Writing as a Public Intellectual & Crafting the Ethnographic Voice
Dr. Deborah Kapchan, New York University Tisch School of the Arts

Friday, 16 May 2025 | 9 am - 12 am

Faculty of Catholic Theology
Room KTh II
Johannisstraße 8-10, 48142 Münster

You can find the announcement poster of the lecture here

The Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the Universität Münster cordially invites all students and faculty to the colloquium series. You can find the plan for the lecture series here.  

next lecture:

Tuesday, May 13th 2025, 6 - 8 p.m.
Room JO 1, Johannisstraße 4
Prof. Dr. Deborah Kapchan (New York University Tisch School of the Arts):
Face to Face with the Spirits: Embodying the Imagination

Emma Wendt (M.A.), Institut für Ethnologie Münster
Selma Durakovic (M.A.), Zentrum für Islamische Theologie

The lecture series deals with the connection between music and Islam from a theological and anthropological perspective. Being a much debated subject within Islamic discourses, we will deal with the variety of theological positions on the definition, permissibility and the forms of use of music, drawing on Islamic dogmas and the history of Muslim societies. Ethnographic research from around the world will help to highlight not only the religious function of music, but its social, political and identity-forming role for Muslims in Western and Muslim-majority countries around the world (UK, Senegal, Indonesia, MENA region) as well. To conclude, the lecture series offers the possibility to not only talk about but directly with Muslims practicing music during the panel discussion with scholars from Islamic theology and anthropology and with two German-speaking Muslim musicians.

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HISLSF

Dear Colleagues, dear Students, and Friends,

We are delighted to announce that the ENPA Conference 2025 will be held from June 10 to June 13, 2025, at the University of Münster, Germany!

More information regarding the conference theme, calls for papers/films/media, and panels will be shared in early November. The event will kick off with a pre-conference workshop for PhD students on June 10, followed by the main conference over the next three days.
We look forward to welcoming you to our venue at the Schloss in Münster, nestled amidst expansive parks and beautiful botanical gardens. You might even want to take a dip in the canal that runs through the city, so don’t forget to pack your swimming gear!
Please share this save-the-date announcement with interested colleagues in your networks.
We are excited to welcome you to ENPA 2025 in Münster!

Warm regards,
Your co-organizers: Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology together with the Department of Psychology at the University of Münster, and the ENPA Conference Team

‘Mind the Culture’ is a series of four podcasts sponsored by the European Network for Psychological Anthropology (ENPA). In this series, ENPA members discuss how our cultural backgrounds shape the way we think, feel, and navigate the world. Ever wondered why people from different cultures handle emotions, relationships, or stresses in unique ways? Or why a set of self-help tips can work for some people but not for others? This podcast series dives deep into how our minds and cultures are intertwined, allowing us to better understand ourselves and others in a diverse and changing world.

The Africa Globally Connected research project is part of the Religion and Politics Cluster of Excellence Network at the University of Münster. It is a transcontinental and comparative research collaboration on the role of social identities in mediating Muslim-Christian-ATR relations in contemporary Africa and it is premised on the fact that religion is an engine of political and social change across the world. Drawing on this research partnership, the central question, which the workshop seeks to address, is: How do social identities inform the ways in which Christians, Muslims and practitioners of African Traditional Religion assert, bridge and accommodate religious differences in Nigeria's plural religious settings?

Book of Abstracts

We are thrilled to announce the launch of Ethnography Met, a comprehensive online repository designed specifically for students and faculty at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology. Ethnography Met offers a wealth of resources on ethnographic methods, providing invaluable support for research and academic endeavors.

Discover detailed guides, case studies, and multimedia resources that cover the full spectrum of ethnographic techniques. Whether you're just beginning your journey or looking to deepen your expertise, Ethnography Met is here to support your learning and teaching.
To access the platform, simply log in to your Learnweb account. Please note that enrollment in Learnweb is exclusively available to students and faculty at the University of Münster.
Visit us here!

In case of questions, please contact Beyza Rabia Asoglu (rb.asoglu@uni-muenster.de) 

Enjoy browsing,
Your Faculty

2022-2024 | DFG with Florin Cristea, M.A. and Prof. Dr. Thomas Stodulka

This project contributes to current debates on illness experience, care and therapeutic landscapes in Bali and Java, Indonesia. The island has established itself as a hub for international cooperation on mental health and illness. Based on the collaboration with professional networks already initiated during previous fieldwork, this project is well connected to local and international institutions It investigates the illness experience associated with severe psychiatric disorders as intertwined moral, cognitive, and emotional processes. This analytic link has not been studied so far and promises to provide an in-depth description of how global knowledge flows influence personal and social illness trajectories and outcomes outside of the Global North, by methodologically particularlizing the diverse Balinese and Javanese therapeutic landscapes.
Cooperation partner: Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogykarta, Indonesia