MA Module M1: Departmental Colloquium

The Departmental Colloquium offers a forum for critical engagement with current debates, ethnographic research, and theoretical developments in social and cultural anthropology. Each semester, we invite national and international scholars to share their ongoing work, including recently published or forthcoming ethnographies, collaborative projects, and theoretical interventions. The colloquium encourages open dialogue across thematic, regional, and methodological boundaries and provides a space for students and faculty to reflect on anthropology’s contemporary relevance and responsibilities.

Talks cover a broad range of topics, e.g. from affect and subjectivity, to decolonial methodologies, environmental futures, and the politics of knowledge, and aim to foster an interdisciplinary and globally engaged anthropological practice. You will find the schedule (7 sessions per semester) on the department’s website in the first week of the semester for your guidance and orientation

Course Requirements

MA students who are taking the colloquium for credit in Module 1 and 4 are required to attend the sessions regularly.

Ma students choose two presentations or topics from the series and submit one response paper each (between 1,000 and 1,500 words) by the end of term via the designated Learnweb folder. The response paper should consist of a concise summary of the selected presentation/topic; a constructive and critical engagement, offering your own reflections and analytical perspective on the material presented. Guidelines for writing response papers can be found in the Learnweb folder.

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