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Apply now: Specialized Master "Global Futures"

The application window for the Fall 2026 term is open now - until March 15.

Inua Ellams Writes 'A Foul Wind' at the Museum

Vacancy: 2 PhD positions within the Horizons project SOCIAL (Sociology of Authoritarian Law: Insights from Central Asia)

We are seeking motivated candidates for two full-time PhD positions within the SOCIAL Doctoral Network, funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions under Horizon Europe in the tracks Rural Governance in Central Asia (DC 16) and Governance in Mongolia (DC 17).

Filmscreening Züri totalsaniert

Der Film von Lynn Kohli zur aktuellen Wohnkrise in Zürich wird am 4. November 2025 am ETH Wohnforum gezeigt.

Summer School and Field Research 2025: Experience Reports

In 2025, ISEK - Social and Cultural Anthropology offered a summer school and a field research.

Thursday Cinema

On the first Thursday of every month, the lecture hall of the Ethnographic Museum is transformed into a small cinema.

Connections between phở and mulled wine

"Building Bridges between the Museum and the City"

Research Project Social Anthropology and Computer Science in Film

Alice Hertzog is our future director

Launch new MA Program - Global Futures: Development, Sustainability, Social Justice

Our specialized Master’s program, “Global Futures: Development, Sustainability, Social Justice,” will launch in Fall 2025.

Farewell, Mareile Flitsch!

Summer Schools and Field Research 2024: Student Experience Reports

In 2024, ISEK - Social and Cultural Anthropology offered two summer schools and a field research.

"Museum as Usual" despite Depot Renovation

"Dealing with Looted Royal Treasures": A Forum on the Benin Artefacts

Forum: Restitution and Beyond

New exhibition now open

Publication of the Zurich Declaration 2024

Collaboration with indigenous students from Chittagong Hill Tracts

Our museum in the highlight film of this year's Dies Academicus at UZH