In this short film clip students of the institute talk about our Bachelor's program (available in German only).

In this short film clip Prof. Dr. Julia Pauli and students of the institute introduce our Master's program (available in German only).

Under the title "Understanding Cultural Diversity - Overview of the Study of Social and Cultural Anthropology" you can experience a recording of a lecture session in which Prof. Julia Pauli and Prof. Otto Habeck explain what the subject actually is and how you can study it in Hamburg. In an additional podcast, Professor Emeritus Waltraud Kokot poses the question: "Why researching Social and Cultural Anthropology?"

In short and impressive portraits, our graduates offer their experiences about their career, their studies and their subsequent professional experiences (available in German only).

For our students, study experiences abroad and everyday practice in a foreign language are quite important. Here you will find extensive information about the international networks of the institute.

Ethnoscripts is an ethnological journal dealing with current issues and debates, published by our institute. The focus of each edition is a thematic focus on theoretical approaches and ethnographic studies from contemporary anthropology. The journal originated in 1999, and since 2014, Ethnoscripts has been published online as an open access medium in cooperation with the Hamburg University Press. Ethnoscripts uses the peer-review process. Since 2020, the journal is being published annually.

Every semester, our team organizes the Anthropological Colloquium, with a variety of guest lectures, film screenings and interesting discussion sessions.

Our team members are involved in various third-party funded projects, also in interdisciplinary research projects. They include topics like climate change, sustainability management in resource extraction industries, age migration and diaspora. We currently conduct regional research in these projects in Africa, Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia and the Arctic.