German Anthropological Association

The German Anthropological Association congregates social anthropologists as well as people and institutions interested in anthropological issues. It was founded in the 1920s, with even older predecessors.

The GAA devotes itself to the promotion of anthropological research and teaching and to the distribution of anthropological knowledge. It is a network of scientific exchange. More than 20 sections focus on thematic and regional subdivisions of anthropology. The GAA organizes a biannual congress.

As its major scientific activity the GAA publishes the Zeitschrift für Ethnologie (ZfE) (translates as Journal of Anthropology). Founded in 1869, the ZfE is one of the oldest anthropological journals worldwide. It is co-published with the Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory of Berlin (Berliner Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Ethnologie und Urgeschichte). The ZfE is published in two volumes a year which contain peer reviewed articles in German and English, each of which is accompanied by an English abstract.

Twice a year the GAA publishes the Newsletter of the German Anthropological Association (Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde). Besides a thematic focus it contains reports and information from the anthropological institutes and museums in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

The GAA is a non-profit association. It currently has around 350 members. The highest governing body of the association is the General Meeting, which convenes biennially. The GAA is managed by a board of three, and is assisted by an advisory board and a secretary.

Biannual conference of the German Anthropological Association (GAA): 'Cultural Appropriation: Assimilation - Adaption - Camouflage'
Oct, 12 2009 Author: NomadITPublished by Rohan

The GAA's conference will be held from September 30 to October 3, 2009 at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University in Frankfurt am Main/Germany. The conference program and further information are available here. Please note that online registration will only be possible until September 23, 2009. The conference languages are German and English.

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Contact info

Address: German Anthropological Association
c/o Max-Planck-Institute for Social Anthropology
Advokatenweg 36, 06114 Halle (Saale), GERMANY
Telephone: +49 345 2927 151
Fax:  +49 345 2927 502
Website:  www.dgv-net.de
E-Mail:  kontakt@dgv-net.de, geschaeftsstelledgv@eth.mpg.de