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The Department ‘Anthropology of Politics and Governance’ is offering a postdoc position (m/f/d).
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Deadline: 30 June 2026
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How can we, especially migrant scholars, defend academic freedom in the challenging times? Check out Grey Zones, Red Lines: Defending Academic Freedom in Law and Politics www.ecchr.eu/en/grey-zones/
Check out Grey Zones, Red Lines: Defending Academic Freedom in Law and Politics www.ecchr.eu/en/grey-zones/ Based on ethnographic interview research and legal analysis the report provides concrete legal information for pushing back external interference and censorship.
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Big News! Our "Common Concerns" podcast is available on all streaming platforms. In this podcast, Xiang Biao and his guests aim to transform social theory into a tool that empowers people to think for themselves.
Also available as a video podcast. Watch the first episode
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What happens when an ordinary labourer falls ill?
As long as your body moves, there is no illness.
It begins the day one can no longer get up.
A day off means no wages and an empty kitchen.
Illness lives not just in hospitals, but in homes and routines.
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AI appears threatening, Xiang Biao says, not only because AI is too powerful, but also because human has become too similar to AI. One way to stay human is to focus on the present and appreciate what surrounds us.
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Waiting for treatment in Delhi’s hospitals
In Delhi’s busiest hospitals, waiting is its own journey. A woman waits, her strength fading, her children close. Here, waiting isn’t stillness. It's an effort.
Read the whole story:
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Great news! The first episode of Season 3 of our Talk On podcast is now online. In this episode, Jovan Maud speaks with Anna-Lena Wolf about her book Labor on the Line: Justice at Work on Assam Tea Plantations, published by Cornell University Press in 2025.
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Ticketless Travellers: Working-class literature as critical ethnography. Our writers are not just storytellers. They ask, observe, question, and return to the field. Their writing is research. Stories from lived experience, not spectacle. Read more: ticketless-travellers.info/start/sitemap/
MPI for Social Anthropology
MPI for Social Anthropology
MPI for Social Anthropology
MPI for Social Anthropology
MPI for Social Anthropology
MPI for Social Anthropology
MPI for Social Anthropology
MPI for Social Anthropology
MPI for Social Anthropology
To counter injustice with legal interventions – this is the aim and daily work of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR).
Amid the onslaught of AI, how do we preserve our humanity? Anthropologist Xiang Biao speaks with Lianhe Zaobao associate editor and Fukan editor Woo Mun Ngan as part of Lianhe Zaobao’s Future 365 inte...
