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This week's SDAC guest lecturer is Isabel Heinemann, Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Münster, Germany, and her topic is "From Birth Control to Human Rights? Reproductive Decision-Making in Historical Perspective." The lecture will be held online via zoom on Wednesday, Decem...

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The elite study program "Standards of Decision-Making Across Cultures" (SDAC) will be funded for another five years beginning from October 2022. This extension is the result of a successful expert review by the Elitenetzwerk Bayern (ENB) of the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts. "SD...

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This Wednesday, we welcome Dominik Müller as our SDAC guest lecturer. His topic is "Becoming and Being an Islamic Authority Figure: Reflections on Everyday Navigation in a Transnational Bureaucratic Field." The lecture will be held online via zoom on Wednesday, November 17th, 6-8 pm (c.t.). Fo...

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This week, we are looking forward to hearing the lecture given by Rama Srinivasan. Her topic is “Validating Marriages Across Cultures: Negotiating Multiple Normative Orders in Decision-Making Processes." The lecture will be held in person on Wednesday, November 10th, 6-8 pm (c.t.). For more de...

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In this semester, Dr. Alexander Horstmann will hold the Film Club, which offers three documentary movies. The Film Club is complementary to the course on World Anthropology and Humanitarian Organizations, but everyone is welcome to join! Click here to download the poster, and please write to Henny (...

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For this week’s SDAC Guest Lecture Series, we welcome Catherine Sheer, who will talk about the "Allying Across Difference to Defend the Land: Challenges in the Struggles for Indigenous Rights in and Beyond Cambodia." The lecture will take place on Wednesday, November 3rd, 6-8 pm (c.t.). For mo...

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On Thursday, October 21, 2021, our SDAC lecturer Dr. Martina Gottwald Belinić was invited to the online Brown Bag Seminar held by the University of Zagreb, and presented the topic, "Does individual behavior converge to policy recommendations in times of pandemic? Records from COVID-19 in US states."...

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We are excited to announce that our first SDAC Guest Lecture for the winter semester 2021/2022 will take place this week! In this lecture, Nyi Nyi Kyaw will talk about “Understanding the Military Coup in Myanmar: Domestic and International Aspects." The lecture will take place on Wednesday, Oct 2...

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