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Das Wort „Tabu“, das bei Sigmund Freud Prominenz erhalten sollte und nicht mehr aus unserem Alltagswortschatz wegzudenken ist, brachte James Cook aus der Südsee mit. „Amok” bezeichnete die legendäre militärische Kampfeswut malayischer Elitekämpfer. Das Hakenkreuz – ein deutsches Fanal des Hasses – geht auf ein indisches Symbol des Glücks zurück, die
Until the beginning of the 1990s, the humanities department at the University of Bern (Switzerland) lived a kind of cellular life, fragmented into the smallest possible units, a diaspora existence in scattered houses. With the construction of the Unitobler in 1993, the humanities were given a center that would make
Das Wort „Tabu“, das bei Sigmund Freud Prominenz erhalten sollte und nicht mehr aus unserem Alltagswortschatz wegzudenken ist, brachte James Cook aus der Südsee mit. „Amok” bezeichnete die legendäre militärische Kampfeswut malayischer Elitekämpfer. Das Hakenkreuz – ein deutsches Fanal des...
Until the beginning of the 1990s, the humanities department at the University of Bern (Switzerland) lived a kind of cellular life, fragmented into the smallest possible units, a diaspora existence in scattered houses. With the construction of the Unitobler in...
If you had told me that it would take a novel pathogen, to work like a charm, drilling hard into our collective heart, making us shiver with fear and empathy, I would have called you names. If you had told...
Wir können nicht davon ausgehen, dass sich ein breites Publikum für unser absolutes Spezialgebiet interessiert. Einfach nicht! An dieser Stelle könnte man als Kulturwissenschaftler:in, Linguist:in oder Historiker:in auch den Bettel hinschmeissen. Doch diesen Kurzschluss möchte ich nicht zulassen. Forschende der...
Wieder einmal bin ich in Bamako, der Hauptstadt Malis. Genau vor vierzig Jahren wurde ich in dieser Stadt geboren. Mit einem Stipendium der Swiss African Research Cooperation (SARECO) kehre ich als Forscher wieder heim. In Mali möchte ich erfahren, wie...
Ich bin Sozialanthropologin und betreibe Ethnografie und ethnografische Theorienbildung. Hierbei sind für mich – selbstverständlich – immer auch Arbeiten aus der Philosophie, Soziologie, Geschichte oder der Politikwissenschaft bedeutsam. Für meine Forschung spielen diese Quellen der Inspiration aber gleichsam eine untergeordnete...
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Lea Hagmann and Rahel von Gunten directed the award winning film “Beyond Tradition” in which young singers from three countries scrutinise their culture and face the great challenge of combining their roots with modern life. The film won in the category ‘Ethnomusicology Film Award’ at the RAI Film Festival (Royal Anthropological Institute). Congratulations!
In this Episode of the “Rethinking the Global” doctoral researcher David Castillo and his invited guest Dr. Kai Schulz (Southern Cross University, Australia) discuss marine ecosystems and their entanglements with other systems such as ‘the Earth’, as well as our understanding of ‘the Globe’.
In this episode of the “Rethinking the Global” Podcast, doctoral researcher Aishwarya Khale and her guests Dr. Simone Broders (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg) and Dr. Anna Auguscik (University of Oldenburg, University of Bremen) explore the interplay between Agnotology: the study of culturally induced ignorance or doubt, and Literature within a global framework.
In this episode of the “Rethinking the Global” Podcast, doctoral researcher Michael Boog and invited guest Prof. Dr. Sharae Deckard (UC Dublin) talk about how she and her colleagues in the Warwick Research Collective are bringing world-systems theory to bear on world-literary analysis.
Are you ready to share your research with the world in a creative and engaging way? Join our 3-day workshop “Creating Audio Podcasts” this coming autumn semester, and learn how to transform your scientific findings into compelling podcasts! Register on KSL and to michael.toggweiler@unibe.ch until 15 August 2025.
Since its turn in the 1990s, what is “the global” amid nationalist resurgence, climate history, and recent humanities developments? The new podcast “Rethinking the ‘Global’” by the Global Studies Doctoral Program features scholars (re)thinking the global in today’s context. Picture: Reena Saini Kallat, 2022, @Kunstmuseum Thun
Are you ready to share your research with the world in a creative and engaging way? Join our 3-day workshop “Creating Audio Podcasts” this coming autumn semester, and learn how to transform your scientific findings into compelling podcasts! Register on...
Since its turn in the 1990s, what is “the global” amid nationalist resurgence, climate history, and recent humanities developments? The new podcast “Rethinking the ‘Global’” by the Global Studies Doctoral Program features scholars (re)thinking the global in today’s context. Picture:...
At the GSAH Forum 2025, we are experimenting with online outreach formats–a vital skill in today’s academia. Join us in serious playfulness as we explore the promises and pitfalls, the affordances and constraints of our digital worlds. 27 May, 15:00–18:00,...
“Hey, weren’t they the good guys? – A critical look into conservation in Africa” Interested parties are invited to join the public lecture by investigative journalist Olivier van Beemen on 12 May, at the Walter Benjamin Kolleg. The event is...
“Women belong in the kitchen” Turning back the clock – is the worldwide shift to the right a backlash on feminism? – 12. May, 10am-1pm at Mittelstrasse 43, room 216. Register for the workshop by April 30 to melanie.sampayo@unibe.ch. Picture:...
On 9. April 2025 Dürrenmatt guest professor and librettist Gaea Schoeters and composer Annelies Van Parys discuss the topic as part of the series MUSIC THEATRE – POWER – SOCIETY. At 18:30, Auditorium, Bibliothek Münstergasse, Bern. Picture: Edyta Dufaj
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