Department 'Resilience and Transformation in Eurasia'

In its first years (1999-2005) this department concentrated its research on postsocialist property relations. This phase was followed by a project on citizenship in the Caucasus and by a series of studies of religion after socialism (until 2010). Themes and spatial boundaries have been progressively expanded to include China and Vietnam (since 2006) and Japan (since 2009). Work on "industry and inequality" (2012-2015) enlarged the frame with projects in S. Asia and Egypt. Research into "financialization" (2015-2019) extended from Spain to China.

All projects of the Department are organized within the optic of "Eurasia". After 2009 fieldwork-based research was supplemented by several projects in historical anthropology. A concept of Eurasia also forms the frame for our interdisciplinary International Max Planck Research School "Anthropology, Archaeology and History of Eurasia" (2012-2021) and for the ERC Project "Realising Eurasia: Civilization and Moral Economy in the 21st Century" (2014-2020).

The year 2017 brought two significant initiatives: a collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen, and the Department of Social Anthropology, Cambridge University, "Centre for Ethics, Economy and Social Change" ("Max-Cam"); and a network to strengthen anthropological research in the Visegrád states, "V4Net". These activities will be concluded in 2021, when the Department will cease to exist. Christoph Brumann and Kirsten Endres will continue as Heads of Research Groups. Chris Hann will be Emeritus Director from September 2021.

Max Planck Cambridge Centre launched (Website of the University of Cambridge)

Current Projects

Realising Eurasia:
Civilisation and Moral Economy in the 21st Century

Project funded by the European Research Council in the Seventh Framework Programme (ERC Advanced Grant) (2014-2020)

REALEURASIA Blog

Max Planck - Cambridge Centre for Ethics, Economy and Social Change

The Max Planck Cambridge Centre for Ethics, Economy and Social Change is a jointly funded collaboration with the Department of Social Anthropology, Cambridge, and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen.

V4 Net

The Visegrád Anthropologists' Network is a loose cooperation of socio-cultural anthropologists dedicated primarily to investigating contemporary social phenomena in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia (the V4).

IMPRS ANARCHIE

The International Max Planck Research School for the Anthropology, Archaeology and History of Eurasia is a Ph.D programme organized jointly with the disciplines of archaeology and history at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg.

Historical Anthropology in Eurasia

Economic Anthropology

Urban Anthropology

The Political and Economic Anthropology of Southeast Asia

Externally Funded

Completed Projects

2014-2018	Buddhist Temple Economies in Urban Asia (final report)
2013-2017	Patriarchy and Familism in Time and Space: the comparative study of co-residence across Eurasia (final report)
2011-2016	The Global Political Economy of Cultural Heritage (final report)
2009-2016	Ethnic Minorities and the State in Eurasia (final report)
2011-2016	The Global Political Economy of Cultural Heritage (final report)
2011-2016	Traders, Markets, and the State in Vietnam (final report)
2006-2016	Social Support and Kinship in China and Vietnam (final report)
2003-2010	Religion, Identity, Postsocialism (final report)
2003-2008	Caucasian Boundaries and Citizenship from Below (final report)
2000-2005	Property Relations (final report)

Upcoming Events

POSTPONED

Flows of Power and Electricity in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Promises and Prospects

Conference
DATE: 14.05.2020 - 15.05.2020
ORGANISER: Bada Choi and Kirsten W. Endres
LOCATION: Main Seminar Room
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POSTPONED

Society and Morality in Eurasia: from Prehistory to the Present Day

Final Conference of the International Max Planck Research School for the Anthropology, Archaeology and History of Eurasia (IMPRS ANARCHIE)
DATE: 02.12.2020 - 05.12.2020
ORGANISER: Chris Hann
LOCATION: Main Seminar Room