UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE

The DGSKA (German Anthropological Association) Mediterranean regional research group was founded in 2009 at the GAA conference in Frankfurt a. M. by Dieter Haller, Lale Yalçin-Heckmann, Thomas Hauschild, Michaela Schäuble and Martin Zillinger.

Today, the regional group consists of a growing circle of active members who carry out fieldwork in, around and across the Mediterranean Sea. We understand the Mediterranean and the Mediterranean area primarily as a conceptual frame of reference, defined by a long common research tradition and a lively, sometimes controversial scientific exchange. Our approach does not consist in the attempt to grasp a closed region in its heterogeneity, but rather, we are interested in exploring the manifold social, political, economic and religious connections in and across the Mediterranean area. Accordingly, since the very beginning of the regional group, the contemporary and historical relations and interconnectedness between east and west coasts as well as south and north coasts have been among the central research interests.

In our future work, we would like to focus on collaborating with our colleagues from the neighbouring regional groups “Africa”, “Europe” and “Near & Middle East” in order to strengthen scientific exchange and research cooperation and, therefore, be able to tackle current political challenges and entanglements in overarching projects.

The aim of this network is to promote communication between interested researchers from our and other disciplines and to stay informed about current research in the Mediterranean region.

For interested parties and members of the RG Mediterranean we now offer an email distribution list and newsletter, which can be subscribed to here. We kindly ask you to include your name as well.

Spokesperson

Christoph Lange (University of Cologne)

Deputy Spokespersons

Lene Faust (University of Bern)
Gerhild Perl (University of Trier)