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Call for Applications: Tutoring Positions for Master’s Students – Spring Semester 2027

In spring semester 2027, four tutors will teach methods in the introductory year. Interested master students are requested to send their CV and a short letter of motivation to Julia Landis (juliamarina.landis@uzh.ch).

Vacancy: PhD position within the Horizons project "MINARET – A Sociology of Post-Imperial Islamic Legal Cultures: Insights from Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia"

We are seeking motivated candidates for a full-time PhD position within the MINARET Doctoral Network, funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions under Horizon Europe in the track Religious, Customary and State Law: Negotiating Plural Legal Orders (DC 7).

Vacancy: PhD-Position in Social Anthropology in the research project “Bildung: Ethnographies of Boundaries and Experiential Epistemologies in Philosophical Practice” 100 %

At the Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies (ISEK), Chair of Prof. Dr. Johannes Quack, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Starting date 01 February 2027 (or by mutual agreement). The position is limited to four years.

Bewerbung ab sofort möglich: Methodenvertiefung «Ethnografisches Filmen» und Praxismodul «Regard Bleu» (FS/HS2027)

Im kommenden Jahr bieten wir am ISEK zwei Module zum Thema «Ethnografisches Filmen» an. Für beide Module ist eine Bewerbung erforderlich.

"Box by Box": Exploring Knowledge and Identifying Gaps

Thursday Cinema (Donnerstagskino) 2026 - 2027

Once a month on a Thursday, the lecture hall of the Ethnographic Museum is transformed into a small cinema.

Application for Fieldwork Excursion in the United States (Midwest: Columbus, Ohio) 2027

This 2027 field excursion will take place from mid-June through mid-July and will be based in Central Ohio in the United States.

The "Benin Bronzes" have returned home

Restitution to Nigeria: Swiss museums return 18 major artefacts

"Provenance Hacks" – Increased Transparency in the Collections

"Relationships Rather Than Ownership"

The "Benin Bronzes" are going back to Nigeria

Legal anthropologist Olaf Zenker in Zurich in early March 2026

At the beginning of March, legal anthropologist Prof. Dr. Olaf Zenker will be visiting Zurich.

Inua Ellams Writes 'A Foul Wind' at the Museum

Summer School and Field Research 2025: Experience Reports

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

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

Farewell, Mareile Flitsch!