Current news and events

Public Holiday & Closed Institute this week

The Institute will be closed on Friday, 09.06.2023.

5. June 2023

ALMA Reviews Blog: Mémoire, Paix et Développement en Afrique

Richard Legay reviews a book that showcases the importance of research on the culture of remembrance as applied to peace and development.

2. June 2023

Scene from the Video, featuring Chinwe Ogbonna

Science Communication: Anthropology & Restitution

Video on the question: How to identify human remains in anthropological collections - and how to treat them with respect?

1. June 2023

Grafik "Postcolonial Hierarchies & their Contestation from the South"

ALMA Lecture Series 2023

This year's ALMA Lecture Series Program is online!

30. May 2023

Portraitphotos of Chinwe Ogbonna (left) and Elikem Ashiabi (right)

New ALMA-Fellows at ABI

We warmly welcome Elikem Ashiabi and Chinwe Ogbonna as new ALMA Fellows at the ABI.

26. May 2023

Indian book edition now published

The local Indian edition of Amya Agarwals book "Contesting Masculinities and Women’s Agency in Kashmir" facilitates access to the research.

23. May 2023

Photo of the participants of the Focus Sahel network meeting

Meeting of the Focus Sahel Network

On 9 and 10 May, representatives of the Fokus Sahel network met in Osnabrück. Among them: members from Chad and Niger.

22. May 2023

DFG-funded Emmy Noether Research Group established

The PhD candidates Charlotte Müller, Elia Wehaiba El-Khazen and Philipp Wagner join the ABI. The project website of the research group has been launched.

16. May 2023

Screenshot of theYoutube record "Restitution as an end or starting point: What happens after the return?""

Discussion: Restitution as an end or starting point?

On 11 May, Prof. Andreas Mehler and Dr. Richard Legay discussed the topic of "Restitution as an end or starting point: What happens after the return?"

16. May 2023

Satellite image of the Arabian Peninsula

Public Lecture: Arabian Peninsula – Hierarchies and Resistance

A recording of the lecture "Logistical hierarchies and new forms of resistance in and through the Arabian Peninsula" by Dr. Ziadah is now available online.

14. May 2023