue of international scientific cooperation in the context of violations of human rights and international law,...
by dgvred02 | Mar 27, 2026 | News
We mourn the loss of our colleague Dr Shahnaz R. Nadjmabadi, who passed away on 25 March 2026. Dr Nadjmabadi (1947–2026) had been a member of the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies at the University of Tübingen since 2009 and was involved in the Collaborative...
by dgvred02 | Feb 16, 2026 | News
From March 2 to 29, 2026, the German Data Forum (RatSWD) gets elected. The Forum plays a central role in the further development of research data infrastructure in Germany and has a significant influence on the framework conditions, standards, and priorities in our...
by dgvred02 | Nov 25, 2025 | News
Dear members of the GASCA, Our webinar series on “The Ethics of Academic Cooperation in Contexts of Human Rights Violations” continues.The series is organized by the working group put in place by the last assembly of the GASCA on academic cooperation with Israeli...
by dgvred02 | Oct 2, 2025 | News
The dissertation prize of our association was awarded at the general meeting of the German Association for Social and Cultural Anthropology (GASCA) on 1 October in Cologne. First prize went to Laibor Kalanga Moko for his work ‘Sensing the Colonial Order of Things:...
by dgvred02 | Aug 6, 2025 | News
We mourn the loss of Prof Dr Jürgen Jensen and Prof Dr Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin. Prof. Hauser-Schäublin passed away on 5 June 2025 at the age of 80. In addition to her work at the Institute of Ethnology at the University of Göttingen, Mrs Hauser-Schäublin was...
by dgvred02 | Apr 17, 2025 | News
In preparation for the next GASCA conference ‘Un/commoning Anthropology’, the GASCA, in collaboration with Global South Studies, is organising a series of ‘Commoning Dialogues’ (webinar/ hybrid), each Monday 16:00-17:30 in irregular order. Each ‘Commoning Dialogues’...
by dgvred02 | May 3, 2025 | News
Dear colleagues, as of today you can register here for the upcoming GASCA conference, 29 September to 2 October 2025, in Cologne. You can find all important information and the fees on our conference page. We are very pleased that we have not had to increase the...
by dgvred02 | Feb 24, 2025 | News
How does Green Open Access work? Workshop for GASCA members Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 10-12 am, online, German Dr Kathleen Heft and Anja Rosenbaum Findings from social and cultural anthropological research are often published in closed access, i.e. in fee-based...
by dgvred02 | Nov 7, 2024 | Statement
According to latest news (including in Der Spiegel), a resolution on the protection of Jewish life in Germany is to be passed in the Bundestag on 9 November 2024. This resolution is an important signal in view of the rise in anti-Semitism in Germany and worldwide. In...
