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Monday Feb 02, 2026

Assembling Indigenous Histories and Legacies in Venezuela

Oxfordstr. 15, 53111 Bonn

04:00 PM - 06:00 PM

This project develops the first macro-regional, multi-temporal, interdisciplinary digital database and archive for Indigenous histories in Venezuela. By ...

Tuesday Jan 27, 2026

Pecaríes de vecinos: un punto de articulación mítico Amazonico

Oxfordstr. 15, 53111 Bonn

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Juan Pablo Sarmiento Barletti (Investigador independiente) El artículo examina dos versiones de una historia oral amazónica sobre los pecaríes de labios ...

Monday Jan 19, 2026

Dr. Ulrike Prinz : Pühüka – Ein Initiationsritual der Mehinako

Oxfordstr. 15, 53111 Bonn

04:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Filmvorführung: „Pühüka – Ein Initiationsritual der Mehinako am Oberen Xingu aus dem Jahr 2000“ Das Video dokumentiert ein außergewöhnliches und heute selten ...

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Stellenausschreibung wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft (WHF)

Wir suchen eine wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft (WHF) für max. 15 Stunden pro Woche / 1 Jahr mit Option der Verlängerung ab dem 01.11.2026.in der DFG Emmy Noether-Nachwuchsgruppe „Archival Sovereignty: Indigenous Digital Media, Language Revival and Land defense in the Andes.“

Contribution by Dr. Caterina Mantilla in "The Oxford Handbook of South American Archaeology"

Together with Luis Symanski, Dr. Caterina Mantilla, researcher and lecturer at our department, contributed a chapter in the recently published "Oxford Handbook of South American Archaeology".

Workshop-invitation: “Approaches to Spiritual and Ritual Practices in Afro-Latin American Religions”

There are a few places left in the workshop “Approaches to Spiritual and Ritual Practices in Afro-Latin American Religions” led by Prof. Dr. Lucio Menezes Ferreira which will take place from June 29 to July 1. Register now!

Podcasts im Rahmen des Forschungsprojekts TransExil.

Jetzt reinhören: Auf der Projektseite wurden Interviews mit Viridiana Zavala, Georg Leidenberger und Dr. José Francisco Mejía Flores veröffentlicht.

HERITAGE WEEK 8 - 12 JUNE

Launched in 2025, Heritage Week connects and showcases heritage research at the University of Bonn while opening it to innovative interdisciplinary exchange. This year’s theme, Heritage Ecologies: Restitution, Repair, and Renewal, foregrounds relational approaches to heritage. It addresses pressing questions such as the legacies of war and looting and considers forms of redress, including reparation and restitution, alongside landscapes as heritage, the role of the sacred, and the future of archives. A special highlight is the New Paths lecture by Shumon Hussain, which introduces the concept of “Deep Time Heritage” and explores how extended temporalities can reshape heritage research through interdisciplinary perspectives.

Buch "Gobernar con nudos" von Mónica Medelius als Band 58 in der BAS-Reihe erschienen

Wir freuen uns, im Namen von BASS e.V. mitzuteilen, dass das Buch von Mónica Medelius Olcese, Gobernar con nudos. Los quipucamayos y la administración del Perú andino en el siglo XVI (2026), kürzlich veröffentlicht wurde.

Bundeskunsthalle: Ausstellung "Amazônia" mit BASA-Objekten

Vom 13.03. bis 09.08.26 kann die Ausstellung Amazônia. Indigene Welten in der Bundeskunsthalle besucht werden. Die Abteilung für Altamerikanistik beteiligt sich mit einigen Objekten aus dem BASA-Musuem sowie mit einigen Veranstaltungen.

Buchpublikation "Visual Representations" mit Beiträgen von Prof. Dr. Noack und Prof. Dr. Jaimes Betancourt

Bei Bielefeld University Press ist der Sammelband Visual Representations – Handbook of the Anthropocene in Latin America VI erschienen. Er ist Teil der sechsbändigen Reihe The Anthropocene as Multiple Crisis: Perspectives from Latin America, die sich mit sozio-ökologischen Krisen des Anthropozäns aus lateinamerikanischer Perspektive beschäftigt. Mit Beiträgen vertreten sind auch zwei Professorinnen der Abteilung Altamerikanistik und Ethnologie:Prof. Dr. Karoline Noack („Acequias Built by the Indians“) und Prof. Dr. Carla Jaimes Betancourt („From the Shores of the Sea to the Lands of Quito“).

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Bachelor's degree program Anthropology of the Americas

Here you can find out everything you need to know about our Bachelor's degree program in Anthropology of the Americas (double major and minor).

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Master's degree program
Anthropology of the Americas

Here you can find out everything about our Master's degree program in Anthropology of the Americas (from application to study focus).

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Study abroad - Cooperation of the department in the Americas

Would you like to gain experience abroad? Here you will soon find all the information about our cooperation with universities in Europe and Latin America.

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Amerindian languages

If you are interested in Amerindian languages, here are the languages you can learn at the Department of Anthropology of the Americas.

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Phd Anthropology of the Americas

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