Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
| Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology |
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|---|---|
| Category: | research Institute |
| Carrier: | Max Planck Society |
| Legal form of the carrier: | Registered association |
| Seat of the wearer: | Munich |
| Facility location: | Halle (Saale) |
| Type of research: | Basic research |
| Subjects: | Social sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | ethnology |
| Basic funding: | Federal government (50%), states (50%) |
| Management: | Marie-Claire Foblets (Managing Director) |
| Employee: | approx. 130 |
| Homepage: | www.eth.mpg.de |
The Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology is a non-university research facility of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (MPG) in Halle (Saale) . The institute was founded in 1999.
Tasks of the institute / publications
The institute examines according to which aspects people are divided into groups such as ethnicities and nations , according to which criteria they structure their social environment and which problems arise from the simultaneous application of different criteria, e.g. B. Surrender to religion and nation.
The division into two departments corresponds to these research questions :
- “Integration and Conflict” with a regional focus on the countries of Africa , Central Asia and transnational migrants , Director Günther Schlee
- " Socialist and Post-Socialist Eurasia " with the thematic focus on 'Property and Property' and 'Religion and Civil Society' in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Director Chris Hann
The third department, “Law and Ethnology”, was opened in 2012 and is headed by the Belgian lawyer and anthropologist Marie-Claire Foblets .
Among other things, the institute publishes a series of working papers .
Cooperations
We work closely with the following institutions:
- Center for Interdisciplinary Regional Studies ( Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg )
- Institute for Ethnology ( Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg )
- Institute for Ethnology ( University of Leipzig )
Further collaborations exist with:
- Association for African Studies in Germany
- German Society for Ethnology
- Virtual Library of Ethnology - EVIFA
Infrastructure
At the end of 2006 a total of 129 employees were working at the institute, including 28 scientists and 49 junior scientists; In addition, there were 8 third-party funded employees and 16 guest researchers in the reporting year.
Controversy surrounding Norman Finkelstein's invitation
In January 2017, Marie-Claire Foblets , head of the “Law and Ethnology” department , invited the controversial US political scientist Norman Finkelstein as a visiting scholar. Foblets knew Finkelstein from previous collaborations. She had already invited him to the Catholic University of Leuwen. The invitation to Halle led to protests by anti-fascist groups, the Halle Jewish community and other organizations. The Max Planck Institute was accused of offering a platform for relativizing the Holocaust and inviting Finkelstein, a supporter of Hamas and Hezbollah . In addition, the scientific nature of Finkelstein's theses was questioned. The Bundestag also dealt with the process. The Federal Government expressed its concern about the spread of anti-Semitism through the event and requested a report from the Max Planck Society . The Bundestag members Michaela Engelmeier and Volker Beck criticized the process. Alliance 90 / The Greens presented the "contradictory information policy" of the institute in the case Finkelstein a request to the federal government. This reprimanded the institute and criticized the lack of "research policy classification".
Web links
- Homepage of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
- Homepage of the Max Planck Society
- Publications of the institute in the MPG eDoc server (bibliography)
Individual evidence
- ↑ see the holdings of the Working Papers in the German National Library at d-nb.info
- ↑ Norman Finkelstein: Max Planck Institute Halle allows Israel opponents to appear - WELT. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Max Planck Director explains herself: “Finkelstein asked many critical questions” . In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung . ( mz-web.de [accessed on March 4, 2017]).
- ^ A b Norman Finkelstein: Max Planck Institute Halle lets Israel opponents appear. Welt.de, accessed on March 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Michael Wuliger : Wuligers Week: Post-factual in Halle. In: Jüdische Allgemeine . Retrieved March 4, 2017 (English).
- ^ University of Halle: Debate about the appearance of Norman Finkelstein . ( mdr.de [accessed on March 4, 2017]).
- ^ Anti-Semitism - Protests against controversial political scientist Finkelstein in Halle. In: Dresdner Latest News Online. Retrieved March 4, 2017 .
- ↑ Benjamin Weinthal: German research institute trivializes Holocaust to attack Israel. In: jpost.com. Retrieved January 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Benjamin Weinthal: Outrage over German institute's hosting of pro-Hamas, Hezbollah speaker. In: jpost.com. Retrieved January 24, 2017 .
- ^ Alan Posener : Max Planck Institute offers Israel haters a podium. In: welt.de. January 3, 2017, accessed January 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Michael Wuliger : Wuliger's week. Post factual in Halle. How Norman Finkelstein's conspiracy theories are academically ennobled by the Max Planck Institute. In: juedische-allgemeine.de. 19th January 2017.
- ↑ Achim Doerfer: Finkelstein and science. Anti-Israeli agitation must not be shrouded in university freedom. In: Jüdische Allgemeine. March 30, 1917. ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Max Planck Director explains herself: “Finkelstein asked many critical questions” . In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung . ( mz-web.de [accessed on April 2, 2017]).
- ^ Müller: Stenographic report 214th session. (PDF) In: S 21427. German Bundestag, January 25, 2017, accessed on March 4, 2017 .
- ^ 'German research institute trivializes Holocaust to attack Israel' . In: The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com . ( jpost.com [accessed March 9, 2017]).
- ↑ Oliver Das Gupta: Appearance of Israel-Hasser has parliamentary aftermath . In: sueddeutsche.de . ISSN 0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on March 18, 2017]).
- ↑ Germany MPs investigate pro-Hezbollah academic Finkelstein . In: The Jerusalem Post . ( jpost.com [accessed March 19, 2017]).
- ^ Parliamentary group Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen: contradicting information policy of the Max Planck Institute for Ethnological Research in the case of Dr. Norman Finkelstein. (PDF) In: Brief request for printed matter 18/11459. German Bundestag, March 8, 2017, accessed March 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Answer of the Federal Government: Inconsistent information policy of the Max Planck Institute for Ethnological Research in the case of Dr. Norman Finkelstein. (PDF) In: Brief request for printed matter 18/11720. German Bundestag, March 27, 2017, accessed on March 25, 2017 .
- ^ Matthias Meisner : Federal government rebukes the Max Planck Institute in Halle . ( tagesspiegel.de [accessed April 1, 2017]).
- ↑ Benjamin Weinthal: Germany rebukes institute for hosting pro-hezbollah academic. Jerusalem Post, April 1, 2017, accessed April 1, 2017 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 49 " N , 11 ° 57 ′ 34.3" E