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 Autumn Semester 2026

Seminarraum S221, Lerchenweg 36

  • 15. September    Spatial morphology: How missionary encounters reconfigure religious landscapes. Mathijs Pelkmans, London School of Economics and Political Science. Chair: Sabine Strasser.

  • 22. September    Precarious Homes: Normalisation, Intimacy, and Haunting in Hospice Care. Gaudenz Metzger, Universität Bern. Chair: Michaela Schäuble.

  • 6. October, 16:00-18:20, Unitobler, S113    Mapping the Fields. Towards a Transversal Conference. Preparatory Workshop. SAKS Transversal Area.

  • 13. October    Legitimacy before Legality: Land Occupation, Cross-Identity Alliance, and the Making of the New Commons in Hutan Harapan, Jambi, Indonesia.
    Yudi Bachrioktora, Universitas Indonesia. Chair: Tobias Haller & Heinzpeter Znoj.

  • 20. October    Roundtable on Cultures of Speculation. Participants TBD. Chair: Stefan Leins.

  • 10. November    Governing through Treason: The Legal Performativity of the "Enemy Within" in Turkey. Fulvio Bertucelli, Universität Bern. Chair: Sabine Strasser.

  • 17. November    The Limits of Liberal Logics: Learning from Everyday Economies in Urban Jakarta. Mechthild von Vacano, Universität Freiburg. Chair: Stefan Leins.

  • 24. November    Mittelbaugespräch. Social Anthropology Intermediate Staff. Chairs: Isabel Käser & Pearl Pandya.

  • 8. December    Feeling Blackness in Persian-speaking Afghanistan: Masculinity, Politics and the Intellectual in Dari Underground Rap. Paniz Musawi Natanzi, Universität Bern. Chair: Isabel Käser.

  • 15. December    SAKS Semester end / Christmas dinner and party