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Universität Frankfurt am Main. Frobenius-Institut

LC control no.n 50081650
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Corporate name headingUniversität Frankfurt am Main. Frobenius-Institut
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Variant(s)Frankfurt am Main. Frobenius-Institut
Frobenius-Institut an der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität zu Frankfurt/Main
Frobenius-Institut für kulturanthropologische Forschung an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Frobenius Institute for Research in Cultural Anthropology
Universität Frankfurt am Main. Frobenius Institute
See alsoHierarchical superior: Universität Frankfurt am Main
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Predecessor: Forschungsinstitut für Kulturmorphologie (Germany)
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Beginning date[1945,1946]
Associated countryGermany
LocatedFrankfurt am Main (Germany)
Field of activityAnthropology
Found inFrobenius, L. Paideuma ... 1921.
Domay, Handb. d. Deutschen Wissenschaftl. Akad. u. Gesellschaft., 1977: p. 285-286 (founded in Munich in 1920 as Forschungsinstitut für Kulturmorphologie; 1925 moved to Frankfurt am Main; 1945 name changed to Frobenius-Institut an der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität zu Frankfurt am Main)
Frobenius Institute website, viewed June 1, 2022 banner, German version (Frobenius-Institut für kulturanthropologische Forschung an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt; first 2 words in bold font) banner, English version (Frobenius Institute for Research in Cultural Anthropology; first 2 words in bold font) The Institute's history (in 1898 Leo Frobenius (1873-1938) launched the "Afrika Archiv" in Berlin as a private foundation; after the First World War the archive was transferred to Munich, where the Research Institute for Culture Morphology (Forschungsinstitut für Kulturmorphologie) was formed in 1920; in 1925 the Institute moved to Frankfurt am Main, where it was attached to the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University; since 1946 the Institute has born the name of its founder)
Not found inVolhard, E. Kannibalismus, 1939: ser. t.p. (Forschungsinstituts für Kulturmorphologie an der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt a.M.)