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Call for Papers: 24th IMISCOE Annual Conference (6-9 July 2027, Brussels)

Panel: Who Has the Right to Stay? Migration, Urban Development, and Contemporary Contestations around the Right to Adequate Housing

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!

"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