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⏰ Monday 27.04.2026, 5-7 PM
📌 Lecture Hall 12 (Universitätsstr. 3)
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Join us on Monday, 27 April, for our third lecture “Along the Seams of Extractivism: Tracing the Circuits of Post-Cyclone Reconstruction in Beira.” Jon Schubert (University of Basel) will present as part of the lecture series “Extractivism, Conflicts, and Desired Futures.”

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⏰ Monday 20.04.2026, 5-7 PM
📌 Lecture Hall 12 (Universitätsstr. 3)
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Join us on Monday, 20 April, for our second lecture, “Labor on the Line: Justice at Work on Assam Tea Plantations.” Anna-Lena Wolf (MLU Halle-Wittenberg) will present as part of the lecture series “Extractivism, Conflicts, and Desired Futures.”

⏰ Monday 13.04.2026, 5-7 PM
📌 Lecture Hall 12 (Universitätsstr. 3)
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Monday, 13 April, marks the start of our new lecture series "Extractivism, Conflicts, and Desired Futures"!

The first lecture, "Mapping Petromodernities and beyond: Towards a Geoanthropological Understanding of Multi-Extractive Cultures", will be given by Benjamin Steininger (MPI Jena).

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The Institute of Anthropology and the Institute of African Studies cordially invite you to our upcoming lecture series “Extractivism, Conflicts, and Desired Futures” at Leipzig University.

⏰ Mondays, 5-7 PM
📌 Lecture Hall 12 (Universitätsstraße 3)
💻 and live-streamed on Zoom

Energy's History. Toward a Global Canon | #GlobeColloquium YouTube video by Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics

If you weren’t able to participate in ReCentGlobe’s Globe Colloquium event on “Energy’s History. Toward a Global Canon”, here’s the link to the recorded event on YouTube:

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BOOK PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION:

"Energy's History. Toward a Global Canon" by Daniela Ruß and Thomas Turnbull

The book presentation is followed by comments by Benjamin Steininger and Alexander Klose. The session is chaired by Andrea Behrends.

When? - 15 January 2026 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Where? - at Radtanke, Bautzmannstraße 2, 04315 Leipzig

More information: www.gkr.uni-leipzig.de/institut-fue...

OPENING RECEPTION

January brings two special occasions to celebrate:
Firstly, our institute is changing its name from “Ethnology” to “Cultural and Social Anthropology,” and secondly, we are honoring the project work of our students, which was created as part of the new degree program structure.

(New Publication Alert) 🧬❗ In this chapter, I discuss the intricate relationship between population genetics and politics in India, focusing on the making of the categories "Ancestral North Indian" (ANI) and "Ancestral South Indian" (ASI).

I highlight how recent population genetic research, while aiming to separate science from politics, can inadvertently reinforce existing inequalities and (Hindu) nationalist ideologies, urging for a more thoughtful engagement with these complex issues.

The Order of People Human classifications: An examination of underlying epistemologies, ambiguities, and politics that reveals how concepts such as race, ethnicity, and ancestry are employed in the life sciences today.

You can see the chapter in the open access book "The Order of People: Contesting Bio-Scientific Human Classifications" here: www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...

JOB ADVERTISEMENT:
2 research assistants (doctoral candidates)

🔍To find out more about the available positions, please visit the following link: uni-leipzig.b-ite.careers/jobposting/2...

Accompanied by artworks created during an A2E workshop in Mozambique (2024), the manifesto reflects on uncertainty, imagination, and the value of not-knowing — inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin’s speculative vision.

A collective of academics and artists developed a propositional manifesto exploring alternatives to extractivism (A2E). It invites new ways of thinking and collaborating across human and more-than-human worlds, with a special focus on (sub)soils.

If you want to read the full essay, follow this link:

allegralaboratory.net/alternatives...

🔍To find out more about the available positions, please visit the following links:

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JOB ADVERTISEMENT:

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- Prof. Stefanie Mauksch, together with Dr. Lukas Ley and Dr. Alba Valenciano-Mañé, is organizing the workshop “Upcycling, in an Extended Sense – Revaluing Stuff, Building New Imaginaries”.

Paola Kirchhof is organizing the lab session “Un/Commoning the Classroom?”.

- Lucilla Lepratti, together with Dr. Viola Castellano, is organizing the workshop “Beyond Condemnations: The Responsibility of Anthropology towards Palestine”.

- Dr. Sina Emde and Dr. Thiago Barbosa, together with Dr. Mihir Sharma and Dr. Catherine Whittaker, are organizing the roundtable “Who is afraid of anti-racism? Intersectional justice and inclusive futures in anthropology”.

With the main theme “Un/Commoning”, members of the German Association for Social and Cultural Anthropology will gather in Cologne from September 29 to October 2, 2025, for their biennial conference. Our institute will be represented in various workshops and roundtables:

Our Staff at the DGSKA Conference

An overview of the activities of our institute’s staff members at the conference of the German Association for Social and Cultural Anthropology, taking place in Cologne from September 29 to October 2, 2025.

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📍 Where: FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum, Adalbertstraße 95A, 10999 Berlin
📅 When: Friday, 12 September, 18:30
✅ Admission: Free and open to all.
🛜 Online viewing is possible via the link: nomadit-co-uk.zoom.us/j/8290140539...

This book reading will be followed by a discussion with Lisette Jong and moderated by Manuela Bauche.

An event by Freie Universität Berlin, Goethe University Frankfurt, Leipzig University, and FHXB-Museum. Funded by Wenner Gren Foundation, DFG and HOAN/EASA.

Written by novelist Urmilla Deshpande and anthropologist Thiago Pinto Barbosa, “Iru” weaves archival records and intimate personal stories to recount Irawati’s remarkable life, starting with her formative but difficult relation to German anthropology.