Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology

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Library: Opening hours during term

Opening hours during term:

Monday to Thursday 10 - 18 h
Friday closed!

Summer Semester 2026 - Download Course Catalogue

Dear Students of Social and Cultural Anthropology (SCA),

We look forward to welcoming you [back] to the winter semester of 2025

Download Course Catalogue Summer 2026

Start of Summer Semester 2026

Welcome & Orientation First Year Students Master SCA

Wed 01 April, 12 p.m., join us online via ZOOM. Please register in advance for our Zoom-meeting here

Course Selection Guidance First Year Students Master SCA

Wed 08 April, 11 a.m., join us online via ZOOM. Please register in advance for our Zoom-meeting here

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the Working Group Antidiscrimination

Our Study Programmes

BA Ethnologie

MA S&C Anthropology

MA Culture & Environment in Africa

Offers on Research-Based Learning

Fieldwork self-organised

or affiliated to ongoing research projects

Summer Schools

Take a look at our current and past programmes

Research Class on World Heritage

starts again in winter semester 2025/26!

International Affairs

Study Abroad - Europe

Study Abroad - Worldwide

Short-Term Stays

For more information on the various opportunities to study abroad, please visit the International Affairs overview page. Prospective students who would like to find out more about our international degree programs will also find useful information here.

News on Current Research Activities

Wawili Toolblox

Blog of the Tandem Project "Mtu ni Watu – Disclosing Hidden Stories of Fieldwork".Richard Kiaka (Loitokitok, Kenya) & Hauke-Peter Vehrs (UoC)

New Short Film on Conflict-Induced Displacement in Cameroon

Published by the International Research Cluster “Conflict-Induced Displacement and Socio-Economic Resiliencer” of the Cologne International Forum

Rewilding the Anthropocene

The REWILDING Project is present in the exhibition which will be on display in the Museum Wiesbaden from the 21st of March 2024 until the 2nd of February 2025.