Disinvitation of Nancy Fraser at Cologne University

As the GASCA board is currently based at Cologne University, and in light of the disinvitation of Nancy Fraser from the Albertus Magnus Professorship, we refer to our statement on academic freedom dated February 12, 2024.

Statement of the Board on Academic Freedom in Germany

12.2.24 As the Executive Board of the German Society of Social and Cultural Anthropology (GASCA), we would like to voice our grave concern over the fact that researchers working in Germany are finding their fundamental rights to academic freedom and freedom of...

Position paper on academic mid- level faculty and WissZeitVG

The board supports the position paper of academic mid- level faculty, which was drafted by the working group “Public Anthropology” and the status group “non-professoral research and teaching” of the DGEKW. The background to this is the planned...