Helen Ahner

Historical and Cultural Anthropology
Year 2024

Board

Member 2025 — 2026

University of Vienna

Institut für Europäische Ethnologie

Hanuschgasse 3, Raum 4.16
A-1010 Wien

Portrait of Helen Ahner. She has chin-length brown hair and is looking into the camera. She is wearing a blouse with a tiger pattern and is standing in front of a branch with pink flowers.
PHOTO: ROSA BURCZYK

Research areas

Activities

    • Workshop RG Dying

      During the workshop, participants will work on a concept for a publication.

      Topics:

      Starts on
      04.02.26
      Ends on
      06.02.26

      Event access: Internal

      Munich

    • knowledge – action

      The new Junge Akademie magazine is dedicated to the social responsibility of science and the tension between knowledge and action from different scientific perspectives.

      Topics:

      Helen Ahner, Maciej Chmara, Benedikt Hartl, Sarah Klosterkamp, Nadine Mengis, Fabian Michl, Hermine Mitter

      Berlin 2026

      Zeitschriftentitel mit der Aufschrift "JUNGE AKADEMIE MAGAZIN" und "2026 #32". Die zentrale Figur ist vertikal geteilt: die linke Hälfte in einem weißen Laborkittel, blauen Handschuhen und grünen Croc-Schuhen hält ein rosa Fläschchen; die rechte Hälfte in einem grünen Pullover, hochgekrempelten Jeans und grauen Turnschuhen hält ein orangefarbenes Megaphon. Hinter ihnen ein weißer Kreis mit den Worten "wissen" und "handeln". Unten links ist das Logo von "Die Junge Akademie" zu sehen.
    • Workshop "Dying"

      Members of Die Junge Akademie meet for an internal workshop on the topic of "Dying".

      Topics:

      Starts on
      08.10.25

      Event access: Internal

      Geomar
      Kiel

      15:00 — 19:00

    • Writing Lab: Invisible language work

      The RG Language organises a writing lab and combines this with a workshop programme on multilingualism and translation in science and art.

      Topics:

      Starts on
      22.09.25
      Ends on
      28.09.25

      Event access: Internal

      Schloss Wiepersdorf
      Niederer Fläming

    • Workshop "Touching"

      In this internal workshop, members of Die Junge Akademie explore the material and affective practice of touching and being touched.

      Topics:

      Starts on
      15.09.25
      Ends on
      16.09.25

      Event access: Internal

      Vienna

    • Please Irritate Me: Female ambition

      Peter-André Alt in conversation with cultural scientist Helen Ahner about the scientific examination of social participation and ambition in everyday life.

      Topics:

      Starts on
      06.05.25
      Ends on
      06.05.25

      Event access: Public

      BRICKS Club Berlin
      Mohrenstr. 30
      10117 Berlin

      19:00 — 20:30

    • Salon Sophie Charlotte 2025

      In 2025, the Berlin-Brandenburg Akademie of Sciences and Humanities will once again open its doors to the public and invite visitors to the Salon Sophie Charlotte.

      Topics:

      Starts on
      18.01.25
      Ends on
      18.01.25

      Event access: Public

      Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
      Markgrafenstr. 38
      10117 Berlin
      Room 230

      19:00 — 23:00